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PALERMO HOLLYWOOD

By | January 2005

SUNDANCE WORLD DRAMATIC COMPETITION 2005 REVIEW! While it doesn’t always live up to its promise, director Eduardo Pinto tries an ambitious range of techniques as he uses handheld cameras to tell the story of two friends from different classes who live in the underworld of Buenos Aires, in the neighborhood of Palermo Viejo, which is known for its restaurants and nightclubs…

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PALERMO HOLLYWOOD

Argentina has hit Sundance’s dramatic world cinema competition big this year, and “Palermo Hollywood” is one of two impressive features. The film is...

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LOVE AND LAUNDRY

“Love and Laundry” is a trifling Hallmark card of a film, a love letter of sorts from an old Cuban man to his wife of 60 years. It would make a sweet...

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TONY TAKITANI

You really have to be in the right mood to sit through “Tony Takitani”. You have to be ready to take in a thoroughly depressing story that...

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THE LAST DAYS OF JONATHAN PERLO

“The Last Days of Jonathan Perlo” is a short doc about the unlikely father-son relationship between a washed-out actor and an obsessive compulsive,...

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FAMILY PORTRAIT

At Sundance ‘05, as in many ones psat, the underprivileged feature prominently in documentaries both long and short. One of the more powerful ones that...

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THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY

“God loves everyone, but most of all children.” - a Leningradsky child Few films, short or feature length, have impacted me like “The Children of...

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MOTEL

“Motel” cooks with enough lit matches and gas to cause a few good explosions, showing the adventures of a guy (Jonathan Klein) driving at night and...

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PRETTY PERSUASION

“Pretty Persuasion” kills itself with unrestrained negativism, but almost resuscitates itself with some great comedy. Unfortunately, the story of...

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ROOM

If you want an idea of what to expect from “Room,” think “Pi” without the filling. Writer-director Kyle Henry’s debut feature is a tedious tease...

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LIONS GATE BUYS SOME HARD CANDY

Lions Gate Films has acquired the worldwide rights to the provocative psychological thriller HARD CANDY. And we here at Film Threat agree that it's a good...

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