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PLEASE LEAVE THE THEATER: WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD GIMMICKS GONE?

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Hollywood was not one to leave the nose out in the cold and eventually Aroma-rama was born. They put this new method…

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PLEASE LEAVE THE THEATER: WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD GIMMICKS GONE?

Hollywood was not one to leave the nose out in the cold and eventually Aroma-rama was born. They put this new method of exploitation to work in a...

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DOLLS (DVD)

Best known for his violent films about Japanese mafia (a.k.a. yakuza), director/actor Takeshi Kitano is now showing his softer, more interpretive side....

HAWAII INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES 2005 PROGRAM

HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SPRING SHOWCASE presented by Commercial Data Systems, kicks off April 1st. The 8th Annual HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM...

PLEASE LEAVE THE THEATER: WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD GIMMICKS GONE?

Last month, we assessed the power and value of an effective movie one-sheet. Whether it be to garner optimum amounts of theater patrons or to merely be...

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STRAIGHT LINE

It was one of those ancient Greek geometrists who first stated centuries ago that the shortest distance between two points was a straight line. Hell, I...

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WATERBORNE

Making a low-budget film about a major disaster hitting Los Angeles takes some courage. Making it a good movie takes some talent. “Waterborne,” the...

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YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME

Considering myself a pretty big music fan, I was pretty embarrassed to discover I knew very little about the life and music of Roky Erickson. In case you...

News

“THE HONEYMOONERS” TRAILER

FILM THREAT’S SXSW 2005 WRAP-UP

NARRATIVE FEATURES THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE ^ If it weren’t laughable enough to see a snake crawl out of a cage while a girl loses her virginity with...

2005 TRIBECA SHORTS COMPETITION ANNOUNCED

The 2005 Tribeca Film Festival Shorts Film Program consists of 95 films selected from 1700 submissions and range from experimental to animation to live...

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