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PIECE BY PIECE

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SCREENING AT THE HI/LO FILM FESTIVAL, APRIL 16TH! Graffiti art, the first art form to be created by youth, is a set of sights evoking much feeling, but ultimately, the artists still must remain anonymous, those who are out there doing what is right to them…

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PIECE BY PIECE

For some, it’s day-to-day therapy. Others see it as forging identity in a populous society that’s far too busy to note all of its citizens. Whatever...

PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL 2005 WRAP-UP

As I approach the Harkins Scottsdale 101, I find myself in the grip of a strange anxiety. Part of it is due to my own personal bias about film festivals...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: OFFICE WARS

Allow me to vent a bit about a television show this one time. NBC has remade “The Office,” and my venom can’t be contained by medication or...

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CHAMPION

When producing a documentary about an individual, there are basically two approaches to take. You can either let your subject tell his own story, or you...

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THE LATIN LEGENDS OF COMEDY

More than twenty years ago, the concept of "Latin culture" in the U.S. was pretty much nonexistent. It mostly consisted of Speedy Gonzales and Freddy...

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JERRY v. DEATH

Jerry sits in his living room, watching TV, when he dies. He doesn't realize he's dead, however, until Death literally comes knocking at his door. When...

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THE SILVERGLEAM WHISTLE

A mother and her two children, exhausted from a long road trip, seek shelter in an old hotel. The wizened crone who runs the place tells them a story of a...

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THANATOS ROAD

Picture yourself in this situation: You're a young graduate student, driving through New Mexico on the way to your new school. You've been hearing news...

HI/LO FILM FESTIVAL 2005 – PREVIEW MIX

To San Francisco’s Red Vic Movie House and Oakland’s Parkway Theatre they will come. Together, they will see what I have seen. And I wish I was one of...

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STAR WARS FAN FILM GETS THE IMAX TREATMENT

After failing to book Attack of the Clones for an IMAX screening during Star Wars Celebration III, IMAX tapped Gary Wood’s ultra low-budget comedy about...

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