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DANCESWITHFILMS 2005 SLATE PREMIERES UNKNOWN DISCOVERIES

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DancesWithFilms Film Festival ~ May 6-12, 2005 ~ Screening almost 70 films over one week ~ Santa Monica Laemmle 4Plex ~ 1322 2nd Street ~ Santa Monica ~ CA…

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DANCESWITHFILMS 2005 SLATE PREMIERES UNKNOWN DISCOVERIES

In a city of “who’s in your film?’, DanceswithFilms, the film festival known for discovering talent that hasn’t gotten a three picture deal yet,...

THE STAR WARS REPORT: FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW

COME TO THE DORK SIDE Confession time: I’ve seen Episode I four times. Oh, I know it doesn’t sound all that bad. And in and of itself, I suppose...

MALCOLM MCDOWELL: BEYOND A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

This year, 2005, celebrates the 35th Anniversary of the making of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange”, a milestone in filmmaking and the title of...

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LIGHT FROM THE EAST

While President Bush I went about his daily business in 1991, receiving briefings on the escalating situation in the Ukraine, Amy Grappell was there as...

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XXX: STATE OF THE UNION

If the first XXX was a bubbly coke that’d been shaken, then the sequel is flat Lemonade – unmoving, lacking in fizz and largely, flavorless. If any...

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ANTHOLOGY OF SURREAL CINEMA – VOLUME ONE (DVD)

"Anthology of Surreal Cinema - Volume One" is not a lengthy collection - there are only four short films running a total of 65 minutes. And it is somewhat...

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SEOUL RAIDERS

In 2000, Hong Kong director Jingle Ma’s film “Tokyo Raiders” introduced audiences to Special agent Lam of Japanese National Security. Reprising his...

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L’AFRICAINE (DVD)

This video record of the San Francisco Opera's marvelous production of Giacomo Meyerbeer's "L'Africaine" is noteworthy as offering an excellent filmed...

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THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

On the one hand, it would be hard to see the film of Douglas Adams’ cult sci-fi novel “The Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy” and not be a little...

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