Monthly Archives: June 2005

HOW TO EAT YOUR WATERMELON IN WHITE COMPANY (AND ENJOY IT)

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LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL 2005 REVIEW! Profiles Van Peebles before, during and after the success of “Sweetback”, showing an entertainment pioneer that was able to successfully transcend mediums and raise consciousness as he went…

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HOW TO EAT YOUR WATERMELON IN WHITE COMPANY (AND ENJOY IT)

Melvin Van Peebles. The director who stuck it to the man with "Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song", a film showing an independent black character rallying...

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THE GODFATHER PART III (DVD)

While Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather Part II” is certainly one of the best sequels ever made, “The Godfather Part III” must be one of the...

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GALILEO’S SONS

"Galileo's Sons" is a competent if somewhat forgettable documentary which charts the Vatican's pursuit of astronomical research. Yes, the Vatican has an...

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HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

Animation demigod Hayao Miyazaki has returned for the first time since 2001’s Oscar-winning “Spirited Away” with “Howl’s Moving Castle,” the...

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BATMAN BEGINS

SPOILERS AHEAD! The state of superhero movies is becoming more and more questionable as time progresses. With the exception of X2, there really hasn’t...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “CONNECTING ROOMS”

BOOTLEG FILES 082: "Connecting Rooms" (1969 British drama starring Bette Davis and Michael Redgrave). LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the last public...

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THE CAT WITH HANDS

"You know this is the place dontcha? Where it comes from… so they say." A man and a boy are standing by a well, and the man tells the boy a story. I...

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THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN (DVD)

This 1938 oddity, Hollywood's first and (to date) only all-midget musical Western, was resurrected from obscurity in the late 1970s thanks to the Medved...

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THE GODFATHER PART II (DVD)

I’m not sure what I can say about Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather Part II” that hasn’t been said already, and probably more eloquently, by...

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BOY! WHAT A GIRL! (DVD)

One of the most extraordinary retro discoveries to come along on DVD in ages is the 1946 obscurity "Boy! What a Girl!" Made in Harlem with an all-black...

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