Monthly Archives: March 2006

GOODBYE, DRAGON INN

By | March 2006

Tsai Ming-Liang has made a film that by all aesthetic accounts should be a scary film. Psychological eeriness is present, but in tone as opposed to story. Remarkably, though, rather than simply wear the skin of a sinister movie, “Goodbye, Dragon Inn” is somewhat of a satire of the genre…

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GOODBYE, DRAGON INN

How we experience time impacts our perception of its passing. Three minutes between classes go by in the blink of a sneeze. The two minutes it takes for a...

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TORTURE: AMERICA'S BRUTAL PRISONS (DVD)

The point of this British documentary is to show how the U.S. military abuses at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were able to occur: it was because America has...

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THE KEEPER: THE LEGEND OF OMAR KHAYYAM

Muslims aren’t coming across so well in the news media these days. Whether they’re seen furiously firing guns in the air at funerals in newspaper...

SUNDANCE IN EUROPE?

Red Mercury, starring Pete Postlethwaite and Stockard Channing (The West Wing), Gratte Papier from the award winning French director Guillaume Martinez and...

ARE YOU A ONE MINUTE WONDER?

To celebrate their launch, Bolt.com is hosting a 1 Minute Film Festival. They encourage all filmmakers, experienced or aspiring, to submit films that are...

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FILM YOUR ISSUE

FYI - FILM YOUR ISSUE, an unprecedented "issue film" competition inviting young Americans 18 to 26 - including seven million college and university...

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CHEF SAYS: I WISH I COULD QUIT YOU, CHIRREN

So after all the hubbub over Isaac Hayes quitting "South Park," we find out it's not true at all. According to Fox News (so it must be true) Hayes is still...

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MONTE HELLMAN IS BACK!

Monte Hellman, director of cult classics such as "Two-Lane Blacktop" and "Cockfighter" is making a comeback as he's set to direct "Desperadoes," based on...

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ICE CUBE IS….MR. KOTTER

Dimension Films has announced a big screen adaptation of the TV show "Welcome Back Kotter" with sell-out...errr....big name star Ice Cube attached as the...

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WOULD YOU KILL TO MAKE A MOVIE?

"Rough Cut," a documentary about a filmmaker who carried out a hit on his DP's wife in order to secure funding for his film, is hitting the festival...

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