Monthly Archives: January 2007

JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN

By | January 2007

2007 SUNDANCE WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION FEATURE! “Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten” searches for the truth about the musician who shifted from hippie to punk, expanded the scope and possibility of his newfound genre, then quit at the pinnacle of the fame he initially craved…

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JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN

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Depending on who you ask, Joe Strummer was an innovator, a coward, a digester of all styles and types of music, a confused jerk and/or a dreamer. "Joe...

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GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIB

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Initially, a politically charged, potentially polarizing documentary was not the type of film I would relish reviewing. However, Rory Kennedy’s...

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INFINITE DELAY

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2007 SUNDANCE ONLINE SHORT! Kuhne’s “Infinite Delay” attempts to not only explore the feeling of sheer helplessness under the weight of inescapable...

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BOMB

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2007 SUNDANCE ONLINE SHORT! Olds’ “Bomb” examines a relationship that’s much better off facing a land that once felt the impact of war, a land...

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DAD

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2007 SUNDANCE ONLINE SHORT! The problem with the man in this picture may not be that he has a problem with his parents making love in the next room much to...

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DER OSTWIND

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“Der Ostwind” is a highly ambitious but painfully empty student film (Brigham Young University) about a German World War I flying ace who finds his...

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Sundance 07 News: “GRACE IS GONE”…SHE GOT PICKED UP

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News on the street says that "Grace is Gone" has been picked up by The Weinstein Company. In classic Harvey style, the mogul saw the film, took the...

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Sundance 07 News: SWAG ON A MOUNTAIN

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Apparently Samuel L. Jackson is "gifting" special Oakley sunglasses called "Thump Pro" in order to promote the film "Black Snake Moan" at Sundance. There's...

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I DISLIKE NICK CANNON EVEN MORE NOW

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So yeah, yesterday was my first day of actually seeing films and I have to share with you guys the horror of Nick Cannon. He stars in the film "Weapons"...

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BURIED DREAMS

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In Laurent Sagues’ “Buried Dreams,” a stranger treks across an African desert, the colorless landscape only slightly less brutal than the tortuous...

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