Monthly Archives: March 2007

DOUBLETIME

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2007 SXSW SPOTLIGHT PREMIERES DOCUMENTARY FEATURE! Whatever your views of jumping rope as a sport (can we all at least agree it’s more athletic than stock car racing?), some of the things these kids do with a couple feet of rope are nothing short of remarkable…

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DOUBLETIME

The sport of competitive rope jumping (or rope skipping, as it was originally called) was started by an ex-football player named Richard Cendali in the...

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ARRANGED

2007 SXSW EMERGING VISIONS FEATURE! Religion is a big issue in our country, and in the Middle East, it is part of an even bigger confrontation. The Jewish...

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SEVERANCE

There’s nothing like a corporate retreat: the unbearable team-building exercises, embarrassing bouts of drunkenness, and – of course – ill-advised...

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FISH KILL FLEA

2007 SXSW EMERGING VISIONS FEATURE! Many viewers would argue that the ordinary people in “Fish Kill Flea” are its stars, for lack of a better word....

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FAY GRIM

In recent years, filmmakers like Denys Arcand and Richard Linklater have revisited characters from years-old art films that would never be considered...

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BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON

I have ten rules of writing that I keep pinned up on the wall next to me. I wrote them myself as reminders of what I feel are the seminal guidelines of...

WRITING FOR “SEVERANCE”: INTERVIEW WITH JAMES MORAN

2007 SXSW 'ROUND MIDNIGHT FEATURE! Rewards for working hard at the office are generally accepted with wide smiles... unless of course it's an outdoor...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “SAFE IN HELL”

BOOTLEG FILES 172: “Safe in Hell” (1931 crime drama directed by William A. Wellman). LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the last public screening of this...

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MANUFACTURING DISSENT

2007 SXSW SPOTLIGHT PREMIERES DOCUMENTARY FEATURE! Possibly one of the most controversial figures ever in the world of documentary filmmaking, the mere...

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FLATLAND (DVD)

The state of animation has become nothing short of dismal, with a glut of visually hideous CGI endeavors full of cutesy animals or ridiculous...

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