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TALENT IN THE BACK: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER JASON CONNELL

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2007 SIDEWALK MOVING PICTURE FESTIVAL FEATURE! Filmmaker Jason Connell gives long overdue respect to a large group of people who make their living in the background – movie extras – and he ends up making an overwhelmingly charming documentary while he’s at it…

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TALENT IN THE BACK: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER JASON CONNELL

Filmmaker Jason Connell gives long overdue respect to a large group of people who make their living in the background – movie extras – and he ends up...

Reviews

GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME

I wrote an essay several years ago entitled “The Save Button” that mused about what life would be like if we could live it the way we play video games....

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: "JOHNNY THE GIANT KILLER"

BOOTLEG FILES 200: “Johnny the Giant Killer” (1950 animated feature from France). LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the last public screening of this...

News

SAVE THE ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL!

With only 3 months to raise $75,000 or be eliminated from the film festival world, the Ann Arbor Film Festival has launched a unique "Endangered"...

Reviews

AMERICAN CANNIBAL

"Cannibal Holocaust," the notorious 1980 film directed by Ruggero Deodato that spawned "The Blair Witch Project," asked a lot of important questions about...

DIRTY MUSIC FOR DIRTY PEOPLE: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKERS JOE PICKETT AND NICK PRU

Found Footage Festival curators Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher not only share a love for bizarre video, but bizarre music as well, which brought them to the...

Reviews

LA BELLE BETE (BEAUTIFUL BEAST)

Patrice (Marc-Andre Grondin) has all the intelligence of a kumquat, but also has a face a mother can love…and oh boy, does she ever! Though Louise...

News

DOUG LIMAN, "KNIGHT RIDER"

NBC has brought on Doug Liman to produce a new "Knight Rider" series for the network. Similar to the "Battlestar Galactica" launch, the new series will...

HALO: THE FUTURE OF GAMING

Since everyone is talking about today's release of the new video game "Halo 3," take this moment to watch this short detailing the history of the One Game...

2007 48 HOUR FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS TO THE ARCLIGHT

The 2007 48 Hour Film Festival makes its annual return to the Arclight Cinemas this Thursday, September 27, 2007, at 8pm. The short films from the...

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