Monthly Archives: November 2008

BUCKETS

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Arguments with the base premise aside, the short is well-acted and put together, and the ending definitely rings true to a character as committed to his music as Kamel winds up being…

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BUCKETS

Inspired by a true story, "Buckets" is about Kamel, a bucket-drumming street performer in Los Angeles. Kamel plays buckets on Hollywood Blvd, hustling for...

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IMAGINADORES

"Imaginadores" is a documentary focusing on the Argentinian comic book industry from the Golden Age of the '40-'60s to the magazine compilation days of the...

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LAW & ORDER: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE

In its almost 20 years on TV, the "Law & Order" brand has garnered a laughably large number of spin-offs, and writer/director Mark Porro's parody – "Law...

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GOGOL BORDELLO NON STOP

I'm not going to lie; I went into "Gogol Bordello Non Stop" with a pre-existing respect and love for the band's music. I can't remember exactly where or...

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WESTERN

On the soundtrack to Lili White's video "Western," filmmaker Margot Niederland tells a story of her trip to the occupied territories in Palestine. Warned...

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AVIATOR

Darrin Martin's "Aviator" mixes found footage from educational and military propaganda films about aviation with original footage of two men in underwear,...

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THE KNOCKING

A highly evocative and poetic collage of images and sounds, Darrin Martin's "The Knocking" immediately seems as if it is obliquely referring to the...

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MONOGRAPH IN STEREO

In "Monograph in Stereo," Darrin Martin has used his own experience of hearing loss from a damaged eardrum (and the surgery which attempts to improve his...

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½ RIGHT

"½ right" is one of a series of short videos Darrin Martin has made exploring his experience of lost and distorted hearing from ear damage. An inset...

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OTHER TURBANS

"Other Turbans" continues Darrin Martin's series of video shorts about his experiences of hearing loss. This piece covers his recovery from a surgical...

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