Monthly Archives: April 2009

DAVID LYNCH & CRISPIN GLOVER’S BIG OFFICE BLOCKBUSTER!

By | April 2009

This parody series is a delightful slap to any film geek’s face.

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DAVID LYNCH & CRISPIN GLOVER’S BIG OFFICE BLOCKBUSTER!

Crispin Glover is an obvious source for parody – after all, the man is a walking parody of himself. The Glover performance extends from the movie set...

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FIGHTING

For the first half hour or so of Dito Montiel’s “Fighting,” a movie about knitting tea cozies dudes hammering each other’s skulls, there’s a...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: CHAPLIN IN KID AUTO RACES AT VENICE

BOOTLEG FILES 280: “Kid Auto Races at Venice” (1914 short comedy starring Charlie Chaplin). LAST SEEN: Available on many online video sites. ...

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THROW DOWN YOUR HEART

“Throw Down Your Heart” follows Grammy-winning banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck on a cross-continent journey across Africa. Fleck stops in Uganda, Tanzania,...

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STATE OF PLAY

"State of Play" is the very sort of movie that "they just don't make anymore." Despite its attempts to include newfangled ideas regarding new journalism...

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THE LOYAL 47 RONIN (DVD)

Kunio Watanabe’s 1958 costume drama, also known as “Chusingura,” is an opulent but enervated retelling of the well-known story of loyalty and...

SPIKE LEE AND FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA AT SIFF 2009

The 2009 Seattle International Film Festival announced that it will present a special Golden Space Needle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing to...

IN THE “WAKE”: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER ANDREW LAWTON

Sometimes, you can make statements of great importance by not saying all that much. A case in point is Andrew Lawton’s new short film “Wake.” On the...

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WAKE

“Wake” is not only an obvious title for this short film about Nicky, a 10-year-old boy at the wake of his photographer brother, Jeremy, who was killed...

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DEADLAND

When was the last time you came across a cinematic or literary portrait of the future that didn't envelope you with a sense of dread or disbelief? Even if...

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