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THE BOOTLEG FILES: ORSON WELLES’ PORTRAIT OF GINA (AKA VIVA ITALIA)

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Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can be found only on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil uncovers a long-lost Orson Welles curio.

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: ORSON WELLES’ PORTRAIT OF GINA (AKA VIVA ITALIA)

BOOTLEG FILES 302: “Portrait of Gina” (1958 unsold TV pilot directed by and starring Orson Welles). LAST SEEN: An unauthorized presentation can be...

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UNVERWUNDBAR (INVULNERABLE)

The cinematic conceit of an essentially decent teen girl arriving in a new town and hooking up with the popular and bitchy crowd, in a quest for social...

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EVERYONE ELSE (ALLE ANDEREN)

Maren Ade’s sweet, sad film “Everyone Else” tells the story of a very specific kind of relationship — the kind that works beautifully in isolation...

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LEBANON

Samuel Moaz’s “Lebanon” begins and ends in a dandelion field, but every shot in between takes place in the gut of a tank. I loved the movie, but I...

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POLICE, ADJECTIVE

Corneliu Porumboiu’s “Police, Adjective” is an extremely effective film about what an astonishingly tedious thing it is to be a narcotics detective...

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COVERAGE

Jef Taylor's "Coverage" provides a glimpse into the lives of a couple dealing with the aftermath of the September 11th attacks...albeit in quite an...

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WALLACE & GROMIT: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (DVD)

My first exposure to "Wallace & Gromit" was sometime in the mid-to-late 1990s, when I stumbled across "A Close Shave" on my local PBS station. As a fan of...

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LAST HOUSE IN THE WOODS (IL BOSCO FUORI)

This tedious slasher-vampire thriller is either called “Outside in the Woods” (according to the subtitle on the Italian language opening titles) or...

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THE BEEKEEPER

“The Beekeeper” is a subtle study in the art of deceit. At 27 minutes, however, it doesn't have a lot of time to make its point. Luckily, it...

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SCARRED JUSTICE: THE ORANGEBURG MASSACRE 1968

Bestor Cram and Judy Richardson directed this remarkable documentary on the long-forgotten February 1968 racial tensions in Orangeburg, South Carolina,...

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