Monthly Archives: October 2009

NOTHING PERSONAL (RIEN DE PERSONAL)

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CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! The comedic aspects of “Nothing Personal” take their time to blossom. Events that are tragic and shocking the first time we see them are hilarious the third time around.

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NOTHING PERSONAL (RIEN DE PERSONAL)

Before introducing the first North American screening of his new film, "Nothing Personal," debut director Mathias Gokalp commented that the film was...

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MONTY PYTHON: ALMOST THE TRUTH (THE LAWYER’S CUT) (DVD)

Like a great sports coach whose philosophies reverberate through a league as his assistants move on to their own head coaching jobs, so too has Monty...

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN (DVD)

For several years, the opening titles of "Battlestar Galactica" reminded us that the evil Cylons, destroyers of the human race, had a Plan. Although this...

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JALE

Jale is a short film about the invisible economy of undocumented workers with a decidedly dark twist. Directed by Rafael Flores, it tells the story of...

ON GREENING THE CITY: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER IAN CHENEY

It's no surprise that the construction of a new building requires an even larger portion of resources to be removed from the environment. A building's...

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SAW VI

Watching fictional characters engage in self-mutilation satisfies morbidly curious, voyeuristic tastes. If the desire to observe such spectacle outweighs...

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THE LAST TENANT

Another Eternal Recurrence Ed Hinsley rapes young lovelies and stabs them to death with a screwdriver. He covers their rigid bodies with industrial size...

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THE COMMUNE

I can’t remember the last time the writer/director/producer of a film also went topless on screen, but if that’s what you’re looking for, here it is,...

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COOKING HISTORY

A cook in the Russian army is deployed during the problems in Chechnya. He has to feed an entire army, lest they all get weak and become unable to fight. ...

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AMELIA

Today, we take aerial photography for granted. Ever since “Top Gun” shot jets all through the sky, we've come to expect that cameras can capture it...

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