Monthly Archives: April 2010

INTO ETERNITY

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2010 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! “Into Eternity” isn’t a story about human failure, but about coming to grips with what nuclear energy has created: a deadly waste with a half-life of 100,000 years…

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INTO ETERNITY

When all’s said and done, who wants overbearing doom and gloom when radiation poisoning is the topic at hand? Let’s bypass the usual tropes that...

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THE WHITE MEADOWS

Irony isn't intended in Mohammad Rasoulof's "The White Meadows." But it's almost impossible to forget the past year's events in Iran which become...

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THE UNQUIET DEATH OF JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG (DVD)

“The Unquiet Death of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg” is a 1974 PBS documentary that is being released for the first time on DVD. Unfortunately, the DVD...

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BRAN NUE DAE

“Bran Nue Dae” might make for a great, campy musical, but it doesn’t translate to the big screen. The story centers on Willie, an aborigine living in...

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ORSON WELLES: THE PARIS INTERVIEW (DVD)

Orson Welles addicts will be intrigued to discover this rare 1960 interview that was shot in a Paris hotel suite and broadcast on Canadian television. For...

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PLEASE GIVE

No one writes female characters quite like Nicole Holofcener. She has the ability to combine the greater concerns of femininity with the small details –...

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BOOK OF LORE / GRAVE MISTAKES DOUBLE FEATURE

If it were true that enthusiasm can overcome budgetary problems and create art, then all of Ed Wood’s or David “The Rock” Nelson’s canon would be...

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THE KILLER INSIDE ME

Your enjoyment of “The Killer Inside Me” will probably largely depend on whether or not you’ve read the book. Apparently, the book reveals character...

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SAINT JOHN OF LAS VEGAS

The “flashback” narrative has become quite popular. A film opens with a scene in which things are bad, desperate or cliff-hangery and then a title card...

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Me And Orson Welles

“Sometimes you remember a week for the rest of your life,” says blue-eyed puppy dog Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) to his jaded, older love interest....

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