VAMPIRE BLUES

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VAMPIRE BLUES

This is the biggest challenge to face a film reviewer—how to critique a movie that is unwatchable. I have witnessed some truly poor efforts, I have seen...

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LAUREL CANYON

Laurel Canyon, for those readers not familiar with Los Angeles geography, is a narrow winding highway that connects the suburban hell of the San Fernando...

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GLISSANDO

Chip Hourihan’s film kinda plays like a Charles Bukowski road trip adventure. Not quite as extreme or debauch, but every bit as depressing as some of...

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EASY PICKINGS

Cheerfully daft little comedy about a thief who chooses the wrong old woman to take hostage is a lot of fun, powered by funny dialogue, well-drawn...

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INFESTED

Think back to the importance that the movie “The Big Chill” had on our popular culture. Recall if you can how it chronicled the advancement of the...

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THE NISEI FARMER

“The Nisei Farmer” is a beautifully done little short, a touching examination of a man who has lived his entire life in the past. Hank, a...

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IRREVERSIBLE

This is not a review of Gaspar Noe's new film "Irreversible." It is a warning. You have never seen a film like it; that is not a qualitative statement,...

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BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE

It’s been a very good couple of months for Queen Latifah. Not only did she shine in her role as Matron ‘Mama’ Morton in Miramax’s “Chicago” (a...

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A CONVERSATION WITH HARIS

A young Bosnian boy named Haris describes what it was like to have his family slaughtered by Serbs. His voice-over narration is accompanied by hand-painted...

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SHORT EYES

There are scores of wonderful old films deserving of theatrical re-release. Robert M. Young's 1977 turgid prison drama "Short Eyes" is not one of them,...

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