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WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE

By | December 2002

Sasano (Yakusho) befriends a colorful old man (Kitramura) who tells him about a valuable heirloom hidden in a house by a red bridge…

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WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE

Japanese filmmaker Imamura is back with another offbeat, creepy romance that gets under our skin even if it never really grabs hold. Sasano (Yakusho) is a...

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MONSTURD

"Monsturd" plays like a second-rate Troma film, and that's not a compliment in this case. Obviously, a horror comedy about a giant fecal creature isn't...

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DICK BABY

"Dick Baby" bills itself as a "rock 'n' roll odyssey" and features music by Dan Rockett and Rockett Band. Mr. Rockett, who plays Ben in the movie, fits the...

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STATIONERY GAMES

Sometimes you appreciate certain movies for all the wrong reasons. The classic skin flicks of the 80s are a prime example. “Malibu Express,”...

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CHAMPION BLUES

Mickey Champion is a blues singer who is living her life to the right of 70. Oddly enough, this nearly legendary senior citizen still has as much energy...

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MAX

Ask a crowded room full of people what Adolf Hitler wanted to be prior to becoming the opinionated orator we know him best as and chances are only a couple...

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THE PIANO TEACHER

This is not an easy film to sit through--it's a haunting, draining assault on our emotions as it tells a very grim story. Erika Kohut (Huppert) is a top...

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THE PORNOGRAPHER

The title will lure people into this film, but viewers are going to be hideously disappointed. That's putting it mildly. Because only fans of the most...

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SENTIMENTAL DESTINIES (Les Destinées Sentimentales)

The title translates as "sentimental destinies," which is a suitably epic name for this meaty three-hour French romance that spans 30 turbulent years in...

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EPIPHANY

Don't know for sure whether it's comforting or depressing to realize that such gaudy Hollywood messes as The Matrix don't quite corner the market on films...

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