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A HUEY P. NEWTON STORY

By | January 2002

SLAMDUNK FEATURE! After more than thirty years, it’s hard to recall just how much terror the Black Panthers evoked in the hearts of whites…

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A HUEY P. NEWTON STORY

"And something is happening, but you don't know what it is, do you Mr. Jones?" ^ - Bob Dylan, "The Ballad of a Thin Man" After more than thirty years,...

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LEGENDS OF SHOW BUSINESS

Total disclosure time. I love George Burns. George didn't just play God, he really was God. He made "The Sunshine Boys" and "Going in Style" minor...

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ORDINARY SINNER

"Ordinary Sinner" is not exactly "good" but - like a TV movie you want to switch off but can't - it's too involving to completely dismiss. Along with the...

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THE HUNGER ARTIST

"The Hunger Artist" is a strikingly animated but curiously fuzzy short based on a story by Franz Kafka. If this film is any indication, filmmaker Tom...

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P.E.

Imagine if the Powerpuff Girls were the stars of "South Park" and you would probably have something similar to the live action short "P.E." In this film,...

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CLEAVE

"Cleave" is a sadistic short film about the nasty after-effects of a collapsed marriage. The husband steals his estranged wife's dog and the entire film...

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PEDRO + TONY

Pedro is a dog. Tony is his rooster boyfriend. Welcome to "Pedro + Tony" from animator Don Thomas, a wonderfully different short animated film which...

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AMERICAN DUMMY

See if the following sounds familiar.... "American Dummy" is the story of super-nebbish ventriloquist Jerry (real life ventriloquist Otto). Jerry's work...

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BATTLESHIP CONTEMPKIN

An existentially estranged couple (Jonathan and Kelly Dees) play "Battleship"...only they do it French! And they do it angrily and, yes, contemptuously, as...

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SNOW DOGS

Releasing a film with the word "dog" in its title in the dud zone that is January lends itself to easy jokes and insults, and "Snow Dogs" deserves every...

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