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OFFSIDE

By | January 2001

SUNDANCE 2001 COMPETITION SHORT! “Offside” honors those who fought there by memorializing this rapidly receding historical calamity on film, while urging us today to never be so stupid again…

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OFFSIDE

As one British soldier says a prayer over a dead comrade, another relentlessly bounces a muddy soccer ball against the trench wall. A third soldier...

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RAW DEAL: A QUESTION OF CONSENT

Director Billy Corben has stumbled onto one of the most controversial films of the modern day. With the legal issues of womens rights and sexual...

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BROOKLYN BABYLON

And you thought Romeo and Juliet had it rough. At least they were the same race; the same nationality; hell, they were practically neighbors. Then again,...

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MULLIGAN

"Mulligan" is the penultimate little engine that could, so it's all the more disheartening to find out that it can't. It wants to work like the great...

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PLAY DEAD

Too many moments in "Play Dead" lie just as stiff and lifeless as the subject of the film. It hangs an entire film upon a premise that wears its welcome...

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H.R. PUKENSHETTE

First the good news: "H.R. Pukenshette" is not a vulgar parody of the old Sid & Marty Krofft TV show "H.R. Pufenstuf". Fans of Witchiepoo & Co. do not...

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THE BIG HOUSE

This more-than-uncomfortable short follows the life of Sonny. It's his first day in prison serving a five year sentence, and he'll probably be out in one...

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BIT PLAYERS

Hollywood circa 1970 is the setting for "Bit Players," a short film about short struggling actors. Starring Verne Troyer, Mini-Me from "Austin Powers: The...

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WOMEN IN FILM

Watching "Women in Film" was the equivalent of sitting in front of a funhouse mirror distorting your reflection back at you. The film is cannibalistic --...

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LAST RESORT

The British are legendary for their impeccable politeness. Tanya (Dina Korzun), a beautiful Russian emigre, and her headstrong ten year-old son Artiom...

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