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CANNED FILM THREAT 2005: HANEKE EXPLORES HIDDEN MEMORIES IN ONE OF THE FEST’S BEST

By | May 2005

FILM THREAT’S 2005 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE! Considering the promising entries yet to play, this year’s Cannes Festival is shaping up as a strong one, although not yet astounding…

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CANNED FILM THREAT 2005: HANEKE EXPLORES HIDDEN MEMORIES IN ONE OF THE FEST̵

Considering the promising entries yet to play, this year’s Cannes Festival is shaping up as a strong one, although not yet astounding. Most of the films...

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LAYER CAKE

Although ultimately no less artificial than hyperactive laddie gangster flicks like Snatch, for a good period of time Layer Cake seems to be leading...

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THE DWARVES: FUCK YOU UP AND GET LIVE (DVD)

“Hardcore punk is good time music” – Blag Dahlia. You know, writing for websites is great. It confers credibility upon you, even if you don’t...

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CHOPPING BLOCK

For masochists who actually enjoy family gatherings, or perhaps for folks who really don’t have families of their own, it’s films like this one that...

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BOB DYLAN WORLD TOURS 1966-1974 (DVD)

A filmmaker’s actual presence in a documentary will often change the movie in a way that gives the finished product its character. Imagine “Bowling for...

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CUPIDITY

The gimmick plot. The use of a narrative trick to keep the plot moving such as friends bonding over the course of the day ("Dazed and Confused"), the...

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KICKING & SCREAMING

Will Ferrell remains one of a handful of former “Saturday Night Live” cast members who has gone on to major box office success as a leading actor. And...

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UNLEASHED

Bart (Bob Hoskins) has the right idea for making debtors pay up: take a young boy, eradicate any evidence of his family, raise him like a animal, even...

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VINYL

“Vinyl” is as personal a work as any I’ve ever seen. Like its studio-produced comedic predecessor “High Fidelity”, the subject is records, music,...

CANNED FILM THREAT 2005: EGOYAN AND VAN SANT EXPLORE THE TRAGEDY OF CELEBRITY

Every day at the Cannes Film Festival, people who will not be able to see any films gather around the outside of the Grand Theatre Lumiere for hours in the...

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