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STRAIGHT LINE

By | March 2005

SXSW NARRATIVE FEATURE 2005 REVIEW! “Straight Line” follows anything but a straight line in its narrative structure, jumping back and forth between three distinctive timelines and using distinctive visual styles for each…

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STRAIGHT LINE

It was one of those ancient Greek geometrists who first stated centuries ago that the shortest distance between two points was a straight line. Hell, I...

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WATERBORNE

Making a low-budget film about a major disaster hitting Los Angeles takes some courage. Making it a good movie takes some talent. “Waterborne,” the...

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PUCKER UP

Whatever happened to the fine art of whistling? That’s a question filmmakers Kate Davis and David Heilbroner start off asking in their fun documentary...

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STRANGE FRUIT

One would think that if the subject of a documentary was the possible lynching of a young black man in a bleak southern town, it might be a good idea to...

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YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME

Considering myself a pretty big music fan, I was pretty embarrassed to discover I knew very little about the life and music of Roky Erickson. In case you...

FILM THREAT’S SXSW 2005 WRAP-UP

NARRATIVE FEATURES THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE ^ If it weren’t laughable enough to see a snake crawl out of a cage while a girl loses her virginity with...

2005 TRIBECA SHORTS COMPETITION ANNOUNCED

The 2005 Tribeca Film Festival Shorts Film Program consists of 95 films selected from 1700 submissions and range from experimental to animation to live...

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NO DAY NO NIGHT

"Who am I? Why am I here?" These are the opening questions in this philosophically inclined essay film. "No Day No Night" explores the issues of identity...

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TRYING THE KNOT

I’m not married, never have been, nor have I ever entertained the thought, but I’ve been through so many weddings that I feel like I’m a pro. ...

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THE SEA INSIDE

I've been saying it for years: Javier Bardem is one of the world's most underrated actors. Sure, he's the first Spaniard ever to receive a Best Actor Oscar...

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