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GOLDEN GATE RESPONDS TO JOY

By | January 2005

The Joy of Life, the experimental documentary that premiered here this week at the Sundance Film Festival, has prompted the Golden Gate…

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GOLDEN GATE RESPONDS TO JOY

The Joy of Life, the experimental documentary that premiered here this week at the Sundance Film Festival, has prompted the Golden Gate Bridge board of...

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EMILE

One could make an argument that this film's star, Ian McKellen, is Hollywood's hottest actor. Given his string of recent successes from "Gods and Monsters"...

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ARE YOU THE FAVORITE PERSON OF ANYBODY?

“Are You the Favorite Person of Anbody?” is a clever four minutes of odd fun directed by Miguel Arteta and written by Miranda July, who wrote and...

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PURA LENGUA (ALL TONGUE)

When making an 11-minute short, it’s advisable to have a pretty narrow focus. “Pura Lengua” is stylish, but completely disorganized as it tries to...

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SWIM TEST

“Swim Test” quietly observes the life of a depressed high school senior who has to take off his shirt to go swimming and graduate. Director Alex Chung...

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TAMA TU

Taika Waitit’s “Tama Tu” offers a refreshing look at war by examining a childish Maori battalion camped out in a ruined building during World War II....

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THIS REVOLUTION

As George W. Bush begins his second term, the time couldn’t be more right for a ferocious political drama about grassroots activism. Writer-director...

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NINE LIVES

“Nine Lives” is composed of nine separate stories, each shot in a single take, each named for the leading female character, each vaguely (sometimes...

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PLANET OF THE ARABS

A weak attempt at provocation that nonetheless puts across a valid point, “Planet of the Arabs” is a pastiche with an attitude. Arab-American...

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ON A CLEAR DAY

The setting is a shipyard in Glasgow, and the scene should be joyous. A massive cargo ship is embarking on its maiden voyage, and it seems as if the whole...

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