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By | January 2005

SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION 2005 REVIEW! If anyone has the right to “hate America” or to call for an end to Western Civilization as we know it, it’s an American Indian…

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TRUDELL

How do you give a liberal indigestion? Well, bad goat cheese can be very effective, but another way is to make him review a film about an ultra-left...

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BETWEEN

Yet another echo of “Memento” -- the masterpiece that launched a thousand mindfucks -- David Ocañas’s “Beneath” boasts lush production values...

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HUSTLE & FLOW

Writer/director Craig Brewer’s “Hustle & Flow” starts out like an updated homage to blaxsploitation, but turns out to be something else entirely....

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WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?

“Who Killed Cock Robin?” is one of the few truly independent entries in this year’s dramatic competition, made on a small budget with no name actors...

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THE JOY OF LIFE

Jenni Olson takes us on an interesting and soothing trip through San Francisco comprised entirely of captivating landscape shots of the Bay Area with...

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DHAKIYARR VS. THE KING

The tribe leader Dhakiyarr shoots a policeman who had taken one of his village’s women, upholding the laws of his tribe, which a shark spoke long ago in...

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THE LIBERACE OF BAGHDAD

As far as documentaries go, the great thing about the digital cinema boom is that it’s now affordable to run cameras almost 24/7, then figure out what...

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ELEPHANT PALM TREE

In a well-furnished house, beautifully lit and tastefully designed, a marriage crumbles. There’s no melodrama and no overacting, no yelling between...

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PIZZA SHOP

What starts out as an extremely disturbing argument in a pizza shop between a couple quickly turns into an observation of how celebrity rules all. Okay,...

MORE FREEDOM IN 2005

Freedom Cinema Festival provides a unique, alternative forum for leading grassroots artists addressing socially and politically relevant themes. It runs...

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