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By | February 2004

SUNDANCE 2004 FRONTIER SELECTION! Plot isn’t always necessary, especially when one is attempting to produce work of a more symbolic nature, but it helps…

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WAR

Writer/director Jake Mahaffy’s “WAR” is essentially a critic-proof film: if you don’t like it, those who did will inevitably claim you didn’t...

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"The Watershed" tells the story of the Trunk family. The Trunk family consists of seven children and two very disconnected parents. The Trunk saga begins...

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"IPO" tells the tale of a group of San Francisco dot-commers attempting to get rich through their companies' IPO (initial public offering). The problem?...

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As William Goldman said once: “No one knows anything.” How else do you explain Disney bucking three lousy movie trends—anything involving pirates,...

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I once saw Mel Brooks tell a story about a sketch he was writing. He was working for, I think, Sid Caesar, and his sketch didn’t have an ending. So he...

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Usually when watching a Tim Burton film, you expect to see a storyline that suffers from a serious 'Pinocchio' complex. Most of the time it would involve...

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Elmore Leonard had just started writing crime novels when he wrote "The Big Bounce" back in the late 60s. So he has an excuse. Virtually everyone else...

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND (DVD)

I have to admit that most of the characters in “Alice in Wonderland” scared the bejeebus out of me as a child. That’s probably why I don’t remember...

SARASOTA ANNOUNCES 2004 WINNERS

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POWER TO THE PIRATES

That's right! Bootleggers have rights, too. Or so says the new short film from Dan Mirvish and Mark Bell. Check it out at RespectBootleggers.org and...

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