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ELENA

By | April 2012

2012 DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Both Elena and “Elena” are oddly wired, and any attempt to understand either must be done on their own terms…

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ELENA

This review was originally published on January 23, 2012... Elena's first two acts are equal parts narrative distance and stylistic finesse, with coldly...

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MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: VOLUME XXIII (DVD)

I've reviewed every "Mystery Science Theater 3000" set released by Shout! Factory so far, and since baseball season is now underway (go Phils!), I'll use a...

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MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE WILD WORLD OF BATWOMAN AND GIRL IN GOLD BOOTS

Shout! Factory's latest pair of standalone "Mystery Science Theater 3000" releases offer two different looks at the series' development: "The Wild World of...

FILM FESTICLES: EPISODE SIX – "START YOUR OWN"

Film Threat is proud to present a new webseries from filmmakers Mark Potts and Don Swaynos, Film Festicles. In this week's episode, the director, not one...

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COMPLIANCE

This review was originally published on January 28, 2012... As I watched Craig Zobel’s controversial film “Compliance,” the strangest thing happened...

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TEDDY BEAR

This review was originally published on January 24, 2012... Films about men living with an overbearing mother, yet yearning to break free from them, are...

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TCHOUPITOULAS

This review was originally published on March 11, 2012... Bill and Turner Ross's Tchoupitoulas is an immersive experience, which is to say that the best...

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5 BROKEN CAMERAS

This review was originally published on January 21, 2012... Emad Burnat is a peasant farmer in the small Palestinian village of Bil’in. He has a lovely...

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IN THEIR OWN WORDS (DVD)

I admit I was tempted to open this review with a "Jersey Shore" joke intended to highlight the cesspool that much of our modern culture has become. But, of...

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THE WAR YOU DON'T SEE (DVD)

British journalist and filmmaker John Pilger uses this feature-length film essay to pillory the American and British mass media for their inability to...

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