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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY FOUR OF "THE STAGG DO"

By | November 2011

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY FOUR OF "THE STAGG DO"

One good thing about a justified bit of yelling is that sometimes things get fixed. Gone are yesterday's flimsy garbage bags. Today we've got new,...

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THE FLOOR OF THE WORLD

"The Floor of the World" is one of filmmaker Janie Geiser's mesmerizing and enchanting film collages. Her style is a kind of low tech cinematic puppetry,...

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'MASTER HAROLD'…AND THE BOYS (DVD)

Athol Fugard’s acclaimed play, which was previously produced as a 1985 made-for-television film, has been adapted again via Lonny Price, who starred in...

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY THREE OF "THE STAGG DO"

For the first time in A Year Without Rent, I took zero pictures. Yes, zero. You'll see 2 pictures in this post. Someone else took them. But why? One word:...

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GHOST ALGEBRA

"Ghost Algebra" is one of Janie Geiser's most beautiful and evocative films, using her style of simply animated objects. The protagonist is the wooden toy...

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY TWO OF "THE STAGG DO"

Few things in micro budget indie film are easier than being the gaffer when shooting a field far away from electricity. There's really no way you can...

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THE BEATLES AT THEIR BEST

Shaun Phillips’ documentary refers to a statement by John Lennon that the Beatles were at their peak in the years when they were an underground music...

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CAT’S CRADLE

"Cat's Cradle" is an engaging, short visual study of a highly compressed 3D space. Filmmaker Raymond Rea uses a crude form of animation, made largely from...

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MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE ATOMIC BRAIN AND THE TOUCH OF SATAN (DVD)

I've been griping about the lack of extras in these standalone "MST3K" DVDs since Shout! Factory started issuing them, so after my last review ("Red Zone...

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY ONE OF "THE STAGG DO"

In the original planning for A Year Without Rent, I wasn't supposed to leave the country. It just wasn't in the budget. And sure, there were jokes about A...

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