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By | January 2014

2014 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT SELECTION! There’s just some films that are so messed up that they gain cultish, legendary status and seeing them is like a rite of passage amongst film geeks. Unfortunately, “R100” is not that kind of film although I think secretly director Hitoshi Matsumoto wishes it was yet, knows it isn’t…

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R100

Sometimes you see a movie that’s genuinely, well, fucked up. There’s a true darkness onscreen which is tucked in around grotesque humor as disgusting...

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COLD IN JULY

What is going on here? That’s what most people will be saying to themselves through the majority of Jim Mickle’s truly undefinable Cold in July, based...

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BLIND

“Blind” is a Norweigan film that tells the story of recently a recently blinded woman named Ingrid (Petersen) who, as one might guess, is having a...

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REZETA

A free spirited model from Kosovo settles in Mexico City and must decide whether commitment to one man is what she really desires. Unfortunately, she...

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THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL

A man’s tiny lapse in judgment creates fatal consequences for his family, community, and himself---but it’s what happens after that which is...

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KIDNAPPED FOR CHRIST

Kate S. Logan's documentary, Kidnapped for Christ, starts off as a simple profile of a Christian behavior modification school in the Dominican Republic,...

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MARMATO

For over 500 years, residents of the town of Marmato in the Columbian mountains have been mining the extensive gold reserves in and around their community....

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PABLO’S VILLA

In 1985, the Argentine resort town of Villa Epecuén was flooded following the collapse of a nearby dam. The flood waters completely submerged the town,...

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LOCKE

Taking place almost in real-time and set in no location other than the vehicle of its title character, Steven Knight’s Locke is an actor’s showcase for...

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GLASS EYES OF LOCUST BAYOU

Simon Mercer’s short documentary offers a thumbnail profile on the life and (for lack of a better word) art of Phil Chambliss, a former security guard...

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