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By | January 2007

2007 SUNDANCE NEW FRONTIER FEATURE! In the age of videotape, anyone can turn themselves into a protagonist by flipping around their digital-video camera. At least, some people let themselves believe that’s the case…

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OFFSCREEN

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In the age of videotape, anyone can turn themselves into a protagonist by flipping around their digital-video camera. At least, some people let themselves...

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MAKE A WISH

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Cherien Dabis’ short “Make a Wish” takes place in Ramallah, yet on the surface it seems like the rare Palestinian film without a political message. ...

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THE DAWN CHORUS

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How much can tragedy take a toll on us? Sometimes in ways we can’t imagine. For the people in this picture, they’ve decided, as a way of remembrance,...

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HAPPINESS

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Sophie Barthes’ “Happiness” focuses on an older Eastern European woman named Iwona who works as a product tester in a condom factory. It isn’t a...

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THE LEGACY

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2007 SUNDANCE WORLD DRAMATIC COMPETITION FEATURE! Simplicity; sometimes the most simple of stories can be the most effective. Cinema today is plagued with...

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LIGHT WORK I

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I’m usually very adept to symbolism and allegory, and from what I could tell, Reeve’s “Light Work I” is an interesting exploration in tedium and...

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SUNDANCE 07 NEWS: ADRIENNE SHELLY’S POSTHUMOUS “WAITRESS” AT S

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The indie film world released a collected sigh of "bummed" when actress and director Adrienne Shelly was found dead in her New York office. What at first...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE WIZARD OF OZ”/”DARK SIDE OF THE MOON&#

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BOOTLEG FILES 165: “The Wizard of Oz”/”Dark Side of the Moon” (the mix of the 1939 movie classic and the 1973 Pink Floyd album). LAST SEEN:...

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TOP TEN SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVALS

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Every year someone leaves the Sundance Film Festival saying “this was the best year ever.” Wait two minutes, and someone else will follow-up with...

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DELIRIOUS

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Les, a desperately lonely, low-rate paparazzi, spends his life arranging to get into parties, trying to talk his way into the limited-access areas of the...

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