TELLURIDE ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE
It’s finally here! The Directors of the Telluride Film Festival today announced the program for the 29th celebration of film…

Posted on August 31, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
AT DAWN THEY SLEEP
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There’s a goofy charm to the two vampires shooting their rivals with guns just for fun, wielding two guns at once like the bastard sons of Bram Stoker and John Woo…

Posted on August 31, 2002 by Dan Fienberg
CORY MCABEE BLASTS OFF
“AMERICAN ASTRONAUT” SCREENS AT THE GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL IN SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST 30TH! Last year at the Sundance Film Festival, Rocket Man Cory McAbee redefined the rock n’ roll musical with “The American Astrounaut.” The musical will never look the same again…

Posted on August 30, 2002 by Chris Gore
CORY MCABEE BLASTS OFF (part 3)
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Posted on August 30, 2002 by Chris Gore
CORY MCABEE BLASTS OFF (part 2)
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Posted on August 30, 2002 by Chris Gore
CORY MCABEE BLASTS OFF (part 4)
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Posted on August 30, 2002 by Chris Gore
FOOTAGE FETISHES: “NEAR DARK”
Through an RV, Darkly Directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Eric Red, who had previously collaborated on “Blue Steel,” “Near Dark” differs from its contemporaries in that it isn’t really about a race against time to save humanity from the undead. It’s a “man vs. the vampires” movie, sure, but at its heart “Near [...]

Posted on August 30, 2002 by Pete Vonder Haar
FOOTAGE FETISHES: “NEAR DARK”
Writer Pete Vonder Haar takes us down memory lane for an in-depth look at forgotten films. This week, Pete
examines “Near Dark”, starring Bill Paxton. “Are we as horror fans really missing anything?”

Posted on August 30, 2002 by Pete Vonder Haar
PARTY AT THE BEACH WITH JAMES CAMERON
Depending on who you are, attending symposiums on technology in film can be so boring you’ll wanna gouge your eyeballs out and plug them in your ears. So, the Jackson Hole Symposium got the great idea of taking their show to the beaches of Santa Barbara on September 5-7. Now when you’re done listening to [...]

Posted on August 30, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
“THE HOMEBOY” GOES DVD
Promoted as an “urban comedy”, “The Homeboy” is coming to DVD and VHS, thanks to MTI Home Entertainment and Delta Entertainment, on October 8th. “The Homeboy” focuses on a white rapper who faces a career crisis when he realizes that he isn’t as cool as he appears to be. The DVD will boast plenty of [...]

Posted on August 30, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
STARZ DENVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER
The festival will showcase 150 films from around the world with more than 75 directors, actors and filmmakers expected to participate in this silver anniversary edition….

Posted on August 30, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
ARRESTED SOUL
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Several flashbacks occur with Kostuch engaging in cocaine-heavy partying with some joyfully undressed young ladies…

Posted on August 30, 2002 by Phil Hall
DATING CAUSES BLINDNESS
If you’re hopelessly addicted to the trainwreck that is “Blind Date”, the television show where blind dates are televised and often end in misery, then “Date or Disaster” is for you. It’s like full contact “Blind Date”, or should I say…EXTREME dating. This satire of the reality dating show explosion features the matching of a [...]

Posted on August 29, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
INTERNET PANHANDLING AT ITS BEST
Here’s another interesting email we just received. Funny thing is, the subject title said – PRESS RELEASE. Dear Film Threat, Hello, My name is Shannon Cronin (I am male). I recently ran across the site SaveKaryn.com which is basically a 29 year-old lady begging for money because she ran up too much credit card debt [...]

Posted on August 29, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
IFP SPLITS FROM ROLLING RIVER
“We felt that the films within this festival would be better served as a separate event…”

Posted on August 29, 2002 by Film Threat Staff


