TALKING PICTURES: GENDER WARS
Writer David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This week, go-getter Laura Pederson discusses work, women, murder, and the new film “Chicago.” “We’ve been taken advantage of because we were female, and made to feel that we had no power…”
Posted on January 31, 2003 by David Templeton
“TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US” IN FEBRUARY
In the can since 2001 and already released to Australian theaters, “Till Human Voices Wake Us,” starring Guy Pearce and Helena Bonham Carter, is finally getting a U.S. theatrical release from Paramount Classics. Written and directed by Australian filmmaker Michael Petroni (The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Queen of the Damned), “Till Human Voices Wake [...]
Posted on January 31, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
SANTA BARBARA ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE
Taking place February 28th – March 9th, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival will screen over 100 films in ten sections…
Posted on January 31, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
THE RECRUIT
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 105 minutes |
IN THEATERS! The biggest problem with “The Recruit” is its wishy-washy plot…
Posted on January 31, 2003 by Kevin Carr
BOOKIES
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 93 minutes |
SUNDANCE 2003 AMERICAN SPECTRUM SELECTION! Beginning as a fairly funny college buddy flick, “Bookies” gets more intense as these college kids discover the dangerous pitfalls of bookmaking…
Posted on January 31, 2003 by Eric Campos
THE FICTITIOUS TRUTHS OF MICHAEL MOORE
BEST OF 2003! Rather than tweaking the establishment, or giving a journalistic pantsing to blowhard executives, Moore has decided these days to pander to left tilting extremists by showing them what they want to see, even when the proverbial “it” isn’t there…
Posted on January 30, 2003 by Brad Slager
ESTROFEST COMES TO THE RESCUE IN FEBRUARY
Kaarina Aufranc and Shauna Stoddart are bringing Estrofest to the Red Rock on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. Every Wednesday in February, Estrofest will screen female helmed short films in order to raise money for women in need in other countries. Donations at the door will go to Women for Women International for their work [...]
Posted on January 30, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
IT’S JUST SO EXTREME!
The third annual X-Dance 2003 Action Sports Film and Video Game Festival showcased over 25 of this year’s top action sports films and video games…
Posted on January 30, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
L’CHAYIM, COMRADE STALIN!
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 92 minutes |
OPENING IN NEW YORK! Although there have been a high number of films that address the ethical and moral questions of the Holocaust and its aftermath, hardly any films have broached the matter of European Jewry before 1933 and no one approaches the problem of Soviet Jews…
Posted on January 30, 2003 by Donald J. Levit
ANOTHER LIFE
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  Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 12 minutes |
NODANCE 2003 COMPETITION SHORT! For a story that concentrates solely on its two characters’ emotions to keep the plot moving, this short creates a payoff better than what most features try to pull off in two hours…
Posted on January 30, 2003 by Dennis Przywara
THE SNELL SHOW
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 8 minutes |
SLAMDANCE 2003 SHORT FILM COMPETITION SELECTION! Let’s face it, as a species, we humans just dig violence…
Posted on January 30, 2003 by Kevin Carr
PREY FOR ROCK & ROLL
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
SCREENING MAY 9TH AT THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL! Gina Gershon toplines as a tough rock chick with a tough rock name and a tough rock attitude. Inspired by L.A. punk legends X, Jacki may not have any tunes as great as “Johnny Hit and Run Paulene” or “Poor Girl,” but she sure makes a better lead singer than Exene Cervenka…
Posted on January 30, 2003 by Tim Merrill
IS “CHICAGO” WORTH VISITING?
This week, our resident Critic Doctor Herb Kane takes a look at “Chicago.” “Ok. So awards mean nothing to me, but they do to the actors who win. Thus I feel good when a movie like this, a challenging endeavor indeed, receives recognition for those who deserve it…”
Posted on January 29, 2003 by Herb Kane
“EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS” IN LOS ANGELES
Slamdance’s 2003 opening night film Easy Riders, Raging Bulls will be playing tonight, January 30th, at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles with Dennis Hopper in attendance for a post screening discussion. Based on Peter Biskind’s best seller, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls focuses on the tumultuous period in the late 60s/early 70s when a few [...]
Posted on January 29, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
THE UNAMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL STRIKES AGAIN
The Unamerican Film Festival is a volunteer-run, non-corporate sponsored event, named after the notorious House Un-American Activities Commitee (HUAC) — the arm of Congress that probed Hollywood on a witch hunt for communists…
Posted on January 29, 2003 by Film Threat Staff