THE PURIFIED
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 74 minutes |
SUNDANCE 2003 WORLD DOCUMENTARY SELECTION! The filmmakers discuss the Dogme95 manifesto and the ten rules of the cinematic vow of Chastity the directors took in ’95…
Posted on January 29, 2003 by Eric Campos
DETECTIVE FICTION
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 102 minutes |
SUNDANCE 2003 AMERICAN SPECTRUM SELECTION! Boring people make boring goddamn movies…
Posted on January 29, 2003 by Eric Campos
JASI COTTON LANIER: MOST DANGEROUS ACTRESS
Have you always wanted to do stunts or are you interested in other areas of film production as well? Stunts were a natural progression for me. After my first lead role in “Poetic Seduction,” I knew I was in over my head, so I started training in acting and martial arts. I thought if I [...]
Posted on January 28, 2003 by Eric Campos
“ICARUS” WINS THIRD PLACE IN 2003 SUNDANCE ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL
Kirk Hostetter’s and Evan Mather’s Icarus of Pittsburgh has finished 3rd in the 2003 Sundance Online Film Festival in the Short Subject category. The ten-minute short film tells the story of Archie McNally, otherwise known as the “greatest Pittsburgh Steelers fan ever,” because of his daring exploits during the 1979 AFC Championship game when, using [...]
Posted on January 28, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
ANOTHER KIND OF GORE AT SLAMDUNK AWARDS CEREMONY
The festival, back at it’s original home at Harry O’s, enjoyed record audiences throughout the week, including almost 500 people in the rafters for the opening day screening of Pauly Shore’s directorial debut, and former Vice President AL GORE even paid a visit…
Posted on January 28, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
END OF THE ROADANCE?
ROADANCE victoriously cruised the streets of Park City, until…
Posted on January 28, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
CITY OF GOD
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 120 minutes |
PLAYING IN NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES! The director keeps things flowing at a fevered pace, while tossing in chunks of homage to the world’s greatest directors…
Posted on January 28, 2003 by KJ Doughton
BUY SOME “VEGETATION”
All sorts of bizarre shit can be found and bid on at Ebay…even a writer’s hopes and dreams. In an attempt to call attention to his work, relatively unknown writer Byron Snyder will place his screenplay “Vegetation” on the auction block at Ebay, March 1st, with the starting bid at $25,000, a price considerably lower [...]
Posted on January 27, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
SUNDANCE 2003 WRAPS
And the winners are…
Posted on January 27, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
DARKNESS FALLS
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 85 minutes |
IN THEATERS! The premise of “Darkness Falls” is incredibly eerie and effective – a ghost that will hunt down anyone who ever lays eyes upon it…
Posted on January 27, 2003 by Kevin Carr
A GUY THING
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 101 minutes |
IN THEATERS! – It has one of the most uniquely conceived wedding scenes imaginable…
Posted on January 27, 2003 by Kevin Carr
2 BIRDS WITH 1 STALLONE: THE LEGEND OF LOU BENEDETTI
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 85 minutes |
SLAMDANCE 2003 COMPETITION FEATURE FILM! Lou is forced to hit the streets to find any job he can to support himself while he searches from some way to rid himself of this crippling stutter…
Posted on January 27, 2003 by Eric Campos
ALL NIGHT BODEGA
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
SLAMDANCE 2003 COMPETITION FEATURE FILM! It’s surprising that a film with these street life events can be so dull and I blame it on the credibility of the relationships between the characters…
Posted on January 27, 2003 by Eric Campos
THE GURU
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 100 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE, JANUARY 31ST! “The Guru” centers on what happens when young Indian men come to the United States, determined to make it big in Hollywood. Ramu is a young Indian dance instructor suddenly faced with the realization that his relocation to New York may be a bust…
Posted on January 27, 2003 by Clint Morris
FOOTBALL’S AMUSING CINEMATIC MOMENTS
Want to get into the drunken football spirit this weekend, but your team isn’t playing? Or maybe you don’t like football, but you want to join the festivities anyways without having to endure the pain of the actual big game. Well, plenty of football’s all-star heroes have eventually shared the same shitty attitude as you…
Posted on January 26, 2003 by Eric Campos