Monthly Archives: January 2003

CITY OF GOD

By K.J. Doughton | January 2003

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…

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CITY OF GOD

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Welcome to the inappropriately named “City of God”, a dust-encrusted slum that taints Rio de Janeiro’s postcard-worthy beaches and hotels, packed...

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“ICARUS” WINS THIRD PLACE IN 2003 SUNDANCE ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL

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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...

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ALL NIGHT BODEGA

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I never thought a film about an underage runaway who gets mixed up in an all-female street gang could ever be dull, but then there’s this movie. It’s...

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SUNDANCE 2003 WRAPS

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It was a long and hard one…the festival that is…and now that Sundance has wrapped, here are the winners of the Independent Feature Film...

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2 BIRDS WITH 1 STALLONE: THE LEGEND OF LOU BENEDETTI

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It’s a film about a stuttering boxer who goes on a journey of self-awareness that’s also geared to pry the inner-demons out of it’s audience and...

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BUY SOME “VEGETATION”

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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...

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THE GURU

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Like Tandoori Chicken made mild for a dilettante ally, Daisy von Scherler Mayer’s “The Guru” is Bollywood condensed – supplementing ersatz blasé...

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DARKNESS FALLS

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“Darkness Falls” is about what you’d expect from a post-holiday season horror film. Think along the lines of “Leprechaun” and Valentine Not...

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A GUY THING

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In the wake of the twentysomething comedy Just Married, another preter-nuptual film hits the theatres. This time round, “A Guy Thing” finds the...

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PIECES OF APRIL

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As the debate between digital video and film rages on, “Pieces of April” proves a point that many people overlook in the DV/film debate. If you have a...

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