JOIN THE STARSKY & HUTCH ROAD RALLY
Goddamn we love the Alamo Drafthouse! The Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek is putting together a “Starsky & Hutch” themed road rally where contestants will meet at a location to be specified, and in a classic Le Mans running start, will run to their cars and begin the rally — a scavenger hunt all around town. [...]
Posted on February 26, 2004 by Film Threat Staff
“DAWN OF THE DEAD” WEBSITE GOES LIVE
Gotta admit, some of us here at FT are mighty excited about the “Dawn of the Dead” remake heading our way next month – fanboy pride aside. And the new official website for the film has definitely stoked that excitement to blazing. The site features plenty of goodies, including the trailer, a timeline of zombies [...]
Posted on February 26, 2004 by Film Threat Staff
PLATFORM
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  Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 127 minutes |
It’s rather impenetrable for Western audiences (there are no clues to how much time is passing), very symbolic (the title refers to what it feels like to wait for a train that may never arrive), and often somewhat self-indulgent (an hour could be cut without changing much). But it’s also fascinating, original, profoundly beautiful filmmaking…
Posted on February 26, 2004 by Rich Cline
ACCELERATION
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  Year Released: 1993 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 10 minutes |
It is beautiful to see how movement itself makes the image abstract, so that little is identifiable except the sensation of speed…
Posted on February 26, 2004 by David Finkelstein
THE BOOTLEG FILES: “LIZA WITH A Z”
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the funky world of rare, classic and hard-to-find films which can only be obtained via bootleg video channels. This week, Phil rings Liza Minnelli’s bells!
Posted on February 25, 2004 by Phil Hall
EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: MAD MAX IV — HOLOCAUST ROAD
I don’t care if Gibson is accusing the Jews of killing Jesus. I don’t care if he’s saying the aliens from “Signs” did it. It still won’t change the fact that this is a movie based on a story that most people already know and far too many people take literally…
Posted on February 25, 2004 by Doug Brunell
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE: THE MAGNOLIA FILM FESTIVAL
Southern hospitality is all it’s cracked up to be and then some at the Magnolia Independent Film Festival…
Posted on February 25, 2004 by Bob Pest
THE PASSAGE
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 78 minutes |
There’s nothing like narrative deprivation in a film to keep an audience attentive…
Posted on February 25, 2004 by Stina Chyn
MICROCINEMA’S INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE – NINTH SEASON PREMIERE EDITION 2004
While the theme of the season premiere’s selections isn’t readily apparent by the title, the focus is on shorts that need little more than sound effects and music to pull them through…
Posted on February 25, 2004 by Rory L. Aronsky
ABBY (DVD)
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  Year Released: 1973 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 92 minutes |
It should have stayed lost…
Posted on February 25, 2004 by Rhonda Baughman
GOODBYE, LENIN!
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 118 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE FEBRUARY 27TH! If, like me, the phrase “German comedy” gives you a strange feeling of dread, fear not: “Good Bye, Lenin!” manages to successfully weave humor and emotion to produce a work of surprising warmth…
Posted on February 25, 2004 by Pete Vonder Haar
DEVDAS
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Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 127 minutes |
In a brothel he meets a kindly courtesan (Dixit) who becomes his doting guardian angel, even though her social status, even farther below him than Paro’s, prevents her from ever having hope of a real romance…
Posted on February 25, 2004 by Rich Cline
MAHAMAT-SALEH HAROUN: AN AFRICAN EPIPHANY
Chad does not have an active film industry. How difficult has it been to work in a country where there is a limited level of professional and financial support for film production? ^ Well, the principal difficulties were due to the absence of professional actors and technicians. So, a big part of the technicians come [...]
Posted on February 24, 2004 by Phil Hall
RON HOWARD: WHAT’S MISSING
“THE MISSING” OUT ON DVD TODAY! What’s missing? In a word, the edge. The man’s films lack edge…
Posted on February 24, 2004 by Dustin D. Morrow
JOIN THE DVD REVOLUTION: PLANNING
Brian Felsen takes indie filmmakers through the detailed steps in getting their work pressed to DVD. When last we met, Brian Felsen went into the fundamentals of DVD production. Now, let’s have a look at the planning stages….
Posted on February 24, 2004 by Brian Felsen