Monthly Archives: August 2004

I WAS BORN BUT…

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CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2004 REVIEW! I hafta admit, I was quite looking forward to this film, even though the CUFF program called it “…an experimental essay exploring the abstract notion of assimilation and the inherent contradictions of those born into the ‘melting pot’ culture of America.”

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I WAS BORN BUT…

I hafta admit, I was quite looking forward to this film, even though the CUFF program called it “...an experimental essay exploring the abstract notion...

PEEP “TV” SHOW

“Sex times technology equals the future.” – JG Ballard Television, as David Cronenberg so presciently theorized in his 1982 televisual mindfuck...

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GET OUTFEST ON WEDNESDAYS

The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre and Outfest collaborate to present gay and lesbian programming on Wednesdays at the Egyptian in Los...

OFF THE CUFF: OR HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION

A few months ago, I had a brilliant idea. In August, there was going to be a great, little film fest happening in my backyard…. The Chicago Underground...

MAIN PREM KI DIWANI HOON (I WILL LOVE HIM TIL THE END OF TIME)

I was beginning to think that my interest in Bollywood film was unusual for someone in the West--particularly in the notoriously B'wood-ignorant...

THE VAN NUYS PROJECT

Obsessed with porn and desperate to meet some loose ladies, four friends pack up the beer bong and hit the road for the land of porn – Van Nuys,...

SHOWER SINGER

Maureen Troy’s short film “The Shower Singer” depicts the serious consequences of childhood trauma. Brandon (Eric Olson) is the title character, a...

YELENA NUSAMOVITCH GOES “OFFSKI”

Yelena Nusamovitch’s first feature film, “Offski”, is self-described as a “Semi-autobiographical unimpressionistic demise-en-scene Russki...

MAKING A SEQUEL TO A CLASSIC: BE VERY AFRAID

Haunted But Undaunted The story of “Part 4” has the most modest of starting points, on the shelf in the closet of underwhelming scripts at Morgan...

MAKING A SEQUEL TO A CLASSIC: BE VERY AFRAID

Covering the film industry means you often have a front row seat to odd decisions made within it. Look at the puzzling business surrounding the film The...

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