“BAZAAR BIZARRE” AT THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE
Ben Meade’s Bazaar Bizarre will screen at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas on October 29th at 9:45pm. James Ellroy and Ben Meade will be in attendance to present the film.
Posted on September 28, 2004 by Film Threat Staff
KODAK’S CANNES SHORTS IN LOS ANGELES
The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre presents KODAK SHORT FILM SHOWCASE FROM CANNES 2004, on Tuesday, September 28 at 7:30 PM. This program features a selection of award-winning short films from the Kodak Emerging Filmmaker Showcase which premiered at the 2004 Cannes International Film Festival. The filmmakers represented in this showcase won first place [...]
Posted on September 28, 2004 by Film Threat Staff
THE FORGOTTEN
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 91 minutes |
IN THEATERS! Advance word on “The Forgotten,” the latest film from “Dreamscape” director Joseph Ruben, gave little hint as to the nature of the forces working behind the scenes against the film’s protagonists. The latest previews seem to give a little more away, which is disappointing, because I think seeing the film without that knowledge might help audiences enjoy it a little more…
Posted on September 28, 2004 by Pete Vonder Haar
STRANGE FRUIT
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 14 minutes |
Inspired by the blues classic “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holliday, this short is an urban history lesson told from the point of view of a young graffiti artist and her grandmother…
Posted on September 28, 2004 by Mike Watt
SIX TULIPS
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 12 minutes |
“Six Tulips” is remarkable because it’s brave enough to be a quiet story of emotion and completely devoid of cynicism…
Posted on September 28, 2004 by Mike Watt
RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 85 minutes |
“Rhythm of the Saints” is just plain out of rhythm…
Posted on September 28, 2004 by Merle Bertrand
LOOK AT MY SHORTS!
Several award winning short films from Ohio filmmakers are set to screen at the LOOK AT MY SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL…
Posted on September 27, 2004 by Film Threat Staff
KUNG FU TEENAGE BIGFOOT
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 2 minutes |
Lots of narrator-babble about a Sasquatch-like man in a cheesy monkey suit kicking the snot out of anyone who represents the encroaching civilization…
Posted on September 27, 2004 by Merle Bertrand
AMSTERDAM DIARY
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 10 minutes |
When the still art of the sculptures are seen floating through the air, serenely hoisted by the cranes, it is as if the dead themselves were brought to life, and the past brought into the present…
Posted on September 27, 2004 by David Finkelstein
MONSIEUR IBRAHIM
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 93 minutes |
“Monsieur Ibrahim” is a piece of slop…
Posted on September 27, 2004 by Phil Hall
ASH TUESDAY
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 85 minutes |
These are the tangled and intertwined lives of one Manhattan neighborhood, struggling to recover some semblance of normalcy in the months following the worst day in our nation’s history…
Posted on September 27, 2004 by Merle Bertrand
FLESH FOR THE BEAST
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
For a movie about the investigation of a dark, quiet mansion, there sure is a lot of female nudity going on. It’s like going to a Cuba Gooding Jr. film and finding that it’s actually good…
Posted on September 27, 2004 by Eric Campos
RUN
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 52 minutes |
When an Ethiopian boy, an immigrant to Isræl, winds up dead at the bottom of a trailer park trash pit, few take notice and fewer still care…
Posted on September 27, 2004 by Merle Bertrand
THE NIGHT THEY RETURNED (DVD)
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Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 77 minutes |
You can tell that there’s a half-decent flick buried under all the blood, sex and exploitation…
Posted on September 25, 2004 by Jeremy Knox
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 127 minutes |
IN LIMTED RELEASE! However, “The Motorcycle Diaries” is subtle, funny and touching. It’s not like a blow-by-blow “Birth of a Hero” type of film. The script is near perfect and the acting is spot on. As if this film wasn’t terrific enough, real footage of Dr. Alberto Granado is played over the end credits. He’s now over 80 years old and seems to still be as young at heart as the character de la Serna played in the film…
Posted on September 25, 2004 by Don R. Lewis