GOLDEN GATE RESPONDS TO JOY
The Joy of Life, the experimental documentary that premiered here this week at the Sundance Film Festival, has prompted the Golden Gate Bridge board of directors to renew discussion of the issue of a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge. The topic was taken under consideration at this morning’s Building and Operations Committee meeting. [...]
Posted on January 31, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
“CORPSE BRIDE” TRAILER
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Posted on January 31, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
CENTRAL NEBRASKA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2005 WINNERS
The Central Nebraska Film Festival concluded January 29th with the controversial documentary “416” winning both the Feature Film Award and Audience Award! “416” is a documentary by Omaha filmmaker Jim Fields that explores the issue of same sex marriage and civil rights for gay couples in Nebraska. The movie’s title comes from the Nebraska 2000 [...]
Posted on January 31, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
FLOTSAM/JETSAM
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 5 minutes |
SUNDANCE SHORT 2005 REVIEW! The scene seems serene enough, no reason for immediate alarm here, but that’s only what the camera is showing us…
Posted on January 31, 2005 by Eric Campos
VICTORIA PARA CHINO
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 13 minutes |
SUNDANCE SHORT 2005 REVIEW! Claustrophobic darkness pervades in Cary Fukunaga’s “Victoria Para Chino”…
Posted on January 31, 2005 by Jeremy Mathews
THE YOUTH IN US
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 11 minutes |
SUNDANCE SHORT 2005 REVIEW! “The Youth in Us” is a clever bait-and-switch short that becomes more tragic as it reveals its true scenario…
Posted on January 31, 2005 by Jeremy Mathews
TAMA TU
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 18 minutes |
SUNDANCE SHORT 2005 REVIEW! Taika Waitit’s “Tama Tu” offers a refreshing look at war by examining a childish Maori battalion camped out in a ruined building during World War II…
Posted on January 31, 2005 by Jeremy Mathews
SWIM TEST
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Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 11 minutes |
SUNDANCE SHORT 2005 REVIEW! “Swim Test” quietly observes the life of a depressed high school senior who has to take off his shirt to go swimming and graduate…
Posted on January 31, 2005 by Jeremy Mathews
PURA LENGUA (ALL TONGUE)
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 11 minutes |
SUNDANCE SHORT 2005 REVIEW! Completely disorganized as it tries to deal with the problems of dating a closet lesbian and the prejudices and exploitation that a indigenous Xicana encounters…
Posted on January 31, 2005 by Jeremy Mathews
ARE YOU THE FAVORITE PERSON OF ANYBODY?
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Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 4 minutes |
SUNDANCE SHORT 2005 REVIEW! In the black-and-white HD movie, John C. Reilly plays a man standing on a neighborhood street, asking people the titular survey…
Posted on January 31, 2005 by Jeremy Mathews
EMILE
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 92 minutes |
OPENS IN LOS ANGELES, FEBRUARY 4TH! “Emile” becomes something of an essay on guilt, responsibility, remorse, redemption, and all of the accoutrements of awkwardness that exist within families…
Posted on January 31, 2005 by Ashley Cooper
SUNDANCE ANNOUNCES 2005 AWARD WINNERS
You want big wieners? We got big wieners!
Posted on January 30, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
CHICAGO SHOWS OFF SOME REALLY SHORT SHORTS
The Chicago “Really” Short Film Fest was conceived as a way to get those “really” short films out to the public in an open and entertaining atmosphere…
Posted on January 30, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
ON A CLEAR DAY
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Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 92 minutes |
SUNDANCE WORLD DRAMATIC COMPETITION 2005 REVIEW! The setting is a shipyard in Glasgow, and the scene should be joyous…
Posted on January 30, 2005 by Peter Hanson
PLANET OF THE ARABS
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 10 minutes |
SUNDANCE SHORT 2005 REVIEW! While Salloum forcefully pursues an admirable agenda, her film is ultimately nothing more than a clip reel because it lacks context and analysis…
Posted on January 30, 2005 by Peter Hanson