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THE BOOTLEG FILES: HAMMERSMITH IS OUT

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Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can only be found on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil is assaulted by a true piece of crap…

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: HAMMERSMITH IS OUT

BOOTLEG FILES 252: “Hammersmith is Out” (1972 comedy starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. LAST SEEN: Available for unauthorized download on...

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PERFECT RED

Let’s be realistic here, folks. Any and all attempts by most filmmakers to fool audiences or provide a surprise twist tend to forecast it twenty minutes...

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MISTER FOE (HALLAM FOE)

After leaving home for Edinburgh, young Hallam (Jamie Bell, “Billy Elliot” now growing up) arrives to a land of wish-fulfillment, one of much promise. ...

THE FLAWED SQUAD: INTERVIEW WITH JOSE PADILHA

The enthusiastic, mile-a-minute voice of “Elite Squad” director Jose Padilha erupts from my telephone. The filmmaker is traveling in a car, somewhere...

2008 AFI FEST OPENS WITH “THE SOLOIST”

AFI FEST 2008 presented by Audi: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival has announced that DreamWorks Pictures and Universal Pictures’ "The Soloist"...

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PATHS OF GLORY

War may be hell, but it certainly lit a creative fire under Stanley Kubrick's ass. From his little-seen debut "Fear and Desire" to his penultimate effort...

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ON THE ECSTASY OF SKI-FLYING: WERNER HERZOG IN CONVERSATION WITH KAREN BECKMAN (

It is easy to envy anyone who has the chance to converse with legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog on social and cultural matters. Sadly, this DVD...

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THE GODFATHER: THE COPPOLA RESTORATION (DVD)

I'm not the sort of DVD viewer who obsesses over things like edge enhancement, but when "The Godfather" films arrived on disc in 2001, the imperfections in...

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L.A. CONFIDENTIAL: TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)

Watching "L.A. Confidential" for the first time since its original DVD release, I was struck by its vivid use of archetypes. We have characters as...

“STRAWBERRY FIELDS” FOREVER: INTERVIEW WITH AYELET HELLER

One of the year’s finest documentaries is Ayelet Heller’s “Strawberry Fields,” which focuses on the challenges and crises facing Palestinian...

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