TODD HAYNES, RICHARD LINKLATER, COL NEEDHAM AND MORE ANNOUNCED FOR 2009 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference & Festival has announced the first round of confirmed speakers for the 2009 event, to be held March 13-21, 2009 in Austin, Texas…
Posted on October 27, 2008 by Film Threat Staff
PRIDE AND GLORY
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 125 minutes |
Good cops or bad cops, the cops we meet here are all for the most part fairly dull, derivative cops and the beat they pound will prove uncharted cinematic territory for few moviegoers…
Posted on October 27, 2008 by Rick Kisonak
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: G Running Time: 112 minutes |
The lo-fi nature of the first installments was always part of their charm, I realize, but a moviegoing public that made “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” #1 at the box office two weeks in a row demands more, dammit…
Posted on October 26, 2008 by Pete Vonder Haar
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 124 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! For a film that is principally about death, the conclusion is surprisingly life-affirming, especially coming from Kaufman…
Posted on October 26, 2008 by Mariko McDonald
SAW V
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 89 minutes |
In five films, we’ve gone from teaching junkies and murderers to appreciate their lives to going after cops who care too much and follow their instincts. I predict in “Saw VI” that Jigsaw will be punishing people for tilting pinball machines, loving their children too much, and driving in the carpool lane unaccompanied…
Posted on October 25, 2008 by Scott Mendelson
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 20 minutes |
Though it’s a technically solid film with well done cinematography and editing, the unpolished script coupled with third rate dinner theater acting keeps the potential level at a bare minimum…
Posted on October 25, 2008 by Nick Mead
THE BOOTLEG FILES: DIRTY GERTIE FROM HARLEM U.S.A.
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 pays tribute to a long-forgotten all-black film…
Posted on October 24, 2008 by Film Threat Staff
“THE SOLOIST” IS OUT; “DOUBT” TO OPEN 2008 AFI FEST
AFI FEST 2008 presented by Audi: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival announces Miramax Films’ “Doubt” as the Festival’s Opening Night Gala presentation, replacing the previously announced “The Soloist”…
Posted on October 24, 2008 by Film Threat Staff
KILL JOHN WAYNE
“Kill John Wayne” is an interesting experiment in using comic animation techniques to find powerful images for hidden sexual and political dynamics which are normally difficult to articulate…
Posted on October 24, 2008 by David Finkelstein
NEVER FOREVER (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 102 minutes |
Don’t be fooled by the subject matter and think that this is some dark romantic drama. This is actually a film that fits squarely in the disaster genre of movies…
Posted on October 23, 2008 by Doug Brunell
THE VILLAGE BARBERSHOP
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 99 minutes |
“The Village Barbershop” shows that American independent cinema is still alive and capable of telling “little stories” about everyday people just trying to get by.
Posted on October 22, 2008 by Chale Nafus
MOVIE VACATION AT THE 2008 SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL (PART 3)
A Cricket in the Court of Akbar Kicked off a long day of movie watching with a whole bunch of sitar music. Fortunately I didn’t have too much of a brutal hangover from the night before, otherwise I’m not so sure this documentary would’ve gone down so well. “A Cricket in the Court of Akbar” [...]
Posted on October 21, 2008 by Eric Campos
MOVIE VACATION AT THE 2008 SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL (PART 2)
Family Inc. Early Saturday afternoon and I was all rested up and ready to hit some movies – really thankful that the sake headache from the night before had gone away. Kicked off the day with Helen Jen and Emily Ting’s “Family Inc.” which sees Emily turning the camera on herself and her family as [...]
Posted on October 21, 2008 by Eric Campos
JOIN FILM THREAT AT THE 2008 HOLLYWOOD HORROR, SCI-FI AND FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL
Head on down to the Arclight in Hollywood this weekend, October 24-26, 2008, as we roll out our favorite indie genre films of the year, including “Plague Town,” Twisted Pictures’ “Vlog” and the Lloyd Kaufman documentary “Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman”…
Posted on October 21, 2008 by Eric Campos
DIRTY UNDIES VOL. 1: THE WORK OF JAIMZ ASMUNDSON (DVD)
“Dirty Undies” is a compendium of some of the short work of Winnipeg-based filmmaker Jaimz Asmundson and the quality of the package varies wildly…
Posted on October 21, 2008 by Brad Wilke