Monthly Archives: May 2009

SPRING BREAKDOWN

By | May 2009

SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE NOW ON DVD! The flat-out hilarious “Spring Breakdown” proves that women can be just as crass, hilarious, and h***y as their male counterparts.

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SPRING BREAKDOWN

This movie is, plain and simple, laugh-out-loud hilarious. It takes a premise normally reserved for guys and turns it on its head, proving that women can...

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THE BROTHERS BLOOM

A little bit of screwball comedy and a lot of film noir, add a dash of suspense-drama, and half a dozen card tricks too, then you have the recipe for...

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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (DVD)

Robert Wiene, the German director best known for his groundbreaking silent feature “The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari,” joined forces with the Moscow Art...

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PAPER HEART

Charlyne Yi doesn’t believe in love. But it’s not because of past heartbreak. It’s because she’s never felt it before. So she embarks on a project...

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SURVEILLANCE

Puzzle box movies are a mixed blessing. The best of them are completely absorbing and compelling, regardless of their climactic reveals or final incidents....

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: BEGOTTEN

BOOTLEG FILES 285: “Begotten” (Elias Merhige’s 1989 experimental feature). LAST SEEN: Available on several Web sites. AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: Via...

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IN THE LOOP

"In the Loop" is a satire of Strangelovian proportions that is both inspired and crass, often at the same time. Adapted by director Armando Iannucci's from...

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DRAG ME TO HELL

Scream queens are hired to stand in for the audience, to absorb dread and give us someone – anyone! – with whom we can sympathize. But even with this...

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GENERIC THRILLER

To this day, I have never walked out of a film. When I was fifteen, I had to fight not to walk out of "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle." In that...

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NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN

The original "Night at the Museum" (2006) took place in the American Museum of Natural History. Its sequel is set in the galleries of the Smithsonian....

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