Monthly Archives: September 2009

SHELL

By | September 2009

Director Yelena Demikovsky attempts to a tell a story of innocence lost and the fleeting nature of youthful affection, but winds up getting bogged down in leaden dialogue and cheesy music.

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SHELL

"Shell" is a syrupy short film about two children, their respective parents and the beach where they meet. Director Yelena Demikovsky attempts to a tell a...

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FULL STOP HILLTOP

"I'm not exactly sure when the water stopped," asks Craig Uram at the beginning of David Baeumler's excellent short, "Full Stop Hilltop." Uram portrays a...

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COAST TO COAST DIARIES

When a person has produced, written, directed and starred in a film, a viewer is faced with two possibilities: 1) That person is a genius. 2) That person...

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RESONANCES

In "Resonances," a gorgeous short film by Ismaïl Bahri, water drips very slowly into a white bathtub, which is slowly draining. The beautiful photography...

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PIRATE RADIO USA

This fast-paced documentary is ostensibly about radio piracy, but by the end it spirals into a blunt indictment of several ways the American society and...

SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL IS BIGGER THAN EVER!

The San Diego Asian Film Festival has announced its tenth season which runs OCTOBER 15-29, 2009 at the Mission Valley UltraStar Cinemas at Hazard Center. ...

FAME

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer may think the mis-invention of its 1980 classic will appeal to the younger hip hop tastes of today's youth — all those not-yet-borns...

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TURN ME ON, DEAD MAN

A group of young underground filmmakers just made some good timing. Their short, “Turn Me On, Dead Man,” appears right during the lastest Beatles...

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POLANKSKI ARRESTED BY THE SWISS

Today, Swiss spells "Judas" as the nation's authorities arrest Polanski on his 31-year-old US warrant. Polanski was to receive a lifetime achievement...

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HADEWIJCH

SPOILER ALERT! “Hadewijch,” the cold, grim new movie from French auteur of coldness and grimness Bruno Dumont, has a great lead performance, an...

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