THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE HINDENBURG DISASTER NEWSREEL
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can be found only on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil explains why we no longer fly in zeppelins to Berlin.
Posted on November 20, 2009 by Phil Hall
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 127 minutes |
I felt like I was attending a Barely Legal Chippendales show with my young cousin and horny aunt. I’ve been more comfortable staring directly into a stripper’s backside.
Posted on November 19, 2009 by Jessica Baxter
PROMETHEUS TRIUMPHANT: A FUGUE IN THE KEY OF FLESH
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 79 minutes |
Shortchanging on plot, the film is still a fun celebration of a classical tradition.
Posted on November 19, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
TINTO BRASS’ THE HOWL (L’URLO) (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
Brass is an auteur who paints his thoughts as brightly as his name, never veering from his dreams.
Posted on November 19, 2009 by Amy R. Handler
BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 121 minutes |
The new “Bad Lieutenant” is like what would happen if Herzog had Oliver Stone, Roman Polanski, Quentin Tarantino, and the Coen Brothers over for a mescaline hot tub party.
Posted on November 19, 2009 by Jessica Baxter
HOPPING THROUGH TIME AND GENRE: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER LINDA LARSON
Linda Larson’s film shakes up everything we know about life, death, and transcendence.
Posted on November 18, 2009 by Amy R. Handler
POISON SWEETHEARTS
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 70 minutes |
There’s something about the spirit of this modern-day exploitation flick that tells me Quentin Tarantino would probably like it.
Posted on November 18, 2009 by Doug Brunell
RIVER OF RENEWAL (DVD)
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 55 minutes |
“River of Renewal” represents everything that is wonderful about the non-fiction film genre.
Posted on November 17, 2009 by Phil Hall
PLANET B-BOY (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
The bonds, passion, and philosophy of the dancers are on display in this truly interesting and vibrant film.
Posted on November 17, 2009 by Doug Brunell
NEW BLOOD FOR “NEW MOON”: INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL CUDMORE AND CHARLEY BEWLEY
Having stopped at Philadelphia as part of their press run for “New Moon,” these actors seemed delighted to be on the “Twilight” juggernaut.
Posted on November 16, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
2012
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 127 minutes |
To be fair, the world has never been trashed in such realistic detail. Neither, on the other hand, has it been demolished so pointlessly.
Posted on November 16, 2009 by Rick Kisonak
INSIDE DARKNESS
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 37 minutes |
Ridiculous, basic, pretentious – just a few of the words that come to mind when viewing the short “Inside Darkness.”
Posted on November 15, 2009 by Doug Brunell
GOOD EVENING FOLKS, WE’RE THE PINE BOX BOYS
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 88 minutes |
If Sergio Leone hosted a backyard barbecue, the Pine Box Boys would be tailor made to serenade any crusty cusses in attendance.
Posted on November 14, 2009 by KJ Doughton
ABBY
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 9 minutes |
The rhythmic surface of the film, with the constant barrage of beeps, interruptions, and overlapping voices, creates a lively and exciting musical texture.
Posted on November 14, 2009 by David Finkelstein
THE BOOTLEG FILES: GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER: JUDY GARLAND
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can be found only on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil goes under the rainbow with a legendary star.
Posted on November 13, 2009 by Phil Hall