THE IDIOTS
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  Year Released: 2000 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 117 minutes |
FILMMAKERS FILM THREAT IS THANKFUL FOR! Swedish guys running around pretending to be retarded? Sounds like a Jim Carrey vehicle! But, no, it’s Lars Von Trier who’s breaking his “Breaking The Waves” mold with this Dogme ’95 film…
Posted on November 21, 2001 by James Sweeney
PARKING
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  Year Released: 2000 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 12 minutes |
“Kevin Smith dialog” is now an accepted cinematic device for independent film…
Posted on September 20, 2000 by James Sweeney
1-6
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  Year Released: 2000 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 9 minutes |
“1-6″ is one of those enigmatic, vaguely European experimental titles (like
something from Peter Greenaway) that Hollywood shuns that makes perfect sense once you watch the film…
Posted on September 20, 2000 by James Sweeney
LAUGHING DEAD
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  Year Released: 1997 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 85 minutes |
A pale man named Hunter is washed ashore near a blighted urban wasteland…
Posted on September 14, 2000 by James Sweeney
CREEP
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Year Released: 2000 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 38 minutes |
The fact that this wordless shadow play relies on a goth/industrial soundtrack rather than dialog is probably for the best…
Posted on September 14, 2000 by James Sweeney
CECI N’EST PAS CINDY
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Year Released: 2000 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 6 minutes |
I applaud filmmakers who can make found footage into something interesting…
Posted on September 14, 2000 by James Sweeney
IN SEARCH OF THE FAMOUS HOOSIER BREADED PORK TENDERLOIN SANDWICH
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Year Released: 1998 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 15 minutes |
I’ll admit that the film held my attention, but only in the way that Pizza Hut does — by waving food in front of me…
Posted on August 28, 2000 by James Sweeney
THE DEVIL AND BUTTERSCOTCH GAYE
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Year Released: 1999 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 20 minutes |
It seems a lot like Terry Gilliam if he took himself seriously…
Posted on August 28, 2000 by James Sweeney
DUMB BOSTED
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Year Released: 1999 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 13 minutes |
The abusive-childhood-memory film genre is a difficult one…
Posted on August 28, 2000 by James Sweeney
LOONITIC: THE MOVIE
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  Year Released: 1999 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 77 minutes |
Your “bad movie” sickness will get to you long before the shaky-cam does…
Posted on August 22, 2000 by James Sweeney
A CONVERSATION
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  Year Released: 2000 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 7 minutes |
Violence may not always be the answer, but it’s certainly the most interesting thing about this film…
Posted on August 22, 2000 by James Sweeney
BACK HOME YEARS AGO: THE REAL CASINO
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Year Released: 1998 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 35 minutes |
What do you do if you’re an unknown director with actual underworld contacts?
Posted on August 22, 2000 by James Sweeney
GLOVES
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Year Released: 1997 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 37 minutes |
In any case, I sincerely hope that the director isn’t hoping to finance some personal medical treatment with the proceeds from this production…
Posted on August 21, 2000 by James Sweeney
WHITE GODS
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Year Released: 1999 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 64 minutes |
Neutering figures prominently in the overall plot, as Christ (the dog) can attest…
Posted on August 21, 2000 by James Sweeney
CLOUDS
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Year Released: 2000 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 104 minutes |
Bob St. John is a professor of physics, “like the guy in the wheelchair”…
Posted on August 14, 2000 by James Sweeney