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THE IDIOTS

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

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...

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PARKING

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

"Kevin Smith dialog" is now an accepted cinematic device for independent film...

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1-6

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

"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...

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LAUGHING DEAD

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A pale man named Hunter is washed ashore near a blighted urban wasteland...

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CREEP

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The fact that this wordless shadow play relies on a goth/industrial soundtrack rather than dialog is probably for the best...

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CECI N’EST PAS CINDY

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I applaud filmmakers who can make found footage into something interesting...

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IN SEARCH OF THE FAMOUS HOOSIER BREADED PORK TENDERLOIN SANDWICH

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

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...

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THE DEVIL AND BUTTERSCOTCH GAYE

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It seems a lot like Terry Gilliam if he took himself seriously...

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DUMB BOSTED

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The abusive-childhood-memory film genre is a difficult one...

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LOONITIC: THE MOVIE

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Your "bad movie" sickness will get to you long before the shaky-cam does...

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A CONVERSATION

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Violence may not always be the answer, but it's certainly the most interesting thing about this film...

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BACK HOME YEARS AGO: THE REAL CASINO

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

What do you do if you're an unknown director with actual underworld contacts?

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GLOVES

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In any case, I sincerely hope that the director isn't hoping to finance some personal medical treatment with the proceeds from this production...

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WHITE GODS

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Neutering figures prominently in the overall plot, as Christ (the dog) can attest...

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CLOUDS

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Bob St. John is a professor of physics, "like the guy in the wheelchair"...

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COME TO VENUS MELANCHOLY

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Margaret was once human, but when confronted with a terminal disease and the choice to live forever as a machine, she made the choice for life...

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AGONY

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Parts of the film seem like a pointed homage to Bruce Campbell's "Evil Dead" antics...

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ASTROTURF

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

We begin in 70,000 BC with a caveman looking every bit like a devolved and twisted Mayor McCheese...

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MT. OLYMPUS DRIVE

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I can't help laughing when Nittoli's nastier characters smack-up the weaker ones, each blow verbally punctuated with a Brooklyn-tinged "Ehn! Ehn! Ehn!"

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JUNKY

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A rather unhealthy relationship between a man and his parrot...

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COUNTERFEIT

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A hired killer wants out of the killing business after his best friend and partner is fatally shot in the film's initial gunplay. Things don't go as planned for either party...

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SCARY TEXAS MOVIE

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

There's something to be said for a cleverly descriptive title that doesn't reveal too much about the movie. Sometimes it even pays to be somewhat misleading. This film, for instance, is never particularly scary, but director Brad Keller can perhaps be forgiven for not wanting to label his film or allow it to be stereotyped sight unseen...

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OUT OF SEASON

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In a film featuring a romance between two lesbians, some may be ready to dispense with the more mundane points of film criticism and ask "Do they get it on?" Well the answer is "yes," but if you fast-forward to that particular scene you'll be missing most of a compelling film with solid performances and largely unconventional characters...

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A HOLE IN THE HEAD

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Several moments in this film are truly mind-blowing (forgive the pun), such as when the self-trepanned subjects speak in detail about the thoughts and emotions experienced while drilling into their own skulls. More than one expresses the terror mixed with elation they felt as they penetrated the layers of bone...

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NOT ONE LESS

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Wei Minzhi is a thirteen year old girl who has applied for and been given the job of substitute teacher in a small rural village...

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REJECTED BY VULTURES

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I will say that Ike has injected some clever dialog into the film and a quaint Planet Of The Apes-inspired dream sequence...

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THE HONEY POT

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

After an innocuous beginning documenting the honey harvesting process, the honey itself is followed (Slacker style) into a supermarket, then a den of iniquity where it is used as a prop for a porn film...

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THE INNER VOICE

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

When Johnny is approached by his shady producer Leon for up-front capital and considers dipping into his wife's earnings behind her back, it soon becomes clear that a man's inner voice is often seriously conflicted...

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TUMBLEWEEDS

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Is Mary Jo doomed to repeat her past mistakes with Ava along for the ride, or can their love for each other help Mary Jo muster enough courage to break the destructive pattern? Uh, hmmm... what do you think?

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THE UGLIEST FOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD (WITHOUT A DOUBT)

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Bad, offensive, and obscenely expensive (if not merely obscene) art is an enduring staple of the modern American campus landscape...

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NEW TESTAMENT: BELIEVE IN THE PROFIT

James Sweeney — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

This rollicking sacrament is a six-minute parody of a commercial for a "heavenly" wine cooler...

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