A TEACHER
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 75 minutes |
2013 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! The movie itself doesn’t take enough risks. It’s too reluctant to push into ugly territory in order to unearth any substantial revelations…
Posted on March 8, 2013 by Jamie Tipps
IT FELT LIKE LOVE
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 82 minutes |
2013 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL NEXT SELECTION! Lila’s misguided foray into adulthood is so insanely dangerous, you want to grab her shoulders and shake her, hard. The young cast delivers strong performances, and Persanti captures the reckless stupidity and false bravado of a girl who thinks she is making grown up decisions, while actually tottering willingly toward danger…
Posted on January 30, 2013 by Jamie Tipps
FILL THE VOID
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
2013 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT FEATURE SELECTION! Director Rama Burshentein offers a fascinating portrait of Hasidic Jews, a community of law and ritual that is also one of mutual support and interconnectivity…
Posted on January 24, 2013 by Jamie Tipps
AUSTENLAND
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 97 minutes |
2013 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL U.S. DRAMATIC FEATURE SELECTION! Hess offers a wry, modernized take on a perennial favorite, and indeed, it is catnip for the ovaries…
Posted on January 22, 2013 by Jamie Tipps
COMPUTER CHESS
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 91 minutes |
2013 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Characters crop up, but with no real purpose, no depth, and no appeal, they fail to do anything of interest…
Posted on January 21, 2013 by Jamie Tipps
WHEN I WALK
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 80 minutes |
2013 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES SELECTION! Despite the seriousness of the subject matter, the documentary eschews the maudlin and instead focuses on the realities of the filmmaker’s life…
Posted on January 21, 2013 by Jamie Tipps
GOD LOVES UGANDA
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
2013 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL U.S. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE SELECTION! Matters of faith are inherently complex issues, and a more rounded presentation usually makes for a more compelling argument…
Posted on January 21, 2013 by Jamie Tipps
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 107 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! “What Just Happened?” is an industry in-joke between director Barry Levinson and his friends, who just happen to be Hollywood’s heavy weights…
Posted on October 18, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
HOUNDDOG
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 98 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! If it was a better quality film, the infamous scene might be justified if it served to enhance the whole. In a bad film, however, it just feels exploitative…
Posted on September 19, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
PHOEBE IN WONDERLAND
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 96 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! With such strong talent, the main flaw of the movie is found in its plot. The “Wonderland” motif, which could be a really cool framework for the story, is little more than a sparse reference point…
Posted on September 13, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
HELP ME EROS
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 110 minutes |
As he approaches his descent with blasé detachment, I can’t help but wonder, why doesn’t he just get a job?
Posted on June 25, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
MOMMA’S MAN
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 94 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! The movie is quiet and minimal in its dialogue, and it has flashes of humor and thoughtfulness. However, it’s also unbearably slow…
Posted on June 25, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
HANK AND MIKE
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 86 minutes |
2008 CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! Swallow the premise of “Hank and Mike”—that the men dressed in rabbit costumes are bona fide Easter bunnies—and you’ve got a pretty funny movie…
Posted on June 20, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
GO GO TALES
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
2008 CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! On paper, “Go Go Tales” seems like a winner. Edgy director. Strong cast. Exotic dancers. However, for a film about a strip club, it’s surprisingly boring…
Posted on June 20, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
THE COOL SCHOOL
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 86 minutes |
2008 CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! It’s easy to imagine that without this project, this little known slice of history would be lost…
Posted on June 20, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
