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ESCAPE FIRE: THE FIGHT TO RESCUE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE

Phil Hall — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:01:26 +0000

If you thought that last year’s Supreme Court 5-4 ruling that affirmed Obamacare was the last word on the subject of American healthcare, then you will be in for a surprise with Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke’s documentary...

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OUT ON A LIMB

Phil Hall — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:03:42 +0000

Daria Price’s documentary offers an invigorating view of the significant advances being made in the design and manufacture of prosthetic limbs...

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CARE FARMS OF THE NETHERLANDS

Phil Hall — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:41:02 +0000

The film shows how the care farms encourage teamwork, build self-esteem and develop skills that offers a physical and emotional strengthening for the program participants...

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FOLLOW THE LEADER

Phil Hall — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:31:42 +0000

But, unfortunately, the three young men at the heart of the film quickly become obnoxious bores – their insatiable hunger for becoming part of the political process comes across as self-aggrandizing monomania rather than a sincere desire to improve the nation...

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RE-EMERGING: THE JEWS OF NIGERIA

Phil Hall — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:03:20 +0000

Jeff L. Lieberman’s documentary travels to southeast Nigeria to meet a somewhat controversial corner of the Jewish diaspora...

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METHOD TO THE MADNESS OF JERRY LEWIS (DVD)

Phil Hall — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:34:48 +0000

A surplus number of classic Lewis moments from his 10-year partnership with Dean Martin and his classic solo films are included, and there is also a consideration of his work as a director – including insight into his creation of the video assist technology that became standard equipment in film production...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE 1950 MONTANA UFO FILM

Phil Hall — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 05:01:45 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil finds aliens hovering over Big Sky Country...

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POETRY OF RESILIENCE

Phil Hall — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 05:01:23 +0000

Each poet offers a distinctive view of the terror that destroyed his or her respective homeland.

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THE WORM HUNTERS

Phil Hall — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 05:01:32 +0000

There are 6,000 known species of earthworms, and perhaps several thousand that have yet to be identified...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS

Phil Hall — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:01:18 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil brings out Andy Griffith’s evil side...

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LES MISÉRABLES (2012)

Phil Hall — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:01:53 +0000

All told, I dreamed a dream of a much better movie than this...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION OF FINE ART

Phil Hall — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:01:02 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil learns how to sell fine art at Sears...

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THE POINT (DVD)

Phil Hall — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:07:06 +0000

The film’s message about tolerance and self-affirmation should find an audience with today’s youngsters.

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THE SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND (DVD)

Phil Hall — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:13:46 +0000

Their talents are obvious to anyone who stops and pays attention...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: DER SCHNEEMANN

Phil Hall — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:01:44 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil watches as Mother Nature kills Whitey...

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WE ARE NOT GHOSTS

Phil Hall — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:52:34 +0000

Indeed, the can-do attitude on display here results in a documentary that is provocative and invigorating...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: TRIPLE TROUBLE

Phil Hall — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:03:46 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil is not fooled by a faux Charlie Chaplin comedy...

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HITCHCOCK

Phil Hall — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:20:00 +0000

Nonetheless, as glossed-over Hollywood biopics go, “Hitchcock” is a pleasant diversion...

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HYDE PARK ON HUDSON

Phil Hall — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:04:13 +0000

Murray’s performance provides the film with an unexpectedly strong emotional anchor...

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THE FLYING HOUSE PROJECT (DVD)

Phil Hall — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 05:01:34 +0000

McCay’s animation is subversively inventive, and this would seem like a perfect film to preserve...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: DOGARAMA

Phil Hall — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:03:32 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil goes to the dogs...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: KING LEAR

Phil Hall — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:03:58 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil brushes up his Shakespeare...

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ANNA KARENINA (2012)

Phil Hall — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:41:38 +0000

The world wasn’t demanding another film version of "Anna Karenina," and it certainly wasn’t demanding this bizarre reworking via director Joe Wright and writer Tom Stoppard...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE SECRET DIARY OF DESMOND PFEIFFER

Phil Hall — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:03:08 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil gives an infamous TV flop a second chance...

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THE SON OF THE OLIVE MERCHANT

Phil Hall — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:01:42 +0000

The painfully serious subject is trivialized in a tiresome and self-indulgent manner.

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Phil Hall — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:01:15 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil checks out what’s playing at Ford’s Theatre...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: COLLECTOR’S ITEM

Phil Hall — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:03:26 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil flies with a vintage pilot...

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RESCUE (DVD)

Phil Hall — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:49:05 +0000

On the smaller screen, however, much of the power of the IMAX cinematography is lost and the viewer is watching longer-than-necessary shots of roaring ocean waves and sweeping landscapes. And for those watching the 2D DVD version instead of the 3D Blu-ray, the impact is completely lost...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

Phil Hall — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:03:44 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil relies on the kindness of teenage strangers...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE KOOL-AID COMMERCIALS

Phil Hall — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:03:09 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil hits a wall...

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THE SOUND OF CRICKETS AT NIGHT

Phil Hall — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:01:27 +0000

This small and remarkable film is one of the year’s most engaging under-the-radar gems...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET

Phil Hall — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:03:38 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil spots a silly UFO...

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ANNE BRADEN: SOUTHERN PATRIOT (DVD)

Phil Hall — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:01:57 +0000

Braden’s landmark essay "A Letter to White Southern Women" boldly challenged its readers to fight against the prevailing status quo.

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THE BARNES COLLECTION (DVD)

Phil Hall — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:01:25 +0000

Barnes happily challenged an arts establishment that preferred the conservative traditional concepts of academic painting and sculpture...

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GENEVIEVE GOES BOATING

Phil Hall — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:01:38 +0000

In lesser hands, this could have resulted in something a bit too twee for comfort – but Gray’s imaginative production creates an original and wise work that mixes different artistic traditions into a unique concept...

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DEATH AND THE CIVIL WAR (DVD)

Phil Hall — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:01:46 +0000

This profoundly moving production is highly recommended for anyone with a deep passion for American history...

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PARROT

Phil Hall — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:01:45 +0000

Foster, who co-wrote the screenplay with Emma McKenna, handles a very difficult subject with maturity and intelligence...

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ANECDOTE

Phil Hall — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 04:01:27 +0000

To say anything more would spoil the impact of the most violently imaginative short film now in release.

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MINARETS IN TEMECULA

Phil Hall — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:05:23 +0000

The film never hosts its own interviews with any of the mosque’s opponents.

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: BLACK DEVIL DOLL FROM HELL

Phil Hall — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:05:21 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil is assaulted by a blaxploitation disaster...

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INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD

Phil Hall — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:01:45 +0000

James Spione’s short documentary falls into the growing category of nonfiction films about maladjusted U.S. military veterans who returned from recent wars with bitterness and resentment...

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HIT AND RUN

Phil Hall — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:01:17 +0000

This is short filmmaking at its very best...

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CHECKMATE

Phil Hall — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:01:44 +0000

The joy of "Checkmate" is rooted by the sincerity and intelligence it displays when addressing profound issues of faith, friendship, isolation and forgiveness...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: CALVIN AND THE COLONEL

Phil Hall — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 04:03:48 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil tiptoes through a recycled dump...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: SHA NA NA

Phil Hall — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:03:15 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil urges you to grease for peace...

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MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (DVD)

Phil Hall — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:01:05 +0000

This restored version helps to turn "Magical Mystery Tour" into a great-looking film, if not a great film...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: FRIDAYS

Phil Hall — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:03:15 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil remembers a loud “SNL” rip-off...

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JAMES L. NEIBAUR REVISITS HARRY LANGDON’S SILENT COMEDIES

Phil Hall — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:01:55 +0000

Film historian James L. Neibaur takes a fresh look at one of the most polarizing figures in film comedy...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE GREY FOX

Phil Hall — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:03:18 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil digs up a long-lost Canadian gem...

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THIS IS CINERAMA (DVD)

Phil Hall — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:01:52 +0000

Hopefully, some enterprising theater exhibitors will reconfigure their cinemas to allow the three-camera Cinerama films another chance on the very, very big screen...

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SONG OF THE SOUL: STORIES OF HOSPICE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Phil Hall — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:01:19 +0000

Parrott’s film provides a glimpse of how that country’s urban and rural hospices are providing a lifeline for people who struggle to stay alive amid crushing poverty and a continuing social stigma against those with the disease...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE GREAT SPACE COASTER

Phil Hall — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 04:03:20 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil looks up his old pal Gary Gnu...

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MOWING THROUGH MISERY

Phil Hall — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 04:01:22 +0000

There is a new one-man-band in indie film, and he is Ohio’s Steve Boatman...

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DAVID COPPERFIELD (DVD)

Phil Hall — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:01:12 +0000

What emerges is a series of beautifully realized vignettes that captures the spirit of the Dickens novel...

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LES MISERABLES (DVD)

Phil Hall — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 04:01:07 +0000

Sadly, the U.S. DVD release is missing a half-hour from the original broadcast, and it also kept the French-language soundtrack at home.

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: CRAZY HOUSE

Phil Hall — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:03:42 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil digs up a comedy that should have remained buried...

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FIDEL (DVD)

Phil Hall — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:01:30 +0000

Castro is uncommonly frank about the failings of the revolution in the decade following his rise to power...

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LAST WILL AND EMBEZZLEMENT

Phil Hall — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 04:01:39 +0000

Deborah Louise Robinson’s documentary focuses on a significant problem that is silently growing with alarming speed: financial elder abuse...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: TAG DER FREIHEIT – UNSERE WEHRMACHT

Phil Hall — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:03:09 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil heils right in Der Fuhrer’s face...

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GIVE ‘EM HELL, HARRY (DVD)

Phil Hall — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:01:02 +0000

This DVD – which should not be confused with the same-titled 1975 film starring James Whitmore – offers a September 1961 episode of David Susskind’s television talk show that featured former President Harry S. Truman as the guest...

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GEORGE BELLOWS (DVD)

Phil Hall — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:01:18 +0000

This documentary offers a handsome presentation of Bellows’ finest work, while archival newsreel footage and rarely-seen photographs of the artist and his family provide a glimpse of the influences that shaped the artist’s life...

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MISSISSIPPI QUEEN

Phil Hall — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 04:02:38 +0000

If Williams had paid more attention to these people, there might have been a genuinely fascinating film...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

Phil Hall — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:03:00 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil goes down with the ship...

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MIKE O’HEARN UNLEASHES HIS ALTER EGO

Phil Hall — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:01:27 +0000

In “Alter Ego,” Mike O'Hearn plays an ex-wrestler on the verge of transitioning to A-list movie stardom, but his mind begins to work against him and his grasp of reality becomes increasingly frayed...

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THE SELLING

Phil Hall — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 04:01:03 +0000

All told, "The Selling" is one of the funniest films of the year...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE ATOM STRIKES!

Phil Hall — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 04:05:56 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil shifts through the rubble of an old propaganda film...

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RAY ZONE: A 3-D HISTORY ADVENTURE

Phil Hall — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 04:03:42 +0000

Film Threat spoke with Zone on how the 3-D experience progressed from the glory days of “Bwana Devil” in 1953 to today’s digital offerings – along with a funky 1970s detour into the skin flick industry!

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IT IS NO DREAM: THE LIFE OF THEODOR HERZL

Phil Hall — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 12:08:21 +0000

Anyone with a deep interest in Jewish history will appreciate this intelligent and well-produced endeavor...

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A BOY WITH ARMS

Phil Hall — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 12:06:00 +0000

Seung-min Mun is uncommonly fine as the boy who learns a painful lesson...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE PRIDE OF JESSE HALLAM

Phil Hall — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:02:17 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil walks the line for a Johnny Cash movie...

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OUT OF ORDER

Phil Hall — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:01:31 +0000

Time is not always an ally, as Finnish filmmaker Panu Johansson details in his compelling film essay that seeks out the remains of the commercial culture along the former Finnish National Road 1...

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BLOOD FILM

Phil Hall — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 04:01:19 +0000

This original experimental short is a bloody imaginative work...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: BEYOND AND BACK

Phil Hall — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 04:01:39 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil basks in the glow of Sunn Classic Pictures...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: AMANDA’S

Phil Hall — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 04:01:39 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil checks into a Bea Arthur debacle...

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I WON’T GO (DVD)

Phil Hall — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:01:12 +0000

Oli appears to be completely oblivious to the squalor and wreckage surrounding her...

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SPIRIT FIRST

Phil Hall — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 04:01:14 +0000

For Weaver, his “ultimate relief” is the knowledge that he will never win a Grammy...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: WORLD’S FINEST

Phil Hall — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 04:01:51 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil turns fanboy...

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MONEY AND MEDICINE

Phil Hall — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:01:19 +0000

Whether the problems plaguing the U.S. healthcare system can be blamed primarily on over-treatment is debatable...

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FREE HAVANA

Phil Hall — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:01:13 +0000

Eliezer Perez Angueira directed this fascinating documentary on the precarious existence of gays and lesbians in Cuba...

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TALIBE: THE LEAST FAVORED CHILDREN OF SENEGAL (DVD)

Phil Hall — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:01:46 +0000

Ultimately, this is a strange but disappointing production, and it is easy to rue the absence of a more controlled creative artist behind the camera...

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OUTBREAK: ANATOMY OF A PLAGUE

Phil Hall — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:01:32 +0000

In many ways, this provocative production is scarier than any Hollywood sci-fi thriller...

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ISA: THE PEOPLE’S DIVA (DVD)

Phil Hall — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:13:38 +0000

Even the Tsar was enchanted by Kremer’s beauty and vocal prowess, and she enjoyed a degree of celebrity that was unprecedented for a Jewish performer...

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KAFKA’S LAST STORY

Phil Hall — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:03:37 +0000

The result is exasperating and often irritating, with Kafka’s distinctively timeless legacy ultimately diluted by the tacky filmmaking process...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE MR. WHIPPLE CHARMIN COMMERCIALS

Phil Hall — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:01:27 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil plumbs his toilet paper fetish...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE DOGFATHER

Phil Hall — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:03:25 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil leaves the cannoli and takes the gun...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: NASHVILLE NOW

Phil Hall — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:01:45 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil whistles Dixie...

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OTTO FRANK, FATHER OF ANNE

Phil Hall — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:01:16 +0000

Many family members also questioned how Frank seemingly overlooked the loss of his other child, Margot, while venerating Anne’s legacy...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: NOT THE THREE STOOGES XXX

Phil Hall — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:01:35 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil checks out some naked knuckleheads...

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LANCELOT LINK: SECRET CHIMP (DVD)

Phil Hall — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:01:48 +0000

Good-guy Lancelot has a more expansive dramatic range than Daniel Craig...

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KUKAN

Phil Hall — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:07:07 +0000

A FILM THREAT EXCLUSIVE! Considered lost for many years, the 1941 Oscar-winning documentary emerges as a stunning landmark in non-fiction filmmaking...

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OFF SEASON

Phil Hall — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:25:11 +0000

The beauty of "Off Season" lies in how the characters try to conceal their insincerity and fears...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: CALL HER SAVAGE

Phil Hall — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:01:59 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil pays tribute to the It Girl...

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YELLOW SUBMARINE (DVD)

Phil Hall — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:01:10 +0000

If the film’s mod visual style seems firmly locked in a specific (and increasingly distant) era, its playful wit remains timeless...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: BEATLEMANIA

Phil Hall — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:01:54 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil hangs with the Un-Fab Four...

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CELLMATES

Phil Hall — Sat, 26 May 2012 04:01:01 +0000

Imagine “The Odd Couple” in a prison setting with race-baiting dialogue and you will have an idea of what to expect from Jesse Baget’s comedy film...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: INJUN TROUBLE

Phil Hall — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:01:57 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil reaches the end of the Merrie Melodies road...

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JOAN MIRO: THE LADDER OF ESCAPE (DVD)

Phil Hall — Thu, 24 May 2012 04:00:53 +0000

Miro’s paintings reflected the artist’s complex personality within a wider environment of seemingly constant social upheaval...

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13 FAMILIES

Phil Hall — Sun, 20 May 2012 04:01:58 +0000

Ultimately, this is a beautiful tribute to 13 beautiful lives...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: BALA

Phil Hall — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:01:15 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil kicks up his heels in a Satyajit Ray dance documentary...

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NORMAN MAILER – THE AMERICAN (DVD)

Phil Hall — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:01:10 +0000

To his good fortune, Mailer had plenty of apologists, including several of his six wives.

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