THE SOUND OF CRICKETS AT NIGHT
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 80 minutes |
This small and remarkable film is one of the year’s most engaging under-the-radar gems…
Posted on October 26, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET
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…
Posted on October 19, 2012 by Phil Hall
ANNE BRADEN: SOUTHERN PATRIOT (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 77 minutes |
Braden’s landmark essay “A Letter to White Southern Women” boldly challenged its readers to fight against the prevailing status quo.
Posted on October 17, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BARNES COLLECTION (DVD)
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 60 minutes |
Barnes happily challenged an arts establishment that preferred the conservative traditional concepts of academic painting and sculpture…
Posted on October 17, 2012 by Phil Hall
GENEVIEVE GOES BOATING
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 17 minutes |
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…
Posted on October 16, 2012 by Phil Hall
DEATH AND THE CIVIL WAR (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 120 minutes |
This profoundly moving production is highly recommended for anyone with a deep passion for American history…
Posted on October 15, 2012 by Phil Hall
PARROT
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 25 minutes |
Foster, who co-wrote the screenplay with Emma McKenna, handles a very difficult subject with maturity and intelligence…
Posted on October 15, 2012 by Phil Hall
ANECDOTE
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 15 minutes |
To say anything more would spoil the impact of the most violently imaginative short film now in release.
Posted on October 14, 2012 by Phil Hall
MINARETS IN TEMECULA
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 28 minutes |
The film never hosts its own interviews with any of the mosque’s opponents.
Posted on October 13, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: BLACK DEVIL DOLL FROM HELL
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…
Posted on October 12, 2012 by Phil Hall
INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 23 minutes |
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…
Posted on October 12, 2012 by Phil Hall
HIT AND RUN
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 8 minutes |
This is short filmmaking at its very best…
Posted on October 11, 2012 by Phil Hall
CHECKMATE
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 25 minutes |
The joy of “Checkmate” is rooted by the sincerity and intelligence it displays when addressing profound issues of faith, friendship, isolation and forgiveness…
Posted on October 10, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: CALVIN AND THE COLONEL
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…
Posted on October 5, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: SHA NA NA
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…
Posted on September 28, 2012 by Phil Hall