JOHN DIES AT THE END
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 108 minutes |
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL MIDNIGHT SELECTION! What it expects of the audience is disproportionate to what it offers, and so we’re left doing most of the work without getting much in return…
Posted on February 3, 2012 by Michael Nordine
TIM MARLOW AT THE COURTAULD (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 75 minutes |
The handsome videography details the genius of the artists’ compositions and color mixtures…
Posted on February 3, 2012 by Phil Hall
CHARLIE THISTLE
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 14 minutes |
Shot in black and white (until the blue and a few other colors get approved), this short film is really just a fancy way of saying that one person can make a difference in the world as long as you are willing to break away from the norm…
Posted on February 3, 2012 by Doug Brunell
EL CAFFINATO
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 12 minutes |
“El Caffinato” is a very cool short. It’s shot extremely well and the sheer amount of creativity that must have gone into this 12-minute mini-musical is impressive…
Posted on February 3, 2012 by Don R. Lewis
ROOM 237
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 102 minutes |
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL NEW FRONTIER SELECTION! But at the heart of every conspiracy theorist is a desperate hope that they are right and having seen “Room 237,” I can’t completely discount every person’s take on the film or at least not every part of their insight…
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Don R. Lewis
A DANGEROUS METHOD
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 99 minutes |
You know your movie’s set in Dullsville when multiple scenes featuring Fassbender spanking and whipping an appreciative Knightley do nothing to enliven the proceedings…
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Rick Kisonak
ALBERT NOBBS
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Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 113 minutes |
There’s a deeply tragic story of self denial at the heart of “Albert Nobbs” but, unfortunately, the film’s script – adapted by Close, Gabriella Prekop and the Irish novelist John Banville – and its star’s performance fail to bring it into focus…
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Rick Kisonak
BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!*
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 88 minutes |
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL WORLD DOCUMENTARY FEATURES SELECTION! Gertten spends his second banana film defending his first banana film without offering enough factual information to really defend either…
Posted on February 1, 2012 by Scott Knopf
UNDER AFRICAN SKIES
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Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 102 minutes |
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL DOC PREMIERES SELECTION! For fans of Paul Simon’s music, and fans of “Graceland” specifically, there is a lot to enjoy here…
Posted on February 1, 2012 by Scott Knopf
FOR ELLEN
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Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 93 minutes |
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL U.S. DRAMATIC FEATURES SELECTION! In fact, there were many opportunities for this film to take expected, clichéd turns but Kim’s taste level is strong enough to avoid them each and every time…
Posted on January 28, 2012 by Scott Knopf
COMPLIANCE
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Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL NEXT SELECTION! It will upset you and intrigue you and make you want to talk about it and learn more. To me, that’s a great piece of filmmaking and a powerful piece of art…
Posted on January 28, 2012 by Don R. Lewis
FILLY BROWN
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL U.S. DRAMATIC FEATURES SELECTION! This will be the performance that puts Gina Rodriguez onto people’s radars. It’s hard to believe that she wasn’t an emcee before starting this project…
Posted on January 28, 2012 by Scott Knopf
HELLO I MUST BE GOING
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL U.S. DRAMATIC FEATURES SELECTION! While “Hello I Must Be Going” might not offer any life changing moral lessons, it is a glimpse into family life and relationships that any film lover can appreciate…
Posted on January 28, 2012 by Whitney Borup
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 91 minutes |
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL U.S. DRAMATIC FEATURES SELECTION! Unspoken sadness courses throughout the film, but humor punctuates it: not only from the many oddities on display but also Hushpuppy’s sassy ruminations…
Posted on January 27, 2012 by Michael Nordine
SLEEPWALK WITH ME
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL NEXT SELECTION! “Sleepwalk With Me” very much reminded me of a take on “High Fidelity” with comedians instead of music snobs…
Posted on January 27, 2012 by Don R. Lewis