Friday, March 30, 2012

THE KID WITH A BIKE: RETURN OF THE DARDENNE BROS.

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Absence plays a strong role in the films of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne ( L'enfant , The Son ), one could even describe the con...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

RED DESERT: ANTONIONI'S VISION OF A TERRIBLE, TECHNICOLOR REALITY

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Illness abounds in Michelangelo Antonioni's 1964 masterpiece Red Desert , the director's first foray into (Techni)color filmmak...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

1 QUICK FIX #FOUR: WERNER HERZOG'S THE GREAT ECSTASY OF WOODCARVER STEINER (1974)

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As far as short films go, this one's pretty lengthy, clocking in at almost 45 minutes in running time.  But I'd argue that it...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

GRINDHOUSE FILM FESTIVAL presents GATES OF HELL (aka CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD)

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  Dan Halsted's Grindhouse Film Festival brings out the big guns next Tuesday, March 27th with a 35mm presentation of Italian-hor...
Friday, March 23, 2012

THE LADY VANISHES: HITCH RETURNS TO THE HOLLYWOOD

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One of the best of Alfred Hitchcock's British suspense thrillers hits the big screen once more at the Hollywood Theatre this weeke...

SOUND OF NOISE: TONE-DEAF COP SEEKS MUSICAL TERRORISTS FOR LOVE AND OTHER PURSUITS

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There's the temptation when watching Sound of Noise , the rhythm-heavy, feature debut by directors Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjär...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS: AN URBAN TALE OF ONE FAMILY'S RUINATION

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A key moment in Luchino Visconti's ( The Leopard ) 1960 epic Rocco and His Brothers comes near the end when Rocco ( Alain Delon ) ...
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