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Going South: American Noir in Mexiconew

Hoods on holiday.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
07-06-2011 |
Movies
Page One: Inside the New York Timesnew

Andrew Rossi's documentary Page One buffs the Grey Lady's image.
New York Press |
Armond White |
06-17-2011 |
Movies
Mexican Journalists Chronicle Lives of Two Who Died at San Fernando Slaughternew
The small town of San Fernando, situated just 90 miles south of Brownsville in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, emerged as a symbol of the ferocious drug war gripping Mexico in late August 2010 when authorities stumbled upon the bodies of 72 South- and Central-American immigrants who had been bound, blindfolded, and methodically executed by gunmen on the outskirts of an abandoned ranch.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-09-2011 |
Movies
Bottle Rocket Fans Try to Save Iconic Motelnew

The Hillsboro motel where Wes Anderson, Luke and Owen Wilson and Bob Musgrave shot part of the film 'Bottle Rocket' is in danger of being shuttered.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-25-2011 |
Movies
Wild and Scenic Film Festival Comes to Boise On Tournew

These films will highlight some of the environmental issues that are troubling us today.
Boise Weekly |
Alex Blackwell |
04-20-2011 |
Movies
Filmmakers Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern Review the First Part of Their Legacynew

Although their films have predominantly, and famously, dealt with pressing social issues and human drama, Stern and Sundberg do not necessarily see themselves as "issue-oriented" filmmakers.
Durham Artist Beverly McIver Lifts Curtain on Her Life in 'Raising Renee'new

Raising Renee follows Beverly McIver as she brings her sister Renee -- who developmentally is akin to a third grader -- into her home and her life as a painter and university professor just as her career is taking off.
The Projector: Movies Opening Friday, April 15new

Singing cartoon parrots, presidential assassinations and one more reason to Scream, it's all at the movies.
Boise Weekly |
James Ady |
04-15-2011 |
Movies
Full Frame 2011 Brief Film Reviewsnew

Our writers watched as many of the films as possible, but this list isn't exhaustive.
'The Loving Story' Looks at a Landmark in Marriage Equality and Civil Rightsnew

Directed and co-produced by Nancy Buirski, The Loving Story chronicles Mildred and Richard Loving's life leading up to the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, in which the court unanimously overturned that state's miscegenation laws.
Full Frame 2011: The Festival Enters its Second Decadenew

In a couple of significant ways, this year's festival seems to mark a sea change.
Some Cry Foul at the Closure of CofC's Center for the Documentarynew

Virginia Friedman may be out of a job, but the awards keep rolling in. Last month, her film Tap Out took the Southern Lens Independent Vision Award at the 2011 Beaufort International Film Festival. In May, the environmental documentary will air at the Charleston International Film Festival.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
04-13-2011 |
Movies
Zach Galfianakis Is Between Two Ferns and a Hard Placenew

If only more interviewers could be like Zach G.
Boise Weekly |
Alex Blackwell |
04-13-2011 |
Movies
'The Confession': A TV Show That Doesn't Require A Pesky TVnew

The Hulu-only show fits more substantive dialogue into seven minutes than the entire DVD collection of Grey's Anatomy.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
04-13-2011 |
Movies
Conductor Kynan Jones on Australia's Copland, Russian Repertoire, and Tyler Clementi's Last Daynew

One of the six candidates being considered for outgoing Colorado Springs Philharmonic music director Lawrence Leighton Smith's position, the 36-year-old conductor spent years apprenticing under the famed Zubin Mehta and has conducted more than 60 orchestras and opera companies around the world.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
04-07-2011 |
Movies