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Disc Closurenew
TV shows on DVD offer entertainment comfort food for the super-busy and the ultra-geeky.
Fairfield County Weekly |
Nick Keppler |
03-19-2008 |
Movies
Canadian Films Seek More Screen Timenew
A Canada-only theater? It's one possible solution to the ongoing problem of ensuring Canadian films a fair run on our own screens.
The Georgia Straight |
Craig Takeuchi |
03-17-2008 |
Movies
Paranoid Angelsnew
With Paranoid Park and Snow Angels, Gus Van Sant and David Gordon Green take different approaches to high school melodrama.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
03-14-2008 |
Movies
The Golden Hand Behind the Cleveland Film Festival's Successnew
For a town unaccustomed to an influx of geeky glasses-and-black-cardigan intelligentsia, it's something of a minor miracle the 32-year-old institution continues to thrive.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
03-11-2008 |
Movies
Wisconsin's Film Industry Looks Beyond 'Public Enemies'new
Does the $20 million Michael Mann shoot really indicate, as Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton has said, that Wisconsin is in the running to become the nation's "third coast" as far as Hollywood's concerned?
Evolution of the Caveman Movienew
On the occasion of the release of CGI epic 10,000 BC, we offer this caveman valentine.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
03-10-2008 |
Movies
Mumblecore: A New New-Wave Showcasenew
Two of the genre's more prominent works -- Joe Swanberg's Hannah Takes the Stairs and Aaron Katz' Quiet City -- screen this weekend at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
03-07-2008 |
Movies
Tax Credits Battle Over Bill C-10 Continuesnew
Bill C-10 would grant Heritage Canada officials authority to deny tax credits to filmmakers on the basis of gratuitous violence and sexually explicit content.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
03-07-2008 |
Movies
Quebec Filmmakers Recoil at Funding Threatsnew
The legislation would allow the federal Heritage ministry to yank funding for movies or TV shows that contain "excessive" portrayals of violence and sex.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
03-07-2008 |
Movies
The Man Behind the Moviesnew
Getting all your DVDs from Netflix? A video store buyer explains how his store cultivates a connection with customers.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
03-07-2008 |
Movies
Medium Scarenew
In new films, truth is fluid -- and controlled by the click of a button -- because media itself is a major player.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
03-06-2008 |
Movies
DCIFF's Films Big on Fixing, Healing, & Coming of Agenew
Now in its 10th year, the D.C. Independent Film Festival is bookended by nostalgia trips: It kicks off on March 6 with a feature riffing on John Ford's The Searchers and ends on March 16 with The Clash Live: Revolution Rock, which captures the punk act from 1978 to 1982. But in between, DCIFF is still all over the place.
Washington City Paper |
Matthew Borlik and Mark Athitakis |
03-06-2008 |
Movies
15 Years of Peliculas Latinasnew
What a long, strange trip it's been for the Latino Film Fest's founder.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
03-05-2008 |
Movies
Festoon the Bedchambers of Gotham with My Milkshake, Babynew
From SportsCenter to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann to a T-shirt kiosk near you, the all-the-rage catch-phrase "I drink your milkshake" has been gathering meteorite momentum, and is now destined to lose its fizzle quicker than you can say "Show me the money."
San Antonio Current |
Cynthia Hawkins |
03-05-2008 |
Movies
Double Featurenew
How the Holechek Brothers' 305 went from hit YouTube short to full-length film.
