Month: January 2011
Terri
The idea of an overweight high school student who’s teased by his peers as he swoons over the most popular girl is nothing new, but Azazel Jacobs attempts to change up the clichéd concept by adding a whacky assistant principal who attempts to win students’ affection with mixed results. … read more
Silver Tongues
Two lovers on the method-acting road trip from hell! – A smart, savage film. … read more
Scrapper
Southern California’s Chocolate Mountains are home to practice ranges open to the military 365, 24/7 and they drop bombs, fire rounds, and blow shit up from above. Tanks, APVs, the ground—all targets of their clusterbombs and high-calibers. What to do with the scrap bomb parts, though… … read more
Drama
When a 90-minute movie feels like 180, when cocaine use gets comical and a lead actress suddenly kills herself for no reason (spoiler alert!), blame Chile. … read more
Red State
The publicity swirling around Kevin Smith’s religious thriller is nothing short of astonishing. The Sundance alum’s latest creation even ignited a protest from members of the Westboro Baptist Church during his premiere screening. … read more
Being Elmo
When Elmo (as we know him today) crashed onto the scene of Sesame Street in 1985, probably not even Jim Henson himself could have imagined the elmosteria that would break out across the world. … read more
How To Die In Oregon
In 1994 Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide. If a person is diagnosed with a terminal disease and has less than six months to live, they can chose to kill themselves by taking a lethal dose of barbiturates. Since passing more than 500 people have chosen to end their lives on their own time. … read more
Brutal Beauty: Tales Of The Rose City Rollers
Roller derby attracts a certain type of woman and Mabry’s obvious goal was to display her strengths. He did this through interviews of long time players from the Rose City Rollers while incorporating their everyday lives in Portland, Oregon. … read more
Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times
“Page One” could have been called “Everything I Learned in Journalism 101.” The film informs viewers of the ins and outs of the current day struggles and uncertainty traditional news media outlets face due to fragmentation, loss of advertising revenue and massive lay offs in the industry … read more
!W.A.R.
Have you ever heard of Judy Chicago, Yvonne Rainer or Miriam Schapiro? Marina Abramović or Carolee Schneemann? Your answer is precisely why this film exists. In the not-too-distant past, female artists (and women in general) were not taken seriously by the mainstream art world. … read more