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Alternative Film Guide


Cinecon 2008 Reviews

There was a lot of complaining about the line-up at Cinecon 2008, held on Labor Day Weekend, which was affected by the Univeral fire and other matters, including the deaths of Rusty Casselton and...

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe in BODY OF LIES Trailer

 Directed by Ridley Scott and adapted by Academy Award winner William Monahan from Washington Post columnist David Ignatius‘ 2007 novel, Body of Lies follows a CIA operative (Leonardo...

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Tom Cruise in VALKYRIE Trailer

 After lots of later-rather-sooner, sooner-rather-later, etc., the much discussed Valkyrie is scheduled to open in the US on December 26, 2008. In other words, in time for Oscar 2009...

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THE SEVENTH SEAL Finale

 The Dance of Death at the end of Ingmar Bergman’s 1956 mystical dramatic comedy Det Sjunde inseglet/ The Seventh Seal remains one of the most haunting sequences ever filmed. The film,...

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THE AMAZING TRUTH ABOUT QUEEN RAQUELA: Q&A with Olaf de Fleur Johannesson

The winner of the Teddy Award for best film with a gay/lesbian/bi/transgendered lead/theme, Icelandic filmmaker Olaf de Fleur Johannesson’s The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela chronicles the...

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Carl Theodor Dreyer’s ORDET Clip

 Religious films often make me cringe because their religion is all dogma and no spirit. Drippiness and cutesiness replace depth and mystery far beyond anything most human beings can fathom....

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BODY OF LIES Trailer

 Directed by Ridley Scott and adapted by Academy Award winner William Monahan from Washington Post columnist David Ignatius‘ 2007 novel, Body of Lies follows a CIA operative (Leonardo...

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Oliver Stone’s W. Trailer

 Biopic. Political thriller. Soap opera. Farce. Horror movie. Circus act. If screenwriter Stanley Weiser and director Oliver Stone have decided to stick to the ugly facts, all of the above...

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Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux in LE ROUGE ET LE NOIR

 The clip above features Danielle Darrieux and Gérard Philipe in Claude Autant-Lara’s 1954 period drama Le Rouge et le noir/ Rouge et Noir, which chronicles the social aspirations...

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German Film Series at the Aero Theatre

The Goethe-Institut’s film series "German Currents: Bavaria," which kicks off on Wednesday, September 24, at the American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre in Santa Monica is described...

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