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Little Wonder
By Duncan Shepherd, March 10, 2010
Well, you wouldn’t expect Tim Burton to do a remake of Pollyanna, would you? Or Little Women or Anne of Green Gables or anything that might push back against the enveloping voguish “darkness,” anything that might create some creative ... More Post a comment
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Crime Time
Published March 3, 2010
In contention for the foreign-film Oscar, in contention to be exact for two more days after its debut on Friday at the Landmark Hillcrest, A Prophet is a sort of Prisoner’s Progress, a brutal and brutally ... More Post a comment Published Feb. 24, 2010 Major filmmakers, minor films: Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski, Shutter Island and The Ghost Writer respectively. “Disturbing” would be one word for the Scorsese, maybe the best word. Leonardo DiCaprio, the director’s torchbearer now in four films, ... More Comments (2)Head to Head
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The Warriors, El Crimen del Padre Amaro, El Callejón de Los Milagros
Lisa Franek Since we’re showing Carlos Saura’s latest film Io, Don Giovanni, at the SDLFF, I was inspired to revisit one of his earlier films, Goya in Bordeaux. With all ...
Program Associate, Media Arts Center San Diego
The Animatrix, Titanic, Castle in the Sky
Alethia Espinal The Animatrix is a movie with several short animations, each by a different artist. The animations are based on The Matrix universe from a “back story” point of ...
10th grader, Waldorf School of San Diego
Peep Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Seven Days in May
Leland Batson, Seldom have gender stereotypes been explored in such an inventive and playful fashion as in director Charlie Call’s terrific short film, Peep Show. A young woman treats herself to a verbal peepshow in which ...
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