Category: Miscellaneous
Life is not only work.
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Oscar-Snubbed Pics
Part of my “Article of the Month” series in 2000
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Affliction vs. A Simple Plan
These films find disparate people in desperate situations, and the frailty of human standards and spirits.
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USA Film Festival, 2000
Never having been to a festival before, I only knew as much about indie movies as the local Blockbuster would rent me.
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The Millennial Changeover
Part of my “Article of the Month” series in 2000
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“Appalachian Spring”
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Rushmore vs. Election
When they call Election “wicked satire,” they mean it. Rushmore wasn’t half as crass yet twice as funny.
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The Blair Witch Project vs. Pi
That both of these successful films are independent gives one a giddy sense of grass roots pride.
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The Haunting vs. The Blair Witch Project
Ushering in the new millennium of horror movies, one of these films is mighty, the other mediocre.
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Arlington Road vs. The Siege
As if pulp from an unwritten Tom Clancy thriller, The Siege can be unsatisfying, unlike Arlington Road.
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Shakespeare in Love vs. Elizabeth
One is intellectual comedy, the other political intrigue. Both entertain.