With no formal background in filmmaking, Daniel Yoon has made quite an achievement with his first feature film Post Concussion.
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Short Stuff
Poor White Trash
Poor White Trash was the only film in this festival from which I walked out.
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The Natural History of the Chicken
Director Mark Lewis is described in his short festival biography as “a master of the eccentric animal documentary.”
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The Passing & Nic Nicosia Movies
If I had any idea what I was in for with this double feature, I would never have entered the theater.
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The Target Shoots First
What started out as counter-culture basement bands in Seattle quickly became mainstream.
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Playing Mona Lisa
Playing Mona Lisa, based on the play “Two Goldsteins on Acid,” is really a film about life’s meandering journey wrapped in a charming comic shell.
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Broke Even
Broke Even is a wonderful example of true independent filmmaking.
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Fight Club vs. Bringing Out the Dead
Fortunately, filmmaking is generational. Scorsese’s baton has not fallen by Fincher.
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What Basketball, Movies, and Taxes have in Common
Part of my “Article of the Month” series in 2000
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