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SERIOUS MAN, A

Brandon Harris — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:32:02 +0000

(Distributed by Focus Features, A Serious Man opens on Friday, October 2, 2009. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) While it’s often treacherous to throw around the term personal when discussing work in a medium as collaborative as […]

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DVD RELEASES 2009/5/5

Michael Tully — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:02:03 +0000

Today is one of those ultra-special Tuesdays when it comes to new DVD releases. Break out your wallets and add these titles to your collection: Momma’s Man (Kino International) — Azazel Jacobs’ Momma’s Man was not just one of 2008’s […]

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IN THE REALM OF OSHIMA

Nelson Kim — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:19:06 +0000

(Before BAM’s two-week retrospective The Cruel Stories of Nagisa Oshima has run its course, we’ve decided to repost Nelson Kim’s essay in conjunction with the 2008 NYFF sidebar tribute to Oshima last fall.) What we think of as the canon […]

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JLG IN USA (THE BELIEVER’S 2009 FILM ISSUE DVD)

Brandon Harris — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:54:10 +0000

(The Believer’s 2009 Film Issue is on newsstands now. Visit The Believer’s official website to subscribe to the magazine and secure a copy of the JLG in USA DVD.) No matter how many times I gleefully subject my unsuspecting roommate […]

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FIREMEN’S BALL, THE

Michael Tully — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:46:36 +0000

(Courtesy of Janus Films, BAMcinematek is screening a new print of The Fireman’s Ball from December 12th-19th. Or you can buy the Criterion Collection DVD at Amazon.) It does not get any better than early Milos Forman. Forman’s first two […]

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STORY OF A 3-DAY PASS (LA PERMISSION)

Brandon Harris — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:28:11 +0000

In 1967, Melvin Van Peebles became the first African-American to direct a narrative feature film in twenty years, following DIY pioneer Oscar Micheaux’s final film, The Betrayal, with his Story of a 3-Day Pass (La Permission). Ironically, this stretch of […]

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PETE SEEGER: THE POWER OF SONG

Michael Tully — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:58:12 +0000

(Buy Pete Seeger: The Power of Song at Amazon.) Jim Brown’s stand-up-and-cheer portrait of one of American music’s most inspiring figures would make for welcome viewing no matter the time or season, but it feels especially vital now. A charismatic, […]

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SURFWISE

Michael Tully — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:40:34 +0000

(Surfwise is now available on DVD. Buy it at Amazon.) For some reason, my critical teeth are less sharp when it comes to watching documentaries. If a narrative film has great subject matter at its core but is poorly executed, […]

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EXILES, THE

Brandon Harris — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:40:55 +0000

(Distributed by Oscilloscope Pictures and Milestone Films, The Exiles is now available on DVD. Visit the film’s official website to watch a trailer and learn more.) Down and out on the margins of post-war, downtown Los Angeles, the subjects of […]

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