Like punk music itself, The Other F Word packs a punch; it’s just surprising how sweet that punch actually is.

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(After a wildly successful film festival run that began when it won the Target Award at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival, Prince of Broadway was finally released theatrically on September, 3, 2010, by Elephant Eye Films and is now […]

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(Daddy Longlegs is now available on DVD through KimStim/Zeitgeist. It was distributed theatrically by IFC Films and opened in New York City on May 14, 2010, at the IFC Center. Visit the distributor’s page for information, and also be sure […]

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The 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival ended yesterday. I had not been at the festival since Sunday, in part because I had begun coughing up blood and was trying to contain spontaneous nosebleeds during screenings. “Holy TMI dude!” as […]

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French cinema is alive and well in 2008 (Ryan Werner, rejoice!), as evidenced by several high profile releases that have made their way into American theaters: Arnaud Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale, Laurent Cantet’s The Class, Guillame Canet’s Tell No One, […]

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(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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