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Film Review – Fill The Void
So, it turns out there is a whole industry of privately financed films in Israel created by and for ultra-Orthodox Jewish women. They tend to run about 2 ½ hours long and follow strict conventions regarding subject matter and behavior. I think it’s pretty cool,…
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SIFF Double Feature – The Trials of Muhammad Ali / Evergreen: The Road to Legalization in Washington
The Trials of Muhammad Ali: Honestly, I could not name a modern boxer if my life depended on it. I’m not a sports fan, and boxing seems about as far from my interests as you could get. However, I’ve known about Muhammad Ali just about…
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SIFF Film Review – We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
I can’t imagine there is anyone out there who hasn’t heard of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, or Bradley Manning, but just in case, here’s a little background. WikiLeaks is a website founded by Australian hacker/activist Julian Assange in 2006. Assange’s mission is to create transparency where…
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SIFF Double Feature – The Punk Singer / Terms and Conditions May Apply
The Punk Singer: I was a punk rocker in the late 1980s/early 1990s, and by the time grunge and the riot grrrl revolution came along, I was knocked up at 21 and trying to figure out how to do that whole thing. I kind of…
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SIFF Double Feature – Anita / Out of Print
Anita: Directed by Freida Lee Mock and playing at the Seattle International Film Festival, Anita tells the story of Anita Hill, a law professor best known for her testimony during the 1991 confirmation hearing of Clarence Thomas for the United States Supreme Court. She stated…
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Film Review – The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
Before I write about The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez, I’d like to take a few minutes to discuss Ernest Borgnine. (In all actuality, it’s not going to be a discussion, but more of a monologue. I’m writing in bed by myself…
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Double Feature Showdown – 3D IMAX Top Gun vs. 3D IMAX Jurassic Park
I’m not a huge fan of 3D, and I am especially not fond of the current trend to retrofit older movies with it. But when I heard that they were releasing both Top Gun and Jurassic Park in 3D IMAX, I completely bought in to…
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Film Review – Trance
Some movies are best seen with as little advance information as possible. Danny Boyle’s new film, Trance, is one of them, and if you take my advice, you will come back and read this after you’ve seen it. You probably won’t do this, which kinds…
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