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Religulous
I’m not the biggest fan of Bill Maher now that he seems to concentrate on politics, but he’s always been a sharp and witty comedian. Now he sets his sights on religion with Religulous, taking the cue...
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Encounters at the End of the World
Werner Herzog is one of my favorite film makers. This may seem like damning with faint praise, but when he makes a documentary, it’s like a Bruce Springsteen song. He just sort of starts talking about...
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Grey Gardens Trio
I approached the HBO movie Grey Gardens with trepidation, since I loved the documentary by the Maysles and was unsure how they’d approach the material. It invites camp, but I always saw the Beales as...
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Trouble the Water
In 1927 there was a great flood in Louisiana; the National Guard came to rescue the white landowners, but left the black sharecroppers to tend to the crops. Immortalized in Randy Newman’s “Louisiana...
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a hell ride through Asbury Park in a crowded theater
Hell RideQuentin Tarantino wanted Larry Bishop to make the “greatest biker movie ever” and produced this for him. They don’t succeed. It’s a good one, however. Bishop was in The Savage Seven back in...
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Tyson
“it’s like a Greek tragedy, only I’m the subject”The moment that sold me on James Toback’s excellent documentary, Tyson, was when the former heavyweight champion of the world was holding back tears,...
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mondo mini movie reviews!
This is what I’ve watched in the past week or so. Black DynamiteA hilarious homage to the blaxploitation flicks of the ’70s, this one should not be missed. A dose of Dolemite with a dash of The Mack...
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movie compactor
To conserve paper, I have reviewed 5 recent movies in one post. With one week to the Oscars I still haven’t seen a few. I’m hoping to see The White Ribbon this weekend. Gonna skip Crazy Heart, as much...
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Angola: The Farm
The Louisiana State Prison, nicknamed “Angola” after the plantation land it sits on, is unique, infamous and impressive all at once. They also call it “The Farm,” because all prisoners work, and the...
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Robert Durst, triple murderer? The Jinx.
Yesterday Robert Durst was arrested in New Orleans on suspicion of murder of Susan Berman, in California in 2000. He was charged with illegal possession of a handgun, as he is a felon. I began watching...
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