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Daredevil (2003)
When the streets have gone to Hell, have faith in the devil.
Filmmaker(s): Mark Steven Johnson

A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.

Vision of a sudden, Hollywood films have discovered that making a visually smart movie could be good business. The second “Harry Potter” film was notable with its architectural eye. Cost a tiny bit extra to get some good people on the case, but a trivial...


Published January 23, 2024
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The Barber (2002)
Darkness can do strange things to a man
Filmmaker(s): Michael Bafaro

In the small town of Revelstoke, Alaska, local barber Dexter is surprised to learn that the body of Lucy Waters has been discovered. Having killed this woman, days ago, he hoped her body wouldn't be found until spring. Through the eyes of a serial killer, we discover the chilling layer of a weary town whose only concern is another long, dark winter.

Hair, Cut without the go, "Albino Alligator" without the wrinkles, "The Gardener" without Angie, "Invisible Man" made visible, "Insomnia" without the light and most of all, "Twin Peaks" with only one peak. McDowell has built a career of his role in "Clockwork Orange:" a demented brilliance...


Published May 17, 2023
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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Sometimes, to follow your dreams... you've got to bend the rules!
Filmmaker(s): Gurinder Chadha

Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

Us Watching Them only interesting thing about this is the appearance of two energetic actresses. One pleasantly mooneyes at the camera and the other has a strong enough presence to have hope (despite "Pirates" and "Phantom") that she might not disappoint like so many others. I...


Published May 17, 2023
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By Any Means Necessary: The Making of ‘Jason X’ (2002)
Filmmaker(s): Michelle Palmer

Produced for the "Jason X" Special Edition DVD.

Cronenberg Chronicles little feature was made to promote the movie and is included on the DVD. It shows a real problem in filmmaking. The actual movie was dumb, made for dummies. The dynamics behind how it was designed and to some extent executed is a matter...


Published December 1, 2022
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Auto Focus (2002)
A day without sex is a day wasted.
Filmmaker(s): Paul Schrader

A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.

Soldiering, Winking, Filming Schrader simultaneously fascinates and repels me. That’s because he has such intelligent ideas for films, and then makes then in such a pedestrian fashion the inspiration is all but trod away. And his ideas are so very clever in addition to being intelligently...


Published November 26, 2022
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Juwanna Mann (2002)
The only way he can stay pro, is to play (like) a girl.
Filmmaker(s): Jesse Vaughan

A basketball star is booted out of the NBA when his on-court antics go too far, so he poses as a woman and joins the WUBA.

Tootsie Got Game of the most disturbing trends in film is how we have started manufacturing “special audience” films. They used to have their own lives, their own autheticity. Here we have a mindless copy: “Tootsie” plays basketball. This goes beyond dumb and stereotypical —...


Published December 1, 2022
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Banger Sisters (2002)
Some friendships last forever... like it or not.
Filmmaker(s): Bob Dolman

In the late '60s, the self-proclaimed belles of the rock 'n' roll ball, rocked the worlds of every music legend whose pants they could take off -- and they have the pictures to prove it. But it's been more than two decades since the Banger Sisters earned their nickname -- or even laid eyes on each other. Their reunion is the collision of two women's worlds; one who's living in the past, and one who's hiding from it. Together they learn to live in the moment.

The Photos Would Have Been Funnier another formulaic movie that preaches breaking out of the formula. Another staid, risk-free production that promotes the taking of risk. Another film about film writing whose chief fault is the script. The setup is simple: comfortable but compromised person is...


Published May 16, 2023
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10 Tiny Love Stories (2002)
Sex, love, loss and men
Filmmaker(s): Rodrigo García

Rodrigo Garcia's Ten Tiny Love Stories follows the stories of ten women with very different emotional and psychological experiences across ten scripted monologues.

One Multi-expressed Love Story has been termed an experiment because it is unusual, but it is more of an adventure into the space of the written word. Garcia is a writer. Writers use words as knives to open spaces to inhabit. With this particular kind of...


Published December 5, 2022
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Talk to Her (2002)
Filmmaker(s): Pedro Almodóvar

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

The Manifold Fluidity of the Dance a film's reason for being is to build layers, the opening shot must be a promise, an anchor in the shifting seas of perspective and a springboard for the narrative. In twenty seconds, I knew that this time Almodovar...


Published December 2, 2024
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8 Women (2002)
Living in a house full of women can be murder.
Filmmaker(s): François Ozon

Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowbound cottage, only to find the family patriarch dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.

3 Women Really had a lot of trouble with this film. I get what it is trying to do and particularly appreciate the notion. The distance between the story and the music is like that great bowling alley scene in “Buffalo 66” (and the similar...


Published November 22, 2022
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