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Turn Me On, Dammit!
Movie | Dustin Jansick | July 5, 2012The traditional role of a teenage sex coming of age story tends to be centered around males but Turn Me On, Dammit! changes things up a bit by telling it from a female perspective. Adapted by the novel written...
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Stagecoach
Movie | Patrick Gross | July 3, 2012Stagecoach is an old-school movie in every sense of the word. The characters are stripped down, traditional, Western stereotypes. The plot is a straight-forward race through hostile territory, with drunk doctors, a pregnant woman, a dubious banker, and, oh...
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Watch: Compliance Trailer
Trailer | Dustin Jansick | July 2, 2012Compliance received mixed reactions and has sparked some heated debates when it premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The trailer for this controversial film, which some believe contains political allegories, has arrived online today. While we will...
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Moonrise Kingdom
Movie | Dustin Jansick | July 1, 2012Moonrise Kingdom is unmistakably a Wes Anderson film. It features presumptuous children who seem to be more intelligent and mature than the adults and a simple but whimsical storyline that is completely overshadowed by its presentation. Everything is exaggerated...
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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Movie | Blake Ginithan | June 29, 2012Never have I written so many notes for a film where so little happens than with Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. Mainly because I was struck over and over on how well shot the film is and how...
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Super Spree
Movie | Dustin Jansick | June 29, 2012Super Spree is an indie short film written and directed by Matt Post about the work life of one employee that is overworked and underappreciated. One of the best things the film does is not take itself too...
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Natural Selection
Movie | C.J. Prince | June 28, 2012Robbie Pickering’s Natural Selection, which swept the SXSW film festival last year, is an assured debut feature for the most part. The story and odd couple pairing of its two leads might make the movie come off as a...
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Watch: Klown Trailer
Trailer | Dustin Jansick | June 28, 2012In case you had a hard time believing that the Danish are funny watch the trailer for Klown, a raunchy sex comedy by Mikkel Nøgaard. Filled with many explicit scenes, including one that can be found in the Red...
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Watch: Robot and Frank Trailer
Trailer | Dustin Jansick | June 27, 2012There is no denying that the indie Sundance Film Festival winner Robot and Frank looks intriguing. While it still looks like it is a heartwarming tale of robot companionship, it appears to put a little bit of a spin...
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American Animal
Movie | Dustin Jansick | June 27, 2012To put it nicely, American Animal is an absurd indie movie about a man living with his reckless best friend who is not only mentally ill but physically ill as well. To put it bluntly, it is an art...
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Watch: Neighboring Sounds trailer
Trailer | C.J. Prince | June 26, 2012Neighboring Sounds, which had its U.S. premiere in the New Directors/New Films program earlier this year, has slowly been building buzz over the last several months. After immediately getting its U.S. rights snatched up by The Cinema Guild. According...
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Headshot
Movie | Dustin Jansick | June 26, 2012Headshot is self-described as crime noir film about an assassin who was shot in the head which ends up causing him to see the world upside down. Thailand’s Pen-Ek Ratanaruang chooses to present a slow burning film rather than...
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2012 Los Angeles Film Festival Winners
Awards | Dustin Jansick | June 25, 2012Film Independent, the same organization that produces The Independent Spirit Awards, announced the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival jury and audience award winners. Walking away with top prize for Best Narrative Feature in competition is Pocas Pascoal’s All is...
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Code Blue
Movie | C.J. Prince | June 25, 2012When Code Blue premiered at Cannes last year, a warning was posted outside the theatre saying the film might “hurt audience feelings.” The Cannes audiences always love a good provocation, and based on the reports coming out of the...