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Tag: independent cinema

The Scabrous World Of Highly Questionable Film Festivals

When a festival continually emails you to say that your non-existent film has been accepted for screening and awards, you might raise an eyebrow or two.

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Opening The Eyes Below

The new film from the maker of The Woman with Leopard Shoes looks to be an intense, paranoid horror thriller.

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Ganja And Hess: Blaxploitation Meets Arthouse

The collision of commercial and independent cinema in the cult 1970s vampire movie Ganja and Hess.

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Knightriders: George Romero’s Ambitious Attempt At A Career Renaissance

George Romero’s first film after Dawn of the Dead was an ambitious attempt to break free of the horror straitjacket.

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The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie – John Cassavetes’ Realist Crime Drama

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Tracks – Dennis Hopper’s Journey From And To Vietnam

Henry Jaglom’s psychological nightmare is the great lost film of the post-Vietnam War era.

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Crying With Laughter: John Cassavetes’ Faces

John Cassavetes’ first masterpiece is an almost unbearably study of middle-aged, middle-class desperation.

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Uwe Boll Quits Film Making – And That’s A Bad Thing

Uwe Boll Quits Film Making – And That’s A Bad Thing Read More
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