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Jurgen & Marcy's Independent Film Blog July 2003 Archive

By Jurgen Fauth & Marcy Dermansky, About.com Guides to Independent Film since 1999

Masked And Anonymous

Tuesday July 29, 2003
The indefatigable Bob Dylan writes, acts, and rocks out in this late-career vanity vehicle, together with an all-star cast headed by John Goodman, Jessica Lange, and Jeff Bridges. It's a ... Read More

Review: "Rabbit-Proof Fence" on DVD

Tuesday July 29, 2003
Director Phillip Noyce probes Australia's dark past, when aboriginie children, the so-called "Stolen Generation," were taken from their parents for reeducation. The amateur child actors steal the show from Sir ... Read More

Top Ten New DVDs of the Week

Tuesday July 29, 2003
Out this week on DVD is the controversial movie most people didn't get to see in the theaters: Philip Noyce's evocative Graham Greene adaptation "The Quiet American," starring Michael Caine ... Read More

This Week's Indie Box Office

Tuesday July 29, 2003
The IFC release "Camp" sang and danced its way to the top spot of the indie box office, earning $54,000 over the weekend. Often compared to Alan Rudolph's "Fame" ... Read More

Hooray for the Anamorphic Lens

Friday July 25, 2003
CinemaScope turns 50 this month, and the Film Society at Lincoln Center in New York is celebrating with a series of widescreen masterworks by Nicholas Ray, Stanley Kubrick, Terence Malick, ... Read More

Top New DVDs of the Week

Tuesday July 22, 2003
New releases from Atom Egoyan, Jean-Luc Godard, Vittorio De Sica, and Alison Maclean, plus "Nicholas Nickleby," "The Honeymoon Killers," "Spun," and the classic Phoebe Cates comedy "Drop Dead Fred." Check ... Read More

Garage Days: Loud, Stylish & Boring

Tuesday July 22, 2003
Alex Proyas, director of such dark and moody films as "The Crow" and "Dark City," tries his hand at light fare, with disasterous results. "Garage Days," his film about ... Read More

Woody Allen to Open Venice Film Festival

Monday July 21, 2003
Woody Allen's new film "Anything Else" will open the 60th Venice International Film Festival on August 27th in Italy. The film's stars - Allen, Christina Ricci, Jason Biggs and ... Read More

Herzog to Hunt Nessie

Sunday July 20, 2003
Fifteen years after his last collaboration with his "best fiend" Klaus Kinski, German filmmaker Werner Herzog ("Aguirre, Wrath of God") is chasing monsters again. This month, shooting will begin on ... Read More

Audrey Tatou: French, Adorable and in Demand

Friday July 18, 2003
Film lovers couldn't get enough of Audrey Tatou after her appearance in "Amelie." Earlier this year, she received star billing for her cameo appearance in the international hit ... Read More

To Be Continued...

Tuesday July 15, 2003
"Pulp Fiction" director Quentin Tarantino has decided to release his new film "Kill Bill" in two installments, the New York Times reports. Miramax will release the first part on October ... Read More

New DVD Releases

Tuesday July 15, 2003
Why leave home to see Francois Ozon's "Swimming Pool" when you can watch Frances McDormand swill whiskey sours in the pool in "Laurel Canyon" - our top DVD pick of ... Read More

World Films Bringing Home The Big Bucks

Tuesday July 15, 2003
We love Johnny Depp and take great pleasure in the fact that he is the number one blockbuster of the weekend "The Pirates of the Caribbean." Go Johnny. ... Read More

I Capture the Castle

Friday July 11, 2003
Tim Fywell's period drama "I Capture The Castle" has all the right ingredients: an eccentric English family, lush countryside, Victorian gowns, a crumbling castle, eligible bachelors, and the wonderful ... Read More

American Shutout

Wednesday July 9, 2003
Buzz for the August 15 release of "American Splendor" is building. Advance acclaim for the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Festival is such that your ... Read More

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge DVD

Wednesday July 9, 2003
Magic elements mingle with oddball characters in Shohei Imamura's quiet tale of a company man who finds renewed life in a small Japanese fishing town.

Bollywood Filmmakers: Nothing New Under the Sun

Tuesday July 8, 2003
The Times of India reports that the brothers Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt are taking offense at the suggestion their films lifted too much content from Hollywood. Their upcoming "Qayamat" is ... Read More

Francois Ozon's "Swimming Pool"

Monday July 7, 2003
Sex kitten Ludivine Sagnier parades topless in "Swimming Pool," an erotic thriller that aims for the suspense of classic Hitchcock. With Charlotte Rampling, who also worked with writer-director Ozon in ... Read More

More Movie Trailers

Thursday July 3, 2003
What's worse than going to see a bad movie? Well, lots of things, but you can try to make an educated choice by watching the trailer on your own ... Read More

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