Jurgen & Marcy's Independent Film Blog June 2004 Archive

Billed as the first CGI-animated fantasy film from France, "Kaena: The Prophecy" features strange worlds, cyborg worms, and liquified aliens. Kirsten Dunst and Anjelica Houston provide the voices. Read our ... Read More

Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, and Joel Bakan present a thorough investigation of the history, power, and impact of corporations on modern civilization. The film, which is now playing across America, ... Read More

The hype surrounding Michael Moore's scathing analysis of the Bush Administration has been impossible to ignore. The Golden Palm at Cannes, the quarrel over the film's distribution, and the contested ... Read More

Clive Owen desperately needs a hair cut in Mike Hodges' arty, absolutely tedious new thriller "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead." Charlotte Rampling, Malcolm McDowell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers co-star. The ... Read More

Forget noisy, empty blockbusters like "The Day after Tomorrow" and "The Chronicles of Riddick:" socially conscious documentaries are doing extraordinarily well this summer. The hard-hitting overview of business wrongdoing "The ... Read More

If you thought "The Passion of the Christ" wasn't funny enough, it's time to discover "Ultrachrist!" First-time filmmakers Kerry Douglas Dye and Jordan Hoffman created a new religious cult hero, ... Read More

Ingmar Bergman's first international success is a delightful comedy of manners about four star-crossed couples who spent a Nordic night in a country estate. Sparkling dialogue and cinematography flooded with ... Read More

Gosh! It's "Napoleon Dynamite," a trashy Midwestern remake of "Rushmore" with lots of wry laughs, bad food, and a pet llama called Tina. Written and directed by the young husband-wife ... Read More

The exhileration and the agony: this week's top picks include Fernando Meirelle's stylized, captivating slum epic "City of God" and Clint Eastwood's tearjerking melodrama "Mystic River." More: DVD Reviews ... Read More

Banned by the Nazis, Fritz Lang's 1933 thriller "The Testament of Dr. Mabuse" finds the evil mastermind in an insane asylum, from where he controls crimes all over Berlin. The ... Read More

Charles Bukowski, poet of the gutter, bard of booze, and real-life "Barfly," makes a great subject for a documentary. John Dullaghan's film, compiled from old footage of Buk himself and ... Read More

This week: Charlize Theron's Oscar-winning performance in "Monster," an uncut edition of the cult classic "Trainspotting," a five-hour version of "Das Boot," and Robert Altman's ballet film "The Company."