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Jurgen & Marcy's Independent Film Blog April 2005 Archive

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

Review: 3-Iron

Friday April 29, 2005
A mysterious prankster combines burglary and golf: the new film from acclaimed Korean director Ki-duk Kim ("Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... Spring") develops an unusual love story between two lost souls ... Read More

Maggie Gyllenhaal Discusses 9/11

Tuesday April 26, 2005
When celebrities open their mouths about politics, personal attacks are seldom far behind. Maggie Gyllenhaal stars in "The Great New Wonderful," a film about September 11. After a screening ... Read More

New DVD Releases: War Trilogy

Monday April 25, 2005
This week's top releases include the Criterion Collection edition of Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda's "War Trilogy," Vittorio De Sica's comic romp "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" starring Sophia Loren and Marcello ... Read More

Review: Enron - The Smartest Guys in the Room

Friday April 22, 2005
Strippers, motorbikes and Ken Lay: Alex Gibney's documentary about the energy trading company's spectacular bankruptcy tells a gripping story of avarice and fraud. "The Smartest Guys in the Room" opens ... Read More

Cannes Announces Lineup

Wednesday April 20, 2005
Emir Kursturica heads the jury of the 58th Cannes Film Festival (May 11 through 22). Dominik Moll's "Lemming" will open the competition, which features new films by an amazing lineup ... Read More

4th Annual Tribeca Film Festival

Monday April 18, 2005
Robert DeNiro's "little neighborhood festival," opening tomorrow, is bigger than ever. The eleven day festival will screen more than 250 films, kicking off with the premiere of "The Interpreter." Shot ... Read More

Review: It's All Gone Pete Tong

Friday April 15, 2005
Superstar DJ Frankie Wilde enjoys the clubs, sex, and sun of Ibiza--until an overdose of disco leaves him deaf. Michael Dowse mixes fiction with real interviews and a pounding soundtrack ... Read More

New DVD Releases: Bad Education, Hotel Rwanda

Tuesday April 12, 2005
Pedro Almodovar knew it: Gael Garcia Bernal looks great in a dress. "Bad Education" is out on DVD along with the release of an earlier Almodovar classic, "The Flower of ... Read More

Review: Eros

Friday April 8, 2005
Wong Kar-Wai, Steven Soderbergh, and Michelangelo Antonioni present visions of erotic love in the anthology film "Eros," opening today. Of the three shorts by the master directors, not a single ... Read More

New DVD Releases: Sideways, The Corporation

Tuesday April 5, 2005
In case you missed it in theaters, here's your chance to find out why Miles hates Merlot: Alexander Payne's comedy "Sideways," last year's biggest indie hit, is out on DVD. ... Read More

Review: Kontroll

Tuesday April 5, 2005
Set entirely underground in the Budapest subway sytem, Nimrod Antal's "Kontroll" is a terse, claustrophobic debut, rich in gritty characters and shocking incidents but short on rhyme or reason. Read ... Read More

Review: Look At Me

Friday April 1, 2005
Agnès Jaoui's wonderful second feature "Look At Me" is talky but never dull, fluidly crossing over from drama to comedy to social satire. The film won the best screenplay award ... Read More

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