Brian Holcomb

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Film

Fireflies and Failureboys

[28.Jan.08] :. Digital filmmaking has provided independent filmmakers with the tools to produce watchable films, but then there's the matter of enticing people to actually watch them. An interview with indie filmmaker, Peter Marcy.

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Film

The Head Trauma of Independent Filmmaking

[10.Jul.07] :. PopMatters' interviews Lance Weiler, Director of The Last Broadcast and Head Trauma and who, along with his former partner Stefan Avalos, is one of the real pioneers of digital filmmaking and distribution.

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Film

From the Inside, Looking Out

[9.Feb.07] :. Holcomb speaks with writer-director Djinn, director of Perth. Djinn hails from Singapore, a small nation of avid movie goers who, like their film industry and their country, says Djinn, are 'always looking outward.'

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Reviews

DVDs

Dead Man's Bounty

[29.May.08] :. This oddball film's closest progenitors are Fassbinder’s Brecht-influenced and just plain weird Whity, and Cox’s Americanized Spaghetti western, Straight to Hell.

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DVDs

Sleuth

[10.Apr.08] :. Both dazzlingly brilliant and incredibly irritating, often most irritating when it catches itself being brilliant.

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DVDs

Damages: The Complete First Season

[7.Apr.08] :. A superbly acted, complex serial story, this show is well-suited to the DVD medium as it can followed at your own pace without fear of missing some of the story.

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DVDs

Zodiac-The Director's Cut

[8.Jan.08] :. Even though Zodiac attempts to achieve a sort of documentary-like reality, there is an underlying surrealism, a poetic and nightmarish vibe that hangs over the whole film.

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Days of Heaven

[20.Dec.07] :. Malick puts the visual and aural emphasis on a vast, natural world that would be nothing more than a backdrop to the human story for most filmmakers, creating a breathtaking visual experience.

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DVDs   Witchfinder General

DVDs   Puzzlehead

DVDs   Honor Among Thieves

DVDs   Hedda Gabler

DVDs   The Nightcomers

DVDs   The Good German (2006)

DVDs   Abandon (2002)

DVDs   Head Trauma

DVDs   The Tower

DVDs   Jailbait (2004)

DVDs   Rocky Balboa (2006)

DVDs   Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)

DVDs   Apartment Zero (1988)

DVDs   The Dean Martin Double Feature (1960)

DVDs   Perth (2004)

DVDs   Night Skies (2006)

DVDs   Dreamland (2006)

DVDs   Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

DVDs   Adventures of Robin Hood Vol. 15

DVDs   The First 48: The Most Intense Investigations

DVDs   Inside the Actors Studio - Dave Chappelle

DVDs   The Greatest American Hero: Seasons 1, 2 & 3

DVDs   They Filmed the War in Color: The Pacific War (2005)

DVDs   Feast (2005)

DVDs   Joyeux Noël (2005)

DVDs   Abominable (2006)

DVDs   Murder à la Mod / The Moving Finger (1986)

DVDs   Roy Shaw - Brute Force (2006)

DVDs   Edmond (2005)

 
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