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Barbarians at the Gate

[27.Feb.07] :. In addition to enabling collaboration and sharing, recently developed social open sourcing technologies -- sometimes called Web 2.0 or the read-write web -- make it possible to cultivate communities of interest around a particular film and even short-circuit normal promotional efforts and theatrical distribution.

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Bringing Short Films to a Mailbox Near You: An Interview with Karl Mechem

[8.Dec.06] :. Does the short film have a reputable future beyond stupid human tricks on YouTube?

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The Red Violin: Meridian Collection

[21.Jul.08] :. The violin is symbolic of our investment of objects with meanings and desires beyond their immediate uses, and it continues to entrance and engage even after the film's final shot.

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High Noon (Ultimate Collector's Edition)

[11.Jul.08] :. When a righteous person's hand is forced by savagery, he will have no option but to become savage or risk both his own life and the advance of civilization.

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Robson Arms: The Complete Second Season

[17.Apr.08] :. Virtually the entire returning cast makes some kind of life-changing decision in season two.

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Gattaca

[19.Mar.08] :. This film is quietly provocative, well crafted, and a subtle meditation on the future.

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A Hundred Dollars and a T-Shirt

[3.Mar.08] :. This documentary underscores that zine culture is made by interactive communities of readers and creators, all of whom bring distinctive sets of purposes, interests, and passions to their work, reading, and sharing.

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Drunken Angel

[10.Jan.08] :. One need not know much about Japanese national cinema or Akira Kurosawa or post-War Japan to enjoy and appreciate a film like Drunken Angel.

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DVDs   Libby, Montana

DVDs   Cinema 16: European Short Films

DVDs   You Kill Me

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3:10 to Yuma

[28.Aug.07] :. What's right, what's wrong, and what's reasonable when good men are faced with bad men doing bad things?

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DVDs   Diggers (2007)

DVDs   Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War (2002)

DVDs   Kitchen Confidential - The Complete Series

DVDs   Gandhi (25th Anniversary Edition) (1982)

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Various Artists: Radio On [DVD]

[3.Apr.07] :. Radio On will enrapture and fascinate some, bore and alienate others, and leave many with unanswered questions.

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DVDs   Mcluhans Wake (2002)

DVDs   The Festival - The Complete First Season

DVDs   Robert Greenwald Presents - The Brave New Films Box Set (2006)

DVDs   Half Nelson (2006)

DVDs   Kebab Connection (2005)

DVDs   Sir! No Sir! (2006)

 
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