A Clockwork Orange

Nearly 40 years after its release, this bloody little Kubrick masterpiece has lost little of its power to shock. It breaks more rules than you can shake a crowbar at.
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Leaves of Grass

It's amazing what an A-list cast can do to get an indie film made. Leaves of Grass writer/director Tim Blake Nelson has freely admitted that if Edward Norton hadn’t signed on and helped produce this piece, it never would have been made. Read more...

Orphans: ID:000

In a society where so much is based on family name and tribal identity, what do you do if you have no name and no family? Read more...

Classic Movie: The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three

SOME MOVIES SHOULD NEVER be remade. Especially when the “remake” throws out the original’s well-written script and half of its plot in favor of name-brand actors and flash cinematography.
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Indie Movie: About Baghdad

Documentary. Directed by Sinan Antoon, Bassam Haddad, Maya Mikdashi, Suzy Salamy and Adam Shapiro.

ON A WHIRLWIND TOUR of Baghdad and its suburbs in July 2003, a collective of five young filmmakers from In Counter Productions managed to capture a unique moment in Iraqi history.

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What to Rent: June 2010

Can we really sit through another zombies-on-the-loose flick? Oh, go on then. Needless to say, the ‘plot’ of this movie is all in the title. The inhabitants of the small town of Ogden Marsh start acting a little odd after a toxin is accidentally released from a nearby industrial plant. Read more...