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'Reel Paradise'
Times Staff WriterThere's a scene in Steve James' entertaining documentary "Reel Paradise" in which John Pierson, a pioneering independent film producer's rep, aptly compares himself to Allie Fox, Harrison Ford's bespectacled, slightly mad visionary in the Paul Schrader-...Tags: Television, Entertainment, Movies, Children, Harrison Ford
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'The War Tapes'
Special to The TimesWhenever the topic of the war in Iraq comes up most people go out of their way to say that they "support the troops," whatever that's supposed to mean. "The War Tapes," arguably the most vital and eye-opening documentary yet made regarding the United...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers, Burger King
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Movie reviews: 'The War Tapes' and 'Islam: What the West Needs to Know'
Tribune movie critic4 stars (out of four) At one point in the gripping documentary "The War Tapes", a National Guardsman doing his bit for Operation Iraqi Freedom explains what a certain wail on the soundtrack signifies. It's "the all-clear" siren, he says, even though...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Michael Phillips, Music Box Theatre, Defense
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75 achievements Oscar forgot
Tribune movie criticWhen the Oscar nominations come out Tuesday, there are bound to be cries of injustice -- and in many cases, those charges will have merit. Can anyone really defend the exclusion from the Oscar nominee list in various years of movies such as "Some Like...Tags: James Robert Thompson, Spencer Tracy, John Huston, Movies, Awards and Prizes
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Sundance Awards 2003
PARK CITY, Utah -- Outcasts took center stage Saturday night as the Sundance Film Festival gave its top prizes to films about a chronically gloomy comic-book writer, a family embroiled in a perplexing child-abuse scandal and a loner dwarf. Shari...Tags: Patricia Clarkson, Movies, Jonathan Karsh, Great Neck, Labor Legislation
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Independent Spirit Awards nominees announced
Nominations for the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards were announced Wednesday with "Lovely and Amazing," Nicole Holofocener's bittersweet comedy about mothers, daughters and sisters, leading the way with six nominations, while Todd Haynes' lush 1950s...Tags: Alfonso Cuaron, Juliette Lewis, Viola Davis, Graham Greene, Hamburgers
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'American Splendor' shines brightest at Sundance Festival
"American Splendor," a sly film biography that stars Paul Giamatti as churlish underground comic-book writer Harvey Pekar, won the grand jury prize, the top dramatic honor at the Sundance Film Festival. Sundance jurors gave the documentary grand prize to...Tags: Patricia Clarkson, Charles Busch, Entertainment, Movies, Jonathan Karsh
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A delicate balancing act in Park City
Times Staff WriterThe Sundance Film Festival's selection for its dramatic grand jury prize, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's "American Splendor," reflects the complex new realities of the independent film scene. As a warm, playful and visually inventive biopic...Tags: Patricia Clarkson, Movies, Jonathan Karsh, Crime, Law and Justice, Nikki Reed
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Movie review, 'Stevie'
"Stevie," the latest documentary by one of the modern masters of the form, Steve James of Chicago's Kartemquin Films, is a film so troubling and unflinchingly honest that watching it becomes a test of empathy and compassion. James' "Hoop Dreams" had a...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Movies, Entertainment, Crime, Law and Justice, Cinema Industry
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'Stevie'
Times Staff WriterWhen "Hoop Dreams," the highly acclaimed documentary about two inner-city youths striving for basketball stardom, brought its maker, Steve James, to southern Illinois in 1995 in connection with its presentation, he contacted Stevie Fielding, a troubled...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Crime, Law and Justice, Cinema Industry, Sex Crimes
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Prefontaine
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday January 24, 1997 Steve Prefontaine was, to crib a line from Bruce Springsteen, born to run. And to win. The ultimate competitive animal, he finished first in more than 75% of his races and remains the only person ever to hold the U.S. records...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, R Lee Ermey, Laurel Holloman, Robert Towne
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