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Jeff Wilkes is a doctor who has a phobia of dead people, orders five limes with his vodka tonic, and is a "Scuzz" B-movie freak. New to L.A., he answers an ad for a roommate and meets Aron Presley, a young man who believes that he is Elvis reincarnated.
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Sure to be an audience-pleaser, Dinner and a Movie is an intricately drawn and comically vivid romance from first-time feature film director Lisa Kors. Katie is an idealistic filmmaker, hell-bent on creating the next Great American Documentary. According to Katie, however, time is running out. Her parents have suddenly asked for their "student loan" money back -- with interest. Her day job as a children's party entertainer is more humiliating than her glittery mermaid costume. Katie knows it's time to get her dream made.
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For a plot that could arguably be boiled down to "boy meets girl," The Devil and Ms. "D" is a stunningly original and dazzlingly visual journey that will hold you on the edge of your seat for the duration of the movie. Part man, part poodle and all devil, Stanislaus Nagy visits Cora, a beautiful psychiatrist. In a bizarre episode, Nagy tells Cora he's The Devil, crawls around Cora's legs under her desk and his eyes turn green.
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Watch out world, Joi is on the scene. True, she just quit her job and found out - the hard way - that her boyfriend is gay, but sometimes you have to start all over to get it right. New city, new job and Joi is ready for anything. Anything but a devastatingly handsome but overly condescending boss, a backstabbing best friend and an overbearing mother with way too much attitude. Masquerade is a heartwarming, fun, romantic comedy for today. Light, engaging dialogue, well-drawn, well-played supporting roles, a case of mistaken identity and beautiful actors and actresses with great hair.
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When it comes to urban films, celebrated director Clement Virgo's Love Come Down is a profound detour from the usual I-can't-get-out-of-the-hood, low-budget fodder force-fed to audiences from both independent and studio directors. Virgo's independent endeavor is hip, raw, sexy and deceptively spiritual. Two brothers, Neville and Matt--one black, one white--are nearly polar opposites in appearance and personality but share one vital common thread--the same mother, who is White.
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The word "just" has no part in the incredible work of the Medea Project. Lawrence Andrews' latest film illustrates the work of the women of the Medea Project, a theater for incarcerated women, as their creations send them on a self-exploratory journey that culminates in a public group performance piece. Veteran theater actor and director Rhodessa Jones was inspired to begin this program when she taught classes at the San Francisco County Jail. Through her students' incredible pasts, telling stories that they had never shared, Rhodessa saw the seeds of a powerful performance piece.
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Doug E. Doug's comic first feature, Citizen James, is a surrealistic, small town/big city fairytale filled with the magic, romance and splendor of the amoral, anti-social, gun-toting, street thug's wayward adolescent life magnified to cinematic proportions. Equipped with not much more than a lightweight rap and a vague vision of filmmaking, Bed-Stuy resident James (Doug E. Doug from Cosby) decides to film The Angela Davis Story with his two entirely clueless friends, Steffan and Fuquan. With absolutely no idea where to start, they go in search of the great filmmaker, Bleep Lee.
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Many view Alcatraz simply as an abandoned prison and tourist attraction. For some, however, it is an inspiration. The year 1969 saw the occupation of Alcatraz Island by Native American activists in one of the most turbulent periods in modern American history. Director James Fortier's superb re-telling of events shows the nascent Native American struggle to establish identity in a sea of cultural arrogance and indifference.
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Aaron Fischer is a San Francisco native with a simple dream - to be immortalized forever as a world record holder. Rather than being able to lift the heaviest weight or have the longest toenails, Fischer seeks to create the world's largest container of popcorn. Set to a jazzy score by the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Popcorn! follows Fischer as he enlists friends and family to help him enter the Guinness Book. The road is paved with tons of unpopped kernels, dozens of "modified" air poppers and many funny miscalculations.
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Normally, a day in the life of Tyler--a slacker whose lifestyle and image call for hanging out in the same bars with the same friends every day in the North Beach section of San Francisco--would be pretty uneventful. And Tyler likes it that way. But this day is different - Tyler has just spent the night with a 19-year-old stripper from New Orleans, and as he stumbles out of a youth hostel at 7 a.m., it becomes quite apparent that everyone knows, including his girlfriend, Paige. But how did the news get to the numerous surrounding restaurants, cafes, and apartments so rapidly?