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Local filmmaker and festival favorite, Jenni Olson, introduces her short film about a young woman's affectionate encounter with another.
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Here's your chance to finally catch the rarely seen director's cut of a certifiable cult classic, called by American Cinematheque ''...completely repulsive and fascinating at the same time.'' Bloodsucking Freaks is the story of Dr. Sardu and his Theatre of the Macabre. On the surface an impresario and master of ceremonies with a sick sense of humor and a compulsive need to shock and offend, Dr. Sardu turns out to be a much more sinister and dangerous sort. In his basement he is hiding a prison of horrors where beautiful young women are tortured and mutilated.
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As we all know from reading ''tell-all'' biographies of American politicians, sex and politics are a natural mix and have been, from the earliest days of the Republic. But rarely has the liaison of a well-known politician and an ''exotic'' dancer been so public as that of former Governor Earl Long of Louisiana and the well-known stripper of her day, Belle Starr. Ron Shelton's Blaze shows Long and Starr's earthy and hilarious goings-on in the full light of day, all of which is well covered by the tabloid press.
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Don't Run, Johnny ''Tom E. Brown is the Jerry Lewis of AIDS movies.'' -- AMP Magazine
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Jason is in need of a Change of Luck. When Lorrie, the girl of his dreams, writes her number on a $5 bill, it seems his luck is changing. But soon we find that sometimes it is easier to change your luck than it is to find change for a five.
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Daisy Feldman's New York, written and directed by Amy Veltman, is a dark comedy about overcoming obstacles, both real and imagined. And in overcoming them, Daisy finds that some cures are worse than the disease.
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Everyone has had a Loose Tooth at some point in his/her life. In Lee McCaulla's animated short, a child's mind runs rampant at the thought of having said tooth pulled.
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Big Bucks for Buddha is Jodi Lane's sweet and funny look at a boy and his dog(s), and the pain of love and loss. Can he learn to love again after losing his best and furriest friend?
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Every year, Cinequest shows at least one film that is sure to offend someone. Hugh Hales-Tooke's Zero A.D. may just be that film. A n'budget, biblical epic with a groaner of a punchline. Don't miss it!
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Steven Dovas' stick-figured protagonist in Call Me Fishmael gives an animated pitch for a Hollywood blockbuster which gets more outlandish the further it goes.