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The lights dim and a shaggy haired man clad in tight jeans, striped shirt, white tuxedo jacket, and vintage Nike sneakers steps up to the microphone...and croons. His name may be Paul or Jim, and he could be an accountant or mechanic by day, but tonight, and for his audience, he is Steve Perry. And the band IS Journey. Welcome to the land of Tribute Bands, an almost surreal sub-culture where musicians become actors in an attempt to capture the look, sound, and very essence of the bands they pay tribute to -- rock supergroups like KISS, Journey, Judas Priest and Queen.
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Reminiscent of Serial Mom, Jon Scheide's dark, offbeat, and hilarious debut feature (from a script by producer Ray Stroeber), The Rose Technique, is a sinister comedy. Jo Beth Williams (The Big Chill, Poltergeist) stars as Dr. Lillian Rose, a tough-love, "Dr. Laura-like" therapist with her own self-help method. Mixing Freud with Martha Stewart, Dr. Rose encourages her loyal followers to employ the basic tenets of the unorthodox Rose Technique: 1) getting to the Root of the problem, 2) Owning it, 3) Separating out what's healthy, and 4) Eliminating the dead wood. Dr.
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In this bone-dry comedy, failed actor, Arthur Artemis, has it all: a pathetic romantic life, a passionless day job as a sixth grade teacher, and a drinking problem. When he discovers that a local theater is putting on Molire's The Misanthrope, however, Artemis' passion is rejuvenatedÉuntil he loses the role to a less talented, but better-looking, actor. Meanwhile, the school principal, fed up with Artemis' tardiness and attitude, badgers Artemis to direct the school play, insinuating that this is his last chance to save his job.
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Winner: Academy Award - Best Documentary. Winner: Flaherty Documentary Award - British Academy Awards. Winner: Technical Grand Prize - Cannes Film Festival. A fascinating journey inside the insect world, this is the film that led the pack in microphotography. A multi-award winning film, this is a rare 35mm screening-featuring a compelling musical score by Lalo Schifrin. Catch The Hellstrom Chronicle after seeing Lalo Schifrin for his big night (February 28th, 7:00pm at the San Jose Repertory Theatre) and the incredible 35mm screening of Cool Hand Luke.
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Award winning director Liz Garbus (The Farm: Angola, USA) returns with her latest exploration of the criminal justice system-a riveting document of one woman's struggle to get off death row. Oklahoma City, 1989 - Wanda Jean Allen is sentenced to death after killing her lover. Eleven years later, she awaits her execution date. As Wanda's fateful day approaches, her story unfurls like a taut drama, where at every turn, Wanda and her attorney are met with immense obstacles.
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A distinctive and compelling storyteller, director Jacques Thelemaque (Egg, Winner Best Comedy Short in Cinequest, 2001) returns with his courageous and moving debut feature about making destiny happen instead of waiting for it. Running away from her past-in the form of an abusive boyfriend-Ellie (Diane Gaidry, a real-life dogwalker) hops on the first plane out of Buffalo, heading for Los Angeles. As an inauspicious beginning in her new surroundings, Ellie learns that her father has moved, and she does not know where to begin a search for him.
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SUMO East and West is a visually mesmerizing and dramatic journey that follows the lives and commitment of modern day professional and amateur sumo wrestlers. For centuries, the art and sport of sumo have been a cloistered and highly secretive world. It is, in many ways, the living embodiment of Japan itself. Sumo is not only Japan's national sport but also a cultural treasure that is literally part of the Shinto religion.
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Can two pizza delivery boys change the world? What if it's like no other world you've ever seen? Think Blade Runner meets Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure-throw in The Wizard of Oz, and suddenly anything becomes possible. Cornelius and Scooter live in a world where pizza is everything-and nobody wants to eat their Mom and Pop's pizza. They spend their days calling in phony orders to make Mama happy but long for the success of the giant pizza chains all controlled by the evil Ozcorp.
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The Internet is all encompassing. It is used to make millions, to locate libraries of useless knowledge, to invade the privacy of others, and for many lonely souls, to provide sexual gratification. John Roth is a shy computer nerd who hasn't gotten over being dumped by his fianc?e. Together with his old college roommate, Moe, they start up Intercon-X.com, an adult web site, in their Manhattan apartment.
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Marina Flores, 1990; Norma Aguilar, 1991; Maria del Rosario Gomez, 1993; Olgo Carrillo, 1995; These are the names of young women, many working in the maquiladoras - assembly plants that line the Mexican-American border near Ciudad Juarez. All slender, dark-skinned, and long-haired, they begin to disappear in 1990. Victims of brutal rapes, their bodies, sometimes just skeletons surrounded by remnants of clothing, are discovered months and years later. A young woman who has escaped abduction accuses Sharif Sharif, an Egyptian. But after his arrest, the disappearances continue.