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The only statistical requirement is that one be 60 years or better. Their traits include graciousness, dignity, maturity and inner beauty. They are women of distinction; women of vigor. They have reached the Age of Elegance. The Ms. Senior America Pageant is the first and foremost pageant to honor those women who have reached what has been termed the Age of Elegance. This five-day event was held at the New York, New York Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, where thirty-two contestants competed for the title of Ms. Senior America.
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Based on real life situations, three strangers share a moment in a train station that reveals their common bond.
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Far more than any news magazine show could, Emmy-winning director Rustin Thompson observes the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle with an amazing dedication to human drama as well as objective detail. Although most news shows pigeonholed the protests as one side against another--dreadlocked protestors against riot police--30 Frames a Second goes much deeper.
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It was just supposed to be a harmless prank: Steal the Olympic Torch from local sports celebrity, Sue Sue Robinson, before she is able to make the relay. Then Eddie and Matt, a. k. a. Johnny Murder, can hold it for ransom under the coverage of the entire world's media. A sure shot at instant fame. Only one problem--Mrs. Robinson won't let go, and Eddie and Matt end up with a hostage in one of the worst comical foul-ups ever. First-time director Mikki Allen Willis wrote, produced and directed this incredibly hip and stylish comedy of errors.
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Filled with sharp-witted humor and featuring an evocative performance by lead Clea Duvall (Girl, Interrupted and But I'm a Cheerleader), Sarah Thorp's directorial debut is a not-to-miss at this year's Cinequest. Jane has a very active imagination. She likes to imagine herself as a superhero, a celebrity, and sometimes a "Dangerous Person." In reality, however, Jane is only a waitress who is just trying to kill herself--unsuccessfully--over and over again.
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Lyle Maze is confused. An obsessive/compulsive New York artist with Tourette Syndrome, Lyle is in love with Callie. But Callie has a boyfriend, Mike, who is a doctor on a seven-month humanitarian mission in Africa. To make matters worse, Mike and Lyle are best friends, and Mike doesn't know what Lyle knows. Callie is pregnant, and with her boyfriend's constant travel, a lot more vulnerable than she lets on. It seems only natural that Lyle becomes Callie's support and her best friend. Each grows closer to the other, as their souls are laid bare and their individual worlds come together.
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Official Selection of IFP/AIM at the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival. A "simple job" turns bad in Tom Zuber's Lansdown, a dark comedy of ironic mishaps and mistaken identity. Defense lawyer Jake Jorgenson's life has turned upside-down upon his discovery that his wife has been having an affair with a construction worker. With vengeance on his mind and enough money to do so, Jake tries to hire a former client, Gustaf, to kill his wife's lover.
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Mia Trachinger's Bunny is sure to be a highlight for audiences, with its absurd humor and particularly haunting look at fear and loneliness. For her feature debut, Trachinger invents a story that is at the same time both comical and sad, and somehow exquisitely reminds us that film is a landscape wherein creativity is still swarming.
Edward Draner, Petra Tikalova, Elizabeth Leibel
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Innovative and original, yet harkening back to the tradition of the conversational classic My Dinner With Andre, first-time director Jon Zeiderman's bold and offbeat new film Artifacts defies the expectations of today's filmgoer with an inimitable style and a seemingly-effortless flair that few veterans can accomplish. Jack and Sonny's conversations are about women. In fact, no matter what they're talking about, they always meander back to talking about women.
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If recent incarceration rates remain unchanged, an estimated 1 of every 20 persons will serve time in a prison during his/her lifetime. -- U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. In the near future, where many have no hope, two people have a chance at love. He is an inmate in a privately run prison, where his incarceration costs come out of his "paycheck." She is in a virtual prison herself, living with an uncaring husband and anticipating a life of low paying waitressing jobs.