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Pioneer Horror on Nightline
NIGHTLINE - April 21, 2006 "Hollywood Blood Lust: A look at the newest trend in horror flicks" Featuring the Pioneer's April 10, 2006, premiere of ABOMINABLE, directed by Ryan Schifrin, hosted by...
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Audio clip from Lawrence Lessig at the Pioneer
Lawrence Lessig speaks.(Lawrence Lessig's personal website.)Come check out Alternative Freedom.
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Brave New Europe: New Films from and about Central and Eastern Europe
Brave New Europe: New Films From and About Central and Eastern Europe No one can be surprised that many good films are coming from Central and Eastern Europe, both as a source of production and as a...
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Belarus: Europe's Last Dictatorship
LONG KNIVES NIGHT and REPORTING FROM A RABBIT HUTCH are almost certainly the most important films the Pioneer will show in 2006. They may be the most important films the Pioneer has ever...
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LONG KNIVES NIGHT + REPORTING FROM A RABBIT HUTCH rave reviews
". . .makes FAHRENHEIT 9/11 seem tepid and weak . . .a brutal and brilliant bit of filmmaking."- Jim Knipfel, NY PRESS (click here, then scroll down)"Indelible portraits of power's absolute corruption....
View ArticleMore terrific reviews for LONG KNIVES NIGHT / REPORTING FROM A RABBIT HUTCH
NEW YORK TIMES, June 1, 2006: Jeannette Catsoulis, "LONG KNIVES NIGHT / REPORTING FROM A RABBIT HUTCH: Indelible Portraits of Power's Absolute Corruption." NEW YORK PRESS, May 31, 2006: Jim Knipfel,...
View Article"The Mormon Church Explains It All to You" - at last
The seriously odd program of classic educational shorts produced by the Church of Latter-Day Saints, finally screens this weekend after being cancelled due to last year's transit strike! Presented by...
View ArticleRobert Altman: Rare Short Film Event postponed
Unfortunately, this event has been postponed. Robert Altman is recovering from the flu, and his doctors have told him not to travel.We do intend to reschedule this event.For those of you who bought...
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Lodge Kerrigan / KEANE podcast online
A few weeks ago, S.T. VanAirsdale from The Reeler came by for a screening of KEANE, with major talent writer / director Lodge Kerrigan in person. Karina Longworth of Cinematical and Lawrence Levi of...
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one worth fighting for
Sometimes we go very far out in our bookings, showing a film that fits all those favored cliches of the extreme independent arts world: the film goes all the way, the film takes no prisoners, and the...
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Virtues of modesty
Exceptional in its modesty, DANCE PARTY USA is, for us, an inside job. Writer / director Aaron Katz used to work at the Pioneer, and he has remained a friend to the theater. But don't get upset that...
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Cave-dwelling greasemonkey (advance review of AUTOMATONS)
The Pioneer opens AUTOMATONS on December 13, and we're looking forward to a great run with writer / director James Felix McKenney, actor / producer Larry Fessenden, and the whole entourage from Glass...
View ArticleYear in review, final first thoughts.
I wonder why critics have not included Long Knives Night[/URL] on various "best of the year" lists.
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About Programming SHOCKPROOF
Shockproof, which opens on Wednesday, was suggested to me by the contributors to a_film_by, an online forum for the discussion of “film as art, from an auteurist perspective.” In a previous life, I...
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Ousmane Sembene, 1923-2007
His insults were great praise.(Wikipedia) (NY TIMES) (GreenCine)
View ArticleThe Sugar Curtain
We're delighted to be opening The Sugar Curtain. This subtle and stirringly ambivalent film ponders the promises and boycotts of the Cuban Revolution, from a decidedly singular perspective. Cuban...
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Quiet City
Good luck to our friend Aaron Katz on the opening of Quiet City, elsewhere this week.May you have every success you wish.
View ArticleOpen Letter, about Mormon Cinema, to the University of Chicago Chronicle
Josh Schonwald, Frank Bednarz, and Doc Films:It's wonderful to see that Doc Films at the University of Chicago recently presented a Mormon Film Retrospective. However, the University of Chicago...
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