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Wading in as leading man, his still Walter runs deep
| April 6th, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesTHERE is no such thing as a Richard Jenkins movie, though he's been in more than... more
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Wired Feature on Deep Sea Cowboys Saving Giant Ships [Geeks]
From Gizmodo | February 26th, 2008The cargo ship Cougar Ace was entering Alaskan waters when its ballast tanks malfunctioned... more
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'Ballast,' IFC go steady
From The Hollywood Reporter - News | February 5th, 2008"Ballast," Lance Hammer's Southern drama that won two awards at last month's Sundance... more
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'Ballast,' IFC go steady
From The Hollywood Reporter - News | February 5th, 2008"Ballast," Lance Hammer's Southern drama that won two awards at last month's Sundance Film Festival, has been picked up by IFC. more
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Sundance Watch: Ballast Sells to IFC
From Thompson On Hollywood | February 4th, 2008Producer Mark Johnson's Ballast was one of the critical faves at Sundance and broke out Lance Hammer as a hot director. Here's Sharon Swart... more
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Park City, 1/25.
From GreenCine Daily | January 26th, 2008Manohla Dargis has had an "unexpectedly rewarding week.... [T]his felt like a year of discovery." Specifically, she awards the New York Times... more
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Sundance. A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy.
From GreenCine Daily | January 26th, 2008"A groundbreaking film, Dennis Dortch's A Good Day To Be Black and Sexy is, despite its provocative title, getting only a smidgen of the notices... more
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Sundance. Ballast.
From GreenCine Daily | January 20th, 2008"A rock-ribbed sense of committed, personal cinema and a core belief in people being able to pull themselves out of misery supports Ballast... more
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Make way for a leading man
| September 9th, 2007
From Los Angeles TimesIT wasn't intended to play out this way. There was no master plan. And yet back-to-back fall movie releases are pushing Casey Affleck out... more
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Wavering between good and guilty
June 9th, 2006
From Los Angeles TimesUpon his honorable discharge from the Navy, Elvis (Gael Garcia Bernal) makes his way from California to Corpus Christi, Texas. As he travels... more
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Method to his madness
March 19th, 2005
From Los Angeles TimesThe single greatest work made during the long career of the histrionic Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904-1989) hangs just past the halfway... more
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An attitude that's hard to swallow
February 3rd, 2004
From Los Angeles TimesLet's face it -- there are hundreds of reasons why Hollywood makes so many bad movies. But last week's Oscar nominations offered one especially... more
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