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0REMATURELY BILLED BY CYNICS AS *UNO .ICK AND .ORAH´S )N½NITE 0LAYLIST SLATHERS ON A LOT LESS CHEESE YET STILL MAINTAINS A HEFTY AMOUNT OF WIT .ICK -ICHAEL #ERA IS DUMPED BY 4RIS !LEXIS $ZIENA °A TEENAGED HARLOT WHO´S GOT LITTLE ELSE TO OFFER EXCEPT AN ITTY BITTY WAIST AND MEDIUM SIZED CHA CHAS .EVERTHELESS HE´S FORLORN AND IT TAKES THE TWO MEMBERS OF HIS HOMOEROTIC BAND 4HE *ERK /FFS TO GET HIM TO PUT PANTS ON AND GO TO .EW 9ORK #ITY 3PURRED BY THE GANG´S SEARCH FOR &LUFFY A BAND THAT REQUIRES A SCAVENGER HUNT TO ½ND THEIR PERFORMANCE .ICK´S CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH .ORAH +AT $ENNINGS LEAVES HIM WITH A NEW '& TO TAKE BACK TO *ERSEY IN THE MORNING !S THE LOVELORN .ICK #ERA´S COMEDIC TIMING IS UNPARALLELED AND DESERVES CREDIT FOR MOST OF THE LAUGHS "UT !RI 'RAYNOR´S PORTRAYAL OF DRUNK GIRL WALKING #AROLINE IS ALSO SPOT ON AND THERE´S A BIT WITH HER GUM THAT WINS FOR MOST VILE THING CUR RENTLY SEEN ON SCREEN 4HE ½LM ALSO GAR NERS BONUS POINTS WITH 3., CAMEOS BY A

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TRAGICALLY UNCONVINCING "UT WORST OF ALL THE MOUNTING QUEST TO ½ND &LUFFY GOES FOR NAUGHT WHEN .ICK AND .ORAH HAVING ½NALLY FOUND THE BAND INSTEAD FORGO THE CONCERT AND UNDOUBTEDLY GO HOME TO CANOODLE WITH THEIR CLOTHES ON &ORTUNATELY IT´S EASY TO FORGIVE THE ½LM´S OCCASIONAL DIPS INTO +RAFT TERRITORY !S A WHOLE .ICK AND .ORAH IS A REALLY ENJOYABLE QUICK TEENAGE ROMP

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"Y THE TIME YOU READ THIS "EVERLY (ILLS #HIHUAHUA WILL HAVE AL READY GROSSED SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS )F THAT´S NOT REASON ENOUGH FOR ANY SELF RESPECTING ½LM LOVER TO SERIOUSLY QUESTION THE DIREC TION OF MODERN CINEMA IT SHOULD AT LEAST BE CAUSE TO SEEK OUT ½LMS THAT CHALLENGE THAT STATUS QUO°AND THAT AS FAR AS WE KNOW DON´T FEATURE $REW "ARRYMORE WITH A HIDEOUSLY PEPPY VOICE 4HE )NTERNATIONAL %XPERIMENTAL #INEMA %XPOSITION WON´T SCARE STUDIO EXECUTIVES INTO ACTUALLY FORMULATING ±IDEAS² FOR ½LMS BUT IT´S NOT MEANT TO "Y EXHIBITING ORIGINAL CUTTING EDGE WORKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD THE %XPO AIMS TO RECAPTURE THE ±ESSENCE OF CINEMA ² AS CURATOR #HRISTOPHER -AY EXPLAINS ±7E ARE WORKING WITH ½LM IN A DIGITAL AGE ² SAYS -AY ±0EOPLE WORKING IN DIGITAL VIDEO HAVE SO MANY PLACES TO SHOW THEIR WORK 7E ARE THERE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WORKING IN CELLULOID ½LM WHO

HAVE LESS OPPORTUNITIES ² !S -AY READILY ADMITS THE EXPERIMEN TAL ½LMS ARE NOT ABOUT PLOT AND CHARACTERS SO MUCH AS THEY ARE AN EXPLORATION OF THE MEDIUM´S EXPRESSIVE CAPACITIES "UT THAT DOESN´T MEAN BEING EXPERIMENTAL FOR THE SAKE OF IT ±7E´RE NOT GOING TO SHOW YOU AN EYELASH MOVING IN SLOW MOTION FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF ² HE PROMISES )N $AN "AKER´S 4RANSAENSION THE PROJECTOR SERVES TO CREATE AN EVOCATIVE PALETTE OF COLORS WHILE 4HAD 0OVEY´S -ETAPHYSICAL %DU CATION IS A PLAY ON DOMINANCE AND SUBMISSION THROUGH SOUND .EW WORKS BY "OSTON ½LMMAKERS 2EBECCA -EYERS ,UTHER 0RICE *ONATHAN 3HWARTZ AND 2OBERT 4ODD WILL ALSO BE PROMINENTLY FEA TURED AT THE SCREENING %VEN WITH THE 9OU4UBE AGE IN FULL SWING THE CREATIVITY AND COMMITMENT -AY SEES IN YOUNG ½LMMAKERS IS ENOUGH TO KEEP HIM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CELLULOID ½LM ±! LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PICKING UP OLD FILM PROJECTORS AND EQUIPMENT 7ITH THE ADVENT OF DIGITAL VIDEO IT´S NOT JUST AN AESTHETIC CHOICE BUT ALSO A POLITICAL ONE ²

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