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June 22 - 27, 2010

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The Monday Brief: A Week of Doc Sales, Controversy at RealScreen Summit and Why is True/False Secret Screening a Sundance Prize Winner?

Monday, February 8, 10:28 a.m.
From All these wonderful things
Good morning, let's get right to it... The seeds of deals that were beginning to be sown in Park City, began to come to fruition last week, with three major announcements for Sundance docs (and at least two more ...

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Thompson on Hollywood's New Address

Sunday, August 2, 11:55 p.m.
From Thompson On Hollywood
If you're looking for new TOH posts, you can find them here.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-18

Friday, December 18, 01:00 p.m.
From doc it out

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DVD OF THE WEEK: Whip It

Thursday, February 4, 02:54 a.m.
From The Latest from GreenCine Daily
Whip It



Whip It

Directed by Drew Barrymore

2009, 111 minutes, USA




Whip It
It should be prefaced that this week has oodles of recommendable discs—including The House of the Devil (podcast), A Serious Man (interview), Bronson (review), and Eleven Minutes (podcast)â ...

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Deep Thoughts of the Day

Thursday, February 4, 11:32 a.m.
From "Boredom at Its Boredest" by Michael Tully
— I have lost the will to party.

— Hearing club music in daylight makes me want to hang myself, while in nightlight it creates a knee-jerk desire to abuse substances.

— Is it sillier to watch the Super Bowl for the commercials ...

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Prom Night in Mississippi DVD Review

Monday, February 8, 06:58 p.m.
From The Documentary Blog
The high school prom has been a staple in modern cinema for as long as I can remember. So many great films have climaxed with a killer school dance: Carrie, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Back to the Future, Sixteen Candles ...

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