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Articles by Bret Fetzer
Pick a pecker
Pick a pecker
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

You’re sitting in a dark theater, watching John Waters’ new movie, Pecker, thinking yourself pretty unflappable. All of a sudden…

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Interview with an angel
Interview with an angel
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

A conversation with Elodie Bouchez of ‘Dreamlife.’

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Another tough-guy copper
Another tough-guy copper
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Brian De Palma falls short yet again, cliché by cliché.

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Silent explosions
Silent explosions
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Japanese director Takeshi Kitano launches a Roman candle of a film.

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Bacon, raw
Bacon, raw
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

An unsettling look at a modern master.

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Color my world
Color my world
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

A different kind of red scare.

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Homage to Haskell
Homage to Haskell
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The cinematographer as auteur.

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Eyes bored shut
Eyes bored shut
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Despite flashes of brilliance, Kubrick’s swan song is tedious and overlong.

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What’s up, Doc?
What’s up, Doc?
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Shohei Imamura’s latest is a dizzying, twisted ride.

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In living color
In living color
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

‘Friends,’ Korean-American style.

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The Exceptional norm
The Exceptional norm
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The secret rules governing why the Oscars always go to the blandest movies.

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Laughgasm track
Laughgasm track
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Is the world finally catching up to Annie Sprinkle?

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A star is born
A star is born
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Since her father’s death, LV—short for Little Voice—has spent most of her life in her upstairs room, listening to her…

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With friends like these…
With friends like these…
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Every so often someone decides it’s time to be honest. Writer/director Neil LaBute’s first film, In the Company of Men,…

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Dronin’ away
Dronin’ away
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Lights! Camera! Generic action!

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24-hour man
24-hour man
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Attaining the glories of TV stardom.

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A grump’s SIFF advice: ‘No habla inglés’
A grump’s SIFF advice: ‘No habla inglés’
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

That’s right, see the boring-sounding ones.

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Fresh product
Fresh product
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Two films straight from the filmmaker to you.

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Kissing off
Kissing off
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Casting the end of the millennium as a love story.

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Tales from the underside of SIFF
Tales from the underside of SIFF
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The view from the boiler room.

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Star Drek
Star Drek
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Oldly going where many men have gone before.

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Give up on this ghost
Give up on this ghost
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Robin Williams goes to heaven, while the movie goes straight to hell.

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200 butts
200 butts
By Bret Fetzer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Watching this movie is something like staring at a stuffed ashtray the morning after a bad party.

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