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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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