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THE NOTORIOUS MR BOUT
According to this new documentary from filmmakers Tony Gerber and Maxim Pozdorovkin it would seem that everybody has wildly exaggerated polarizing ideas about who Viktor Anatolyevich Bout really is. None more so than Mr Bout himself who considers himself simply as a devoted family man and a highly successful international entrepreneur, and the D.E.A. who claim that his…
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The Dog
John Wojtowicz was a loud potty-mouthed self-absorbed oddball whose ill-conceived bungled bank robbery brought him an infamy that he clung to desperately for the rest of his life. He was a brash Brooklynite, who fresh out of the army at the age of 22, married the first girl he set his eyes on. Before the…
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Eastern Boys
Filmmaker Robin Campillo’s disturbing new thriller sharply contrasts two different sides of society in contemporary France with a very chilling effect. The first chapter of his four part story is a near cinéma vérité scene of the Gard de Nord where a gang of Eastern European youths are trailing the platforms seemingly aimlessly, but are obviously set on…
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Birthday Cake
Partnered gay dads screenwriter Daniel and actor Steven are about to give a very over-the-top birthday party for their one year old daughter Sam in their Hollywood Hills home. If their indulgent plans are not enough, they have allowed a camera crew into film the whole event right from the build up a few days ahead. With…
