Articles by: Thaddeus Zwolfe

by / on April 27, 2013 at 12:05 pm / in Indie Spotlight, Reviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: GUT

Gut is an indie horror film about Tom, a man who trudges along as best as he can through his boring life. Although it has many strong points, the best way to state its major flaw is an apparent (and [...]

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by / on January 29, 2013 at 6:30 pm / in Indie Spotlight, Reviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: SWOON

Swoon took a while to review, and the reason is simple: it’s complicated, dense, and worth taking the time to watch and understand properly. I started the DVD at least 8 times, often giving up as I received a phone [...]

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by / on January 9, 2013 at 5:10 am / in Indie Spotlight, Reviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: THE TYPEWRITER (IN THE 21ST CENTURY)

I am so glad that filmmakers Christopher Lockett and Gary Nicholson contacted Man, I Love Films to review their documentary, The Typewriter (In the 21st Century). Smartly, Lockett’s direction included a choice to open on simple text, the sound of typewriter keys [...]

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by / on December 30, 2012 at 6:44 pm / in Indie Spotlight, Reviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: BETTER THAN SOMETHING: JAY REATARD

From his first interview onward, it’s easy to relate to Jay: he takes his work seriously, even if the material (rock/punk rock) is something that’s easy to marginalize or laugh at. You immediately get the sense that this man might [...]

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by / on December 23, 2012 at 9:12 pm / in Indie Spotlight, Reviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: SEXY BABY

Let’s talk about sex. I took a sex course in college, and I truly loved the experience. I can say that I am a true student of sex; my personal interest in it aside, I care about how us humans [...]

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by / on December 16, 2012 at 6:10 pm / in Indie Spotlight, Reviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: DUCK BEACH

Duck Beach is a documentary about an annual Memorial Day gathering in North Carolina where single young Mormons party and look for the person they’ll marry for life. If you’re like me, you have a love of learning about different [...]

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by / on December 9, 2012 at 8:39 pm / in Indie Spotlight, Reviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: KNUCKLEBALL!

I used to be a big baseball fan. My cousin played on the Yanks in the 90′s, and my older brother was cool enough to get multiple Sunday-tickets for all home games, every year. I’ve been to maybe a hundred [...]

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by / on December 5, 2012 at 7:26 pm / in Indie Spotlight, Reviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: THE RUSSIAN WINTER

The Russian Winter is a fine documentary about the well-known musician John Forté. When he was 21, he was working with The Fugees and got a Grammy nom for his work on their hit album The Score. Four years later, [...]

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by / on November 25, 2012 at 5:37 pm / in Indie Spotlight, Reviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: LINOTYPE

For some, it’s easy to look at old technology and sneer or laugh. When it comes to printing, though, I hope no one on the Internet is dumb enough to ignore its importance. In short, the progress of a society [...]

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by / on November 22, 2012 at 11:43 am / in Indie Spotlight, Reviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: PROGRAMMING THE NATION

Programming the Nation is a documentary about the American media and how it may be – and has been – used to manipulate the people watching it. The topic is urgent, of course, and the director/narrator has a lot to [...]

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