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AFF Diary – Day 6: Downhill from here

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The Room (Austin Film Festival ’06)

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Coming straight from Belgium, the horror capital of the universe comes the striking tale of a morally repugnant family that finds a door in their house where one wasn’t there before. It sounds intriguing, but although the idea is interesting, the execution is terrible.

The Night of the White Pants (Austin Film Festival ’06)

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The Book of the Dead (Austin Film Festival ’06)

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If there’s one thing that American movie consumers are clamoring for, it’s a tale of ancient Japan told with puppets in stop motion animation. For the most part, the only exposure to puppets that America’s had has come in the form of the satirical Team America, and stop motion comes in the form of The Nightmare Before Christmas.

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AFF Diary – Day 5: Half Over

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The Quietest Sound (Austin Film Festival ’06)

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For most, the recent environment of cinema is the unthinkable mix of brilliant innovation and boring stagnation. The former, is characterized by filmmakers like Gondry and Aronofsky who are brave enough to play around with storytelling styles and camera work. The latter is characterized by the majority of films that can be found on the marquee at your local 800-screen mega-multiplex-o-rama.

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Austin Film Festival Diary – Day 5: Above the Hype and Below the Radar

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Noriko’s Dinner Table (Austin Film Festival ’06)

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Noriko’s Dinner Table is a semi-sequel to The Suicide Club, and although it was listed under the horror heading at the festival and in most reviews, it contains virtually no semblance of the horror genre except for a sizable amount of blood.

Death of a President (Austin Film Festival ’06)

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If you haven’t heard buzz about this movie, you’ve probably been too wrapped up in Borat hype or have taken a vow to never remove the sound proof headphones wrapped around your ears.