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Following up an a similar event held last December, an Occupy Detroit teach-in will be held at Wayne State University.  Thursday, April 19. The event kicks off with a 12:30 p.m. screening of the doc Inside Job. Afterward, University of Michigan philosopher and economist Frank Thompson will lead a discussion of subjects examined in...
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“Hello: …An informal expression, utilized as a greeting, in answer of a telephone, or as a means of summoning attention…” -From Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth Lovebirds may be the most content among human kind–but that does not mean they are the most interesting. Lonely drifters tend to provide the fodder for what I call...
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Here’s one for the cyberpunks. Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto is so cyberpunked-out that even his computer-free material, such as Tokyo Fist (the most vicious and bloody/sweaty/teary boxing film since Raging Bull), is hyperkinetic to the point of being overwhelmingly futuristic. This weekend, the Burton Theatre will be showing Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: The Bullet Man. Allow me a...
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If you peruse the Detroit Film Theatre’s Winter Schedule, you’ll see slated for a few April-May showings the Thai import Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. Yes, that’s a few months away—but that just gives more time to clear your schedule. The film’s maker, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, has provided the greatest leap forward...
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