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The Goon, The Movie? Yup!

Radovan Karadzic's arrest on war crimes charges was met with a burst of celebration in the streets of Sarajevo, which suffered a brutal siege at the hands of Bosnian Serb militias loyal to Karadzic during the Bosnian war. But many citizens of Sarajevo are bitter that he was able to live on the lam for 13 years.

The View from Kafka's Head

I'm a film lover, but there's this weird thing that happens to me when the lights go down in a theater. & First there are the trailers -- which I love. & Most of them are bad, but the good ones stay with me. & Mostly, I love trailers because they represent possibility. & They are neat little packages of seduction. & After those 10 minutes of possibility, I get the thing I actually paid for... the thing that could let me down... the movie I've actually come to see. & Which gets me to the weird thing that happens: & I'm always slightly disappointed when the movie starts. & These are not the words of a film lover, I know. But because I've built up expectations and hopes, I'm uneasy. &

Film Title Sequences That Make Me Swoon

In the highly charged political atmosphere at the Beijing games, the world will be watching to see if any athletes criticize China's human rights record. Already, officials are walking a fine line — barring protests at Olympic venues, but insisting that athletes have the right to express their views elsewhere.

Both books and their accompanying films prominently feature children.

The Other Boleyn Girl

Although SDWFF is only five years years old, it is the longest running womens film festival in Southern California, which is great for the festival but just goes to show how much more attention and support women filmmakers could use. SDWFF was founded by Renee Herrell with the goal of providing a venue for women filmmakers and a means of countering media stereotypes about women. Herrell worked with young girls in programs like the Girl Scouts and she wanted to offer them positive and empowering images of women, something that wasn't always available in the mainstream media.

Throne of Blood