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Cloverfield [BLU-RAY] (Paramount Home Entertainment, 6.3.2008) Disguised under deliberately goofy, yet deliciously edible-sounding, aliases such as Cheese and Slusho, Matt Reeves' Cloverfield was produced and rushed into theaters under an equally appetizing shroud of secrecy. From last year's incredibly elusive Super Bowl ad to the film's viral marketing campaign, Cloverfield had everybody scratching their heads and drooling in anticipation. Aside from the as-yet untitled title and the Blair Witch-ian visual style, the film's biggest appeal was the enigmatic creature who was last (un)seen hurling the decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty onto the crowded streets of New York City. All we knew about the mysterious beast was that it was big and angry. Now that the highy-anticipated project has come and gone, one question has fortunately been answered: Cloverfield was a major success. (continued)

Here are the Spectrum, Frontier

Here are the Spectrum, Frontier and Midnight selections for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, as passed along by IndieWIRE. Two Spectrum selections have caught my eye: (1) Stewart Copeland's Super 8 documentary about the adventures of The Police in the '80s, "from CBGB's to Shea Stadium," and (2) Brent Hamer's Factotum, the latest indie feature about the honestly grimy, up-and-down adventures of L.A. poet and ribald boozer Charles Bukowski (called Henry Chanski in the film, and very well played by Matt Dillon). I saw Factotum in Cannes last May and it's a definite recommend. Lily Taylor, Fisher Stevens, Marisa Tomei

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 30, 2005 at 2:01 PM

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