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Because I prefer to plug people into the independent film spirit, most of the reviews below are anywhere from the edge of the mainstream to way off the mainstream.

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Published 3/07 for 3/12, 2023, the 95th Oscars - 43rd CampChuck Reviewer
Published 3/07 for 3/12, 2023 the 95th Oscars - CampChuck Reviewer
Dates next to the alphabetical list of films below indicate when the review appeared in "The Union" newspaper of Nevada County, California.

 Apr, 2013  42
 Mar 28, 2013  56 Up
 Aug 18, 2011  9000 Needles
A
 Aferim!
 Nov 05, 2009  Afghan Star
 Sep 27, 2014  Alive Inside
 Jan 30, 2014   All Is Lost
 Mar 22, 2007  Amazing Grace
 May 26, 2014  Anita
 Mar 31, 2011  Another Year 
 Jan 29, 2015  Antarctica: A Year on Ice
 Nov 06, 2014  Awake: The Life of Yogananda
B
 Apr 23, 2015  Ballet 422
 Apr 10, 2008  Band's Visit, The
 Nov 13, 2008  Battle in Seattle
 Sep 17, 2009  Beaches of Agnes, The
 Oct 6, 2016  Beatles, 8 Days a Week
 Jul 13, 2006  Beauty Academy of Kabul, The
 Oct 29, 2015  Best of Enemies
 Dec 21, 2006  Birdsong and Coffee (for 2007 WSFF)
 July 4, 2013  Blancanieves
 Nov 23, 2006  Borat
 Oct 23, 2014  Boyhood
 Mar 09, 2006  Breakfast on Pluto
 Mar 20, 2014  Broken Circle Breakdown, The
 Mar 24, 2011  Budrus 
C
 Oct 08, 2009  Capitalism: A Love Story
 Feb 09, 2006  Capote
 Mar 01, 2007  Casablanca (Oscar night, 2007)
 Mar 14, 2013  Chasing Ice
 Dec 18, 2014  Citizenfour
 Jun 24, 2010  City Island
 Oct 15, 2009  Cove, The
 Nov 21, 2013  Cutie and the Boxer
D
 July 17, 2014  DamNation
 Aug 7, 2016  Dark Horse
 May 12, 2007  Dear Frankie
 Sep 7, 2013  Deceptive Practice: ... Ricky Jay
 Jun 4, 2017  Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely ...
 Nov 15, 2005  Deep Water
 Nov 26, 2015  Difret
 Oct 21, 2010  A Disappearing Number
   Dough
 Jul 05, 2007  Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox (for 2008 WSFF)
 Oct 13, 2005  Dream People of the Amazon
 Sep 24, 2015  Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary
E
 Feb 02, 2017  Eagle Huntress, The
 Jan 10, 2008  Edge of Eden, The (Living With Grizzlies)
 Feb 04, 2010  Education, An
 Jul 30, 2009  Easy Virtue
 Oct 10, 2015  El Capitan
 Jul 14, 2005  Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room
 Jul 16, 2009  Every Little Step
 Jan 03, 2008  Everything's Cool (for 2008 WSFF)
F
 Jul 24, 2014  Fading Gigolo
 Aug 28, 2008  Fall, The
 Sep 13, 2007  Falling for Grace
 Jun 19, 2014  Fed Up
 Dec 25, 2008  Fighting Goliath (for 2009 WSFF)
 Dec 23, 2004  Finding Neverland
 May 12, 2016  Finding Sam Lowe
 Apr 17, 2014  Following the Ninth
 Oct 30, 2014  Frank
 Jul 12, 2011  Freedom Riders

21st Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Feb. 2023 
Notice references to reviews done for the Wild and Scenic Film Festival (WSFF).
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G, H
 Dec 25, 2008  Garbage Warrior (for 2009 WSEFF)
 Aug 16, 2007  Girls Rock (for 2007 NCFF)
 May 20, 2010  Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The
 Nov 10, 2005  Good Night and Good Luck
 Jun 27, 2014  Grand Seduction, The
 Jun 08, 2017  Groove Is Not Trivial, The
 Apr 18, 2013  Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
 Apr 25, 2013  Hava Nagila
 Jan 16, 2016  Heart of a Dog
 Jun 16, 2016  Hologram for the King, A
 Dec 17, 2009  Horse Boy, The 
 Jan 27 2005  Hotel Rwanda
I, J, K
 Jan 29, 2006  Inconvenient Truth, An
 Dec 12, 2013  Inequality for All
 Nov 01, 2007  In the Shadow of the Moon
 Jan 27, 2005  Into the Wild
 Sep 19, 2013  It Happened One Night
 May 13, 2010  Iron Man 2 
 Nov 23, 2017  Jane
 Oct 18, 2007  Jane Austen Book Club, The
 Jul 06, 2017  Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
 Mar 2, 2017  Julieta
 Aug 09, 2007  Just Like the Son (for 2007 NCFF)
 Apr 29, 2010  Kick-Ass
 Dec 22, 2005  King Kong
 Aug 15, 2013  Kings of Summer
 Dec 20, 2007  Kintaro Walks Japan (for 2008 WSEFF)
L
 Dec 17, 2015  Labyrinth of Lies
 Jan 03, 2008  Land Out of Time (for 2008 WSEFF)
 Dec 06, 2007  Lars and the Real Girl
 Dec 5, 2015  Learning to Drive
 Oct 07, 2010  Life During Wartime
 Aug 28, 2014  Life Itself
 Aug 06, 2007  Like Dandelion Dust (for 2009 NCFF)
 Dec 18, 2008  Linguists, The (for 2009 WSEFF)
 Listen to Me Marlon
 Jun 05, 2014  Little Tibet 2
 Dec 30, 2017  Lives Well Lived
 Mar 21, 2013  Lore
 Dec 07, 2017  Loving Vincent
 Lunchbox, The
M
 Oct 02, 2008  Man Named Pearl, A
 Oct 19, 2008  Man of the Year
 Oct 09, 2008  Man on Wire
 Aug 11, 2005  March of the Penguins
 Aug 12, 2010  Mars (for 2010 NCFF)
 Jan 04, 2007  McLibel, also Mujan (for 2007 WSEFF)
 Aug 25, 2005  Me & You & Everyone We Know
 Dec 31, 2015  Merchants of Doubt
 Aug 02, 2010  Metropolis
 May 24, 2007  Miss Potter
 Jan 26, 2017  Moonlight
 May 25, 2017  Mr. Gaga: True Story of Love & Dance
 Mr. Turner
 July 29, 2010  My Musical Life (for 2010 NCFF)
N
 May 31, 2007  Namesake, The
 Mar 14, 2015  National Gallery
 Nov 04, 2010  Nowhere Boy 
 Apr 24, 2014  No God, No Master
 Nov 05, 2009  No Impact Man

Previous
Nevada City
Film Festivals

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use their search box
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or the specific film title.
Notice references to reviews
done for the Nevada City
Film Festival (NCFF).
To subscibe, comment,
or just schmooze,
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CampChuck (Oscar) newsletters
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O, P, Q
 Apr 02, 2015  Occupy the Farm
 Mar 18, 2010  One Peace at a Time
 May 15, 2014  Particle Fever
 Oct 07, 2010  Phedre
 Apr 14, 2011  Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
 Apr 12, 2009  Phoenix Lights
 Jun 10, 2010  Practice of the Wild, The
 Dec 08, 2005  Pride and Prejudice
 Nov 30, 2006  Queen, The
 Jun 22, 2017  Quiet Passion, A
R
 Apr 10, 2014  Rebels with a Cause
 Dec 18, 2008  Renewal (for 2009 WSEFF)
 July 18, 2013  Renoir
 May 9, 2013  Revolutionary Optimists, The
 Oct 22, 2015  Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
 Sep 21, 2006  Rural Rock and Roll (for 2006 NCFF)
S
 May 14, 2015  Salt of the Earth, The
 Sep 08, 2005  Santa Claus Happy Tyme (for 2005 NCFF)
 Jan 01, 2009  Saving Luna (for 2009 WSEFF)
 Mar 03, 2005  Sea Inside, The
 Nov 10, 2016  Seed: The Untold Story
 Jun 18, 2009  Shall We Kiss?
 Mar 05, 2015  She's Beautiful When She's Angry
 May 19, 2016  Sing Street
 July 10, 2016  Sold
 Jun 9, 2016  Song of Lahore
 Jan 08, 2009  So Right So Smart (for 2009 WSEFF)
 May 16, 2013  Source Family, The
 Jun 27, 2013  Starbuck
 Mar 27, 2008  Steep
 Nov 17, 2005  Stories of the Yuba (for 2008 WSEFF)
 Apr 30, 2009  Sunshine Cleaning
 Mar 29, 2014  Sweet Dreams
T
 Aug 30, 2007  Ten Canoes
 Mar 23, 2006  Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
 Aug 21, 2016  Tickled
 Apr 16, 2015  Timbuktu
 Jun 29, 2017  Tomorrow
 Sep 16, 2016  Town between Two Worlds
 Apr 08, 2010  Town Called Panic, A
 Nov 26, 2009  Trucker
 Jul 31, 2008  Twelve (for 2008 NCFF)
U, V, W
 Aug 27, 2009  Under Our Skin
 May 04, 2006  United 93
 Apr 07, 2005  Upside of Anger, The
 Sep 25, 2008  Up the Yangtze
 Mar 29, 2007  Venus
 Aug 21, 2014  Venus in Fur
 Sep 04, 2008  Visitor, The
 Jun 21, 2007  Waitress
 Mar 17, 2016  War, A
 Sep 07, 2007  We Are Together
 Jul 20, 2017  Wedding Plan, The
 Oct 25, 2007  What a Way to Go (for 2008 WSEFF)
 Nov 23, 2010  Wildest, Dream, The 
 May 28, 2015  Wild Tales
 Aug 14, 2016  Witness
 Aug 14, 2014  Words and Pictures
 May 07, 2015  Wrecking Crew, The
X, Y, Z
 Dec 10, 2009  Yes Men Fix the World, The
 Jun 12, 2008  Young at Heart
 Sep 24, 2009  Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love

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