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Library Wars (2013)

Jason says: “Not having read any of the books in Hiro Arikawa’s Toshokan Sensô series, I readily admit that this film adaptation of the first may give its fans exactly what they want (the manga adaptation looks as ‘shojo’ as

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Let My People Go! (2013)

Thom says: “This is director Buch’s 1st film and there’s a lot of oomph to the production that mostly works. Ruben is a young, gay. French Jew living in Finland with his Finnish partner, Teemu. He works as a postman

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The 4 Soldiers (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Robert Morin
Starring: Allocha Schneider | Antoine Bertrand | Antoine L”Écuyer | Camille Mongeau | Christian de la Cortina

Jason says: “I gather writer/director Robert Morin is kind of a big deal in French-Canadian film, which doesn’t surprise me from watching LES 4 SOLDATS; it’s a very confident, assured independent film, impressive for how it can take relatively minimal

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The Legend is Born: Ip Man (2013)

Kyle says: “The immense popularity of the two Ip Man movies, starring Donnie Yen and directed by Wilson Yip, made a sequel inevitable; but what we actually got was a fanciful prequel starring charismatic Wing Chun expert To Yu-hang (also

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Laurence Anyways (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.9
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Magalie Lépine Blondeau | Melvil Poupaud | Nathalie Baye | Suzanne Clément | Yves Jacques

Thom says: “Bad boy of Canadian cinema Dolan returns with a strong 3rd entry after the award-winning I KILLED MY MOTHER & the dramatically good HEARTBEATS. Laurence & Fred (Clement) are deeply in love. She’s a television director and he’s

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The Last Tycoon (2013)

Kyle says: “Seen in its North American Premiere, THE LAST TYCOON is a rip-roaring old-fashioned Hong Kong gangster flick with some of the biggest names in Asian cinema. What you see in the cast list above is what you will

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Night Labor (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ashley Sabin | David Redmon

Jason says: “Documentary filmmakers David Redmon and Ashley Sabin had two features at IFFBoston last year; I saw the one about teenage Russian models in Japan rather than the one about the attempt to open a fish-processing plant in Maine.

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Krrish 3 (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Rakesh Roshan
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan | Hrithik Roshan | Kangana Ranaut | Priyanka Chopra | Vivek Oberoi

Jason says: “Here’s a funny coincidence – Bollywood superhero movie KRRISH came out the same summer as SUPERMAN RETURNS and its sequel KRRISH 3 (I’ll explain later) is hitting theaters the Diwali after Warner Brothers delivered a Superman movie franchise

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Koch (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Neil Barsky

Jason says: “The lettering used for the main titles of KOCH is the same as that used at a New York City subway station. That’s fitting; the subway is how New Yorkers (or those who visit) most frequently interact with

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Kiss of the Damned (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Xan Cassavetes
Starring: Anna Mouglalis | Michael Rapaport | Milo Ventimiglia | oséphine de La Baume | Roxane Mesquida

Jason says: “Sexy vampires are a problematic sort of monster; it’s very easy for someone telling a story of these creatures to forget that they are monsters at all, getting lost in the beauty and grandeur of these eternally young

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The Kirishima Thing (2013)

Kyle says: “THE KIRISHIMA THING received its New York Premiere at the Asian Film Festival. There is no jury, no prize is given, the film is not a commodity in competition. Nonetheless this film resonated more strongly with me, stayed

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Kill Your Darlings (2013)

Thom says: “WARNING SPOILER: I Do give some information away but since the film is based on fact I felt I had the license but if you would be disturbed stop reading now. “It’s rare to see such an utterly

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Key of Life (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Kenji Uchida
Starring: Masato Sakai | Ryoko Hirosue | Toruyuki Kagawa | YosiYosi Arakawa

Jason says: “Imagine a hat containing many pieces of paper. Each one of those slips of paper has written upon it an offbeat comedy trope, and screenwriters start their work by grabbing a handful. KEY OF LIFE is an example

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Juvenile Offender (2013)

Kyle says: “The North American Premiere of JUVENILE OFFENDER provided one of the surprisingly touching experiences of the New York Asian Film Festival. It is a deceptively simple but emotionally resonant story about a teenage boy without family tending toward

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Jug Face (2013)

Jason says: “JUG FACE is the sort of horror movie that I often have trouble with, where any hint of supernatural activity actually seems somewhat deflating, as there’s plenty of real-world unpleasantness at work. It’s done well enough to overcome

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The Silent Earth: Juan in a Million (2013)

Jason says: “Alone in the world’ movies offer the independent science fiction filmmaker a fair amount of bang for their buck – you can get by with a very small cast, some unusually still establishing shots taken at the right

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José & Pilar (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Miguel Gonçalves Mende

Jason says: “The time period covered by JOSÉ AND PILAR aligns, roughly, with the time it took Nobel Prize-winning writer José Saramago to bring his book The Elephant’s Journey from concept to release, and that sounds like a fairly dull

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John Dies at the End (2013)

Jason says: “According to the post-film Q&A (and others I’ve talked to), John Dies at the End is a cult novel that barely had time to gain a reputation as unfilmable before going before the cameras. Director and screenwriter Don

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The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Chris James Thompson

Chris says: “As a teenaged Milwaukee native/resident, the Jeffrey Dahmer case obviously hit close to home for me, as it would for anyone to have something so high profile and extremely grotesque occur in your backyard. This documentary is both

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Blue Jasmine (2013)

Thom says: “I feel so lucky to be still living during Woody Allen’s marvelous renaissance and this latest effort is truly one of his best that totally transforms his usually recognizable dialogue into an entirely new aura of intelligence. Most

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