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By Chris Kriofske
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Starring: Bárbara Lennie | Eduard Fernández | Inma Cuestra | Javier Bardem | Penélope Cruz | Ricardo Darín
Chris says: “Asghar Fahardi’s latest is his least essential feature to date, but only when you consider his exceptional track record. If you’ve already seen A SEPARATION, THE PAST and all the rest, you could do much worse than this
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Pablo Trapero
Starring: Jérémie Renier | Martina Gusman | Ricardo Darín
Bruce says: “The ‘hidden cities,’ the slums of Buenos Aires, are not as famous as the favelas of Rio de Janeiro but that may be because they are a more recent phenomenon. The tribal people of the western mountains bordering
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hernán Goldfrid
Starring: Alberto Ammann | Arturo Puig | Calu Rivero | Ricardo Darín
Bruce says: “The incomparable Ricardo Darin stars as Roberto Bermúdez, a professor of law who has acclaimed academic and forensic careers and a shambles of a personal life. The film opens with Roberto extremely hung over and lying on a
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Lucia Puenzo
Starring: Carolina Pelleritti | Germán Palacios | Inés Efron | Martín Piroyansky | Ricardo Darín | Valeria Bertuccelli
Bruce says: “In film, difficult subject matter is always a favorite domain of mine providing it is in good hands. With XXY, director Lucia Puenzo – daughter of Luis Puenxo whose THE OFFICIAL STORY is perhaps the most famous film
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Fabián Bielinsky
Starring: Gastón Pauls | Leticia Brédice | Ricardo Darín | Tomás Fonzi
Laura says: “NINE QUEENS characters are engaging and occasionally amusing, but director Bielinsky never rises above simply putting them through their paces. He doesn’t achieve the liftoff the film needs to sparkle, instead letting a leaden monotony set in. The
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