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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Beth Grant | Dwayne Johnson | Justin Timberlake | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Seann William Scott
Michael says: “‘Well, that was something.’ “My words about SOUTHLAND TALES spoken to my Chlotrudis colleagues as we left the theatre. “‘Well, we saw it.’ “My final words about SOUTHLAND TALES as we broke up for the evening. “Chlotrudis members
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Pratibha Parmar
Michael says: “The Provincetown International Film Festival kicked off with a misstep with this cloying, clumsily scripted film about an Indian family living in Scotland. Nina returns to Glasgow from London for her father’s funeral after fleeing her family and
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Patrick Grandperret
Starring: Céline Sallette | Gianni Giardinelli | Hande Kodja
Bruce says: “MURDERERS (MEURTRIÈRES) is a pointless film – it’s not a character study, cautionary tale, or sociological study. It has been given the air of a mystery or possibly a thriller but it fall flat in those departments as
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Isidore Rosmarin
Bruce says: “As the camera pans over acts of violence, serene countrysides or samples of everyday life in Israel, a written paragraph prefaces each BLOOD AND TEARS chapter. Covering the battle between Israelis and Palestinians, starting with the Turkish and
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Starring: Bérangère Haubruge | Lea Bridarolli | Zoé Auclair
Michael says: “There is a lovely sense of foreboding and mystery in INNOCENCE, but the failure of the film to deliver any sort of payoff make it one of the losers of the festival. Director Lucile Hadzihalilovic is the girlfriend
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Otar Iosseliani
Starring: Jacynthe Jacquet | Otar Iosseliani | Séverin Blanchet
Bruce says: “Friends or acquaintances often groan when the topic of French cinema is raised. I’m mostly puzzled by anyone who categorically dismisses French cinema. GARDENS IN AUTUMN is a film which helps me understand that position. Director Iosseliani has
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Ellen Perry
Bruce says: “Campaigning against the Shining Path terrorists, Alberto Fujimori abolished congress, and created a court system in which enemies of the state were tried and sentenced by hooded judges. In a matter of months Fujimori transformed Peru from a
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Róbert I. Douglas
Starring: Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson | Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson | Helgi Björnsson | Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir
Bruce says: “Although I did laugh several times at the campy one-liners that one would expect more from a US sitcom than an Icelandic feature film, ELEVEN MEN OUT is just not very good. Ottar (Björn Hlynur Haraldsson) is a
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Craig Chester
Starring: Chris Kattan | Craig Chester | Malcolm Gets | Parker Posey
Michael says: “Actor Craig Chester (GRIEF, SWOON, I SHOT ANDY WARHOL) wrote and directed his first feature film, a broad romantic comedy where the two protagonists are both men. What could have been sweet, and comfortably mainstream like the films
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Moon-saeng Kim | Park Sunmin
Starring: Andrew Ableson | Cathy Cavadini | David Naughton | Joon-ho Chung
Michael says: “SKY BLUE is a bit of South Korean anime that fails (for the most part) visually, and fails bigtime in terms of story. It’s funny that I wasn’t expecting an anime film to fall prey to the utterly
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