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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1 cat
Director: Anja Daelemans | Nicholas Bonner
Starring: Gwang Hun Kim | Han Jong-Sim
Kyle says: “COMRADE KIM GOES FLYING received its New York Premiere and was hailed by ‘Film Comment’ Editor Gavin Smith as the first North Korean film ever presented at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The occasion was greeted with
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Yannis Smaragdis
Starring: Catherine Deneuve | Evgeniy Stychkin | John Cleese | Juan Diego Botto | Sebastian Koch
Thom says: “This historical drama is about Greek hero Ioannas Varvakis who rose from being a Greek pirate to an international Russian caviar baron who has the ear of Catherine the Great. Later in life he returns to Greece to
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Christophe Honoré
Starring: Catherine Deneuve | Chiara Mastroianni | Louis Garrel | Ludivine Sagnier | Milos Forman | Paul Schneider
Thom says: “This and one other late in the Festival are my lowest rated films. Other than seeing mother and daughter playing mother and daughter in Deneuve & Mastroianni I can’t think of one thing to recommend this turgid musical
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Brandon Cronenberg
Starring: Caleb Landry Jones | Douglas Smith | Joe Pingue. Nicholas Campbell | Malcolm McDowell | Sarah Gadon
Thom says: “If you can buy into the theme that superfans of media stars would be willing to inject themselves with the same disease that their particular favorite idol has contracted than you might be thrilled at the cool finesse
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Suri Kirshnamma
Starring: Ben Barnes | Clarke Peters | Eliza Dushku | Johnny Whitworth | Sarah Roember
Jason says: “LOCKED IN is a pretty terrible movie, although one where the audience might be willing to make allowances for budget, or at least give some of its off-seeming moments a conditional pass, just in case the all-but-inevitable twist
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Ismail Necmi
Starring: Herold; Petra Woschniak
Thom says: “What in the name of all that’s HOLY was this? A German artist who has lived in Turkey for years returns to Germany to take care of her dying sister. She’s endlessly interviewed with the most pretentious queries
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Tony Stone
Starring: Clare Amory | Fiore Tedesco | Tony Stone
Jason says: “Believe it or not, SEVERED WAYS was one of the movies I was initially fairly excited about when the IFFB announced their roster of films. How many Viking movies do you get at the typical independent film festival,
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Billy Crudup | Channing Tatum | Christian Bale | Emilie de Ravin | Johnny Depp | Marion Cotillard | Stephen Dorff
Thom says: “I should have been wary knowing that Michael Mann’s previous film was the wretched MIAMI VICE, but even knowing that, this was far worse than I imagined considering the talented cast. Christian Bale (usually top-notch) was totally a
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Dilip Mehta
Starring: Don McKellar | Lisa Ray | Maury Chaykin | Seema Biswas | Shirya Saran | Vansh Bhardwaj
Burce says: “The only explanations for this film going so wrong are the fact that it is in the wrong hands, the script is weak and the moral of the story is repugnant. COOKING WITH STELLA looks promising when Michael
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Guillermo Arriaga
Starring: Charlize Theron | Jennifer Lawrence | Joaquim de Almeida | José María Yazpik | Kim Basinger | Tessa Ia
Beth C says: “Definitely the worst film I’ve seen all year. Don’t waste your time and money. 1 cat.“
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