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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Beatrice Dalle | Grégoire Colin | Michel Subor | Yekaterina Golubeva
Bruce says: “SPOILER ALERT! Anyone who has been to a car show knows about concept cars. L’INTRUS is a film equivalent: a concept film. Finished less than a week before its world premiere in Toronto, L’INTRUS was inspired by the
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Andrucha Waddington
Starring: Fernanda Montenegro | Fernanda Torres | Seu Jorge
Michael says: “Brazilian filmmaker Andrucha Waddington’s visual tour de force HOUSE OF SAND takes advantage of the spectacular, desolate landscape of the desert dunes in Northern Brazil, but benefits even more from the unparalleled acting of its two leads actresses,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Heinz Bütler
Bruce says: “According to Cartier-Bresson photography is all about geometry and structure. During the course of the film, Cartier-Bresson looks at his photos with great pleasure and affection and often explains their cultural context to the camera. His photographs often
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Starring: Hedye Tehrani | Ismail Ghaffari | Kambiz Arshi
Beth says: “Apologies I don’t have a reference nearby and don’t exactly remember the director’s name, but he did TURTLES CAN FLY, a previous TIFF favorite. Like all of his films, this one dealt with the lives of the Kurdish
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lionel Baier
Starring: Khaled Khouri | Natacha Koutchoumov | Pierre Chatagny | Rui Alves
Bruce says: “Unlike most gay coming of age stories, GARÇON STUPIDE is not concerned with a sexual identity crisis or gaining acceptance about being gay. Loïc (Pierre Chatagny), a twenty year old Swiss boy loves the fact that he is
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Ari Graynor | Bebe Neuwirth | Griffin Dunne | Jr. | Michael Keaton | Robert Downey
Michael says: “This quirky film is reminiscent one of production team Griffin Dunne and Amy Robinson’s earlier collaborations, AFTER HOURS. Director Hoffman takes a darkly humorous look at the world of theater and the passion of the Boston Red Sox
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Patrice Chéreau
Starring: Claudia Coli | Isabelle Huppert | Pascal Greggory
Bruce says: “GABRIELLE is based on Joseph Conrad’s short story ‘The Return’ considered an anomaly by anyone familiar with his works of fiction, which mostly depict various aspects of adventurous seafaring life and occasionally take jabs at European imperialism. Conrad
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jeff Zimbalist | Matt Mochary
Bruce says: “This enjoyable film follows a group of young men who eschew the gangster life of the favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro by turning to music instead of crime. FAVELA RISING is a good companion piece to BUS
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Matthew Barney
Starring: Björk | Matthew Barney
Bruce says: “If you have a taste for the bizarre, then this is a film for you. Matthew Barney (CREMASTER CYCLE) is known for his outrageous stories and his ability to dazzle visually. Barney’s craft is as likely to be
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: David Frankel
Starring: Adrien Grenier | Anne Hathaway | Emily Blunt | Meryl Streep | Simon Baker | Stanley Tucci | Tracie Thoms
Bruce says: “THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA is an ugly duckling comedy set in the vacuous milieu of the New York and Paris fashion industries. What makes fashion a great comedic subject is the exaggerated importance and sense of purpose the
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