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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Peter Richardson
Bruce says: “Rex Clemens, born in 1901, owned one of twelve logging companies in Philomath, Oregon. Today Philomath is an entirely different place. Depending on who is talking there are now just one or two logging companies and the spotted
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Michael Mabbott
Starring: Alberta Watson | Devon Bostick | Douglas Smith | Vivica A. Fox
Beth says: “A Canadian misfit in high school comedy. I hadn’t read too much about it; it was a late switch alternative when I decided I didn’t want to start the day on a dark note (which my original choice
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Chris Paine
Bruce says: “The story of the electric car is not a tale of fiction or sci-fi. The car was introduced to the marketplace in 1996 in response to a mandate from the State of California for reducing overall emission standards.
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Kirk Marcolina | Larry Grimaldi
Bruce says: “CAMP OUT is a documentary about the first of a kind – a Christian Bible camp for gay teenagers. The camp is Bay Lake Camp in rural Minnesota. These teens are not runaways or problem children; they’re just
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Heinz Bütler
Bruce says: “As Andrew Berends describes his film, ‘The primary objective of THE BLOOD OF MY BROTHER is to illustrate the infinite ripples of grief that follow the tragic killing of even just one person.’ When Ra’ad, an Iraqi photographer
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Michele Soavi
Starring: Alessio Boni | Alina Nadelea | Carlo Cecchi
Bruce says: “ARRIVEDERCI AMORE, CIAO has an English title, THE DEADLY KISS, that describes nothing contextual about the film, whereas the Italian title relates perfectly to the story. In THE BEST OF YOUTH Alessio Boni was extremely vulnerable and devastatingly
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