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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ilya Khrjanovsky
Starring: Marina Vovchenko | Sergei Shnurov | Yuri Laguta
Chris says: “This is one of the strangest films I’ve ever seen (and if you know me, that’s saying something). 4 begins with a piano-tuner, a prostitute, and a slaughterhouse worker. Strangers to each other, they meet in a Moscow
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer
Bruce says: “WE FEED THE FORLD is a call to arms encouraging people to rail against the globalization of agriculture that is destroying the small farming industry. 52% of the world’s gross product is now in the hands of just
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Nick Park | Steve Box
Starring: Helen Bonham Carter | Peter Sallis | Ralph Finnes
Chris says: “If you loved the earlier shorts, I can’t imagine you’ll be disappointed by this wonderful, long-awaited feature-length adaptation. It’s true to the spirit of these beloved characters: you get all the expected Rube Goldberg-like contraptions, delightfully bad puns,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Hiner Saleem
Starring: Ivan Franek | Lala Sarkissian | Romik Avinian
Bruce says: “VODKA LEMON is short on plot but long on atmosphere and political statement. In is winter in Armenia and the small village is covered with heavy snow. It is a dry climate, for most of the people sit
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Benjamin Bratt | Keanu Reeves | Lou Taylor Pucci | Tilda Swinton | Vincent D'Onofrio
Michael says: “Mike Mills’ THUMBSUCKER is a coming-of-age film that features some terrific performances but doesn’t really say anything new. Justin is a senior in high school who still sucks his thumb when he is stressed. He’s on the debate
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Mark Wexler
Bruce says: “TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE is a documentary about the filmmaker Haskell Wexler, a two time Oscar winner for cinematography, directed by his son Mark Wexler. Part way through TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE one of the talking
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Avi Lewis
Michael says: “Continuing the trend of political or socially conscious films, the Canadian team of writer Naomi Klein and director Avi Lewis (both political activists – Klein appeared in THE CORPORATION) offer their first documentary, THE TAKE. This sometimes powerful,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Noah Baumbach
Starring: Anna Paquin | Jeff Daniels | Jesse Eisenberg | Laura Linney
Michael says: “Noah Baumbach’s look at an intellectual family coming apart at the seams is funny and mildly horrifying at the same time. Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney play a pair of authors with two children. Daniels’ Bernard Berkham is
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Kang Yi-kwan
Starring: Seon-gyun Lee | So-ri Moon | Tae-woo Kim
Bruce says: “Hyun-jung is a young professional who is secure in every way. Her job is terrific and she is both appreciated and rewarded for her efforts and talent. She is her parents favorite child and she is madly in
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Maysoon Pachachi
Bruce says: “RETURN TO THE LAND OF WONDERS is a documentary about what is going on in Iraq today. The filmmaker’s father is Adnan Pachachi who has lived in exile for 35 years. He is one of the key people
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