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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Dante Lam
Starring: Andy Tien | Bing Bai | Carl Ng | Crystal Lee | Jay Chou | Lin Peng | Liu Kai-chi
Jason says: “THE VIRAL FACTOR aims to be a throwback to the pre-Hollywood films of John Woo, combining stylish action with even grander melodrama. And while director Dante Lam likely has more in common with today’s John Woo than the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Grant Hamilton
Jason says: “Instant photography is pretty darn cool, both as concept and technology, and most of the core audience for TIME ZERO: THE LAST YEAR OF POLAROID FILM probably already feels that rather strongly. The rest of the people who
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ursula Meier
Starring: Gillian Anderson | Kacey Mottet Klein | Léa Seydoux | Martin Compston | Yann Trégouët
Diane says: “Franco-Swiss production SISTER underwhelmed me. A young boy who lives near a ski resort steals sports equipment, clothing, food to sell or to feed himself and his older sister. I kept imagining dramatic turns–a suicidal jump from the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Gianni Di Grigorio
Starring: Alfonso Santagata | Elisabetta Piccolomini | Gianni De Grigorio | Valeria Cavalli | Valeria De Franciscis
Jason says: “THE SALT OF LIFE is the title given to this movie for it’s American release; the actual title translates to GIANNI AND THE WOMEN, which is kind of literal but less pretentious, which might have been preferable. THE
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Chad Freidrichs
Bruce says: “Minoru Yamasaki holds a distinction that no other architect will probably ever match. Two of his most famous projects were blown up – The World Trade Center in New York City, by terrorists and the Pruitt-Igoe projects in
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Nanni Moretti
Starring: Camillo Milli | Franco Graziosi | Jerzy Stuhr | Michel Piccoli | Renato Scarpa | Roberto Nobile
Bruce says: “***SPOILERS*** “During the first third to one half of WE HAVE A POPE in scene after scene the production design is impeccable and the script, tight. Nanni Moretti is a seasoned filmmaker who won Best Director in Cannes
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Henry Barrial
Starring: Keith Diamond | Pamela Salem | Patrick Fabian | Rudolf Martin | Sarah Danielle Madison
Jason says: “PIG could probably do with a name change before leaving the festival circuit. That won’t make it a better movie, of course, but it deserves to sink or swim for the reasonably well-done (if not exactly remarkable) sci-fi
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Julian Farino
Starring: Alia Shawkat | Allison Janney | Catherine Keener | Hugh Laurie | Leighton Meester | Oliver Platt
Thom says: “Director Farino appears to have laid his groundwork on established, top-of-the-line, television series like ‘SEX & THE CITY,’ ‘BIG LOVE,’ ‘ROME,’ & ‘ENTOURAGE.’ Since a majority of the cast also cut their teeth on television series it only
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Roschdy Zem
Starring: Denis Podalydès | Maurice Bénichou | Nozha Khouadra | Salomé Stévenin | Sami Bouajila
Bruce says: “OMAR KILLED ME holds great promise but falls short. Based on an autobiography by Omar Raddad, the film documents the events and trial surrounding the murder of a wealthy woman Madame Pascal, living on the Côte d’Azur. For
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Rob Grant
Starring: Bradley Duffy | Chelsea Reist | John Fitzgerald | Mike Kovac | Scott Wallis | Teagan Vincze
Jason says: “MON AMI, despite its title, is in English, so its audience needn’t fret about having to deal with subtitles. It’s still rather off the beaten path, a buddy black comedy, with as much enthusiasm as gags involving grievous
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