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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Mohsen Abdolvahab | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Starring: Bahram Radan | Fatemeh Motamed Arya
Bruce says: “GILANEH is a grim, unsettling portrait of an Iranian mother who sees her family torn asunder by war. The war is the eight year Iranian-Iraqi war. The first half of the film takes place during the last days
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Vimukthi Jayasundara
Starring: Hemasiri Liyanage | Kaushalaya Fernando | Nilupili Jayawardena
Bruce says: “THE FORSAKEN LAND is testimony of the long term effects of civil war on a small village in Sri Lanka. A soldier and his wife live with his sister in a remote house which is nothing more than
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Starring: Fernando Tejero | Guillermo Toldeo | Luis Varela | Mónica Cervera
Bruce says: “This silly farce is successful because of the brilliant comedic performances of the two leads, Guillermo Toledo and Mónica Cervera. Toledo plays Rafael Gonzalez, ambitious manager of the women’s department of a leading Madrid department store; retail is
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alex Gibney
Michael says: “This one was billed as possibly the next big doc to crossover, with a lively trailer that promised laughs, shocks and excitement. ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM certainly shocked me and got me angry, but it
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Shona Auerbach
Starring: Emily Mortimer | Gerard Butler | Jack McElhone | Mary Riggans
Bruce says: “Pulling your heartstrings from every conceivable direction, DEAR FRANKIE is unabashedly sentimental. Just when you think that one more heartbreaking moment will be absolutely unbearable the film takes some turns that give pause to wonder why you had
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sebastián Cordero
Starring: Alfred Molina | Damián Alcázar | John Leguizamo | José María Yazpik | Leonor Watling
Bruce says: “Similar in message to CAPOTE, this film tells the story of a reporter who is willing to compromise his integrity for fame and professional recognition. What makes the film interesting is how this comes about, a grim reminder
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Andrew Adamson
Starring: Anna Popplewell | Georgie Henley | James McAvoy | Jim Broadbent | Skandar Keynes | Tilda Swinton | William Moseley
Michael says: “Scot and I got passes to a special sneak preview of the much-anticipated THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE, the film version of the first part of C.S. Lewis’ children’s fantasy series. There
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Paolo Virzi
Starring: AliceTeghil | Margherita Buy | Sergio Castellitto
Michael says: “CATERINA IN THE BIG CITY is a sweet little Italian coming-of-age film about a young girl, Caterina, who moves with her parents from a small village in Italy to Rome. In school, she finds herself torn between two
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: André Téchiné | Catherine Deneuve | Gérard Depardieu | Gilbert Melki
Diane says: “Caught this newAndré Téchiné film at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts French Film Festival. Gerard Depardieu is a well-to-do French businessman overseeing construction in Tangiers, where, coincidentally, the love of his youth and of his life (Catherine
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Miguel Albaladejo
Starring: David Castillo | Empar Ferrer | José Luis García Pérez
Michael says: “Many of you know how much I tend to dislike American films that tackle gay subject matter. I find that other countries tend to make better films dealing with the same subject matter (although I tend to think
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