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The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

Bruce says: “Some films focus on the inner selves of the characters; others focus more on the relationship of the characters to society as a whole. THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, certainly one of America’s finest films of this millennium,

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Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2010)

Jason says: “The first half of Jean-François Richet’s two-part biography of French gangster Jacques Mesrine, KILLER INSTINCT, was quitE good; the second half, PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE, is even better: As much as it’s still shuffling a lot of characters

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Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter One (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.2 cats
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Starring: Etsushi Toyokawa | Takako Tokiwa | Teruyuki Kagawa | Toshiaki Karasawa

Jason says: “I considered skipping the 20TH CENTURY BOYS double feature at Fantasia, not out of disinterest or fear that it wouldn’t be any good, but because the weeks that translations of Naoki Urusawa’s manga are released are the ones

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K-20: Legend of the Mask (aka The Fiend with Twenty Faces) (2009)

Jason says: “Even if 2009 weren’t one of the most disappointing summer movie seasons in recent memory, I’d still wish that more foreign popcorn films got released here. I know subtitles can be a tough sell for movies aimed at

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Reprise (2008)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.2 cats
Director: Joachim Trier
Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie | Espen Klouman-Høiner | Henrik Elvestad | Viktoria Winge

Bruce says: “Two young men, Philip (Anders Danielsen Lie) and Erik (Espen Klouman Høiner), graduate from university with a shared dream of becoming famous writers, and shortly thereafter they send their manuscripts off to publishers.. Friends since childhood, they have

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The Science of Sleep (2006)

Bruce says: “Gael Garcia Bernal (Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, BAD EDUCATION, AMORES PERROS, THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, and THE CRIME OF FATHER AMARO) has extraordinary talent. THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP is a wise choice for his resume, literally a showcase for

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Brothers of the Head (2006)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.2 cats
Director: Keith Fulton | Louis Pepe
Starring: Harry Treadaway | Jane Horrocks | Luke Treadaway | Tom Bower

Michael says: “The directors of LOST IN LA MANCHA, Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe have constructed a false documentary set in the mid-70’s about two conjoined twins who are transformed by an entertainment promoter into a proto-punk musical act. The

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Twelve and Holding (2006)

Chris says: “As I watched Michael Cuesta’s subtly audacious follow-up to L.I.E., I was continually anxious. The film sets up and courts so many potential wrong turns (dubious ones that Todd Solondz would probably gleefully travel down), but then constantly

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Undertow (2004)

Bruce says: “**ATTENTION SPOILERS** “UNDERTOW is the latest film from David Gordon Green, director of GEORGE WASHINGTON and ALL THE REAL GIRLS. This is the first film which he did not write himself. Again, Green proves beyond a doubt that

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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.2 cats
Director: Errol Morris

Bob says: “Errol Morris gets up-close-and-personal (in more ways than one) with Robert McNamara. Even if the former Secretary of Defense did not deliver some of the most profound, thought-provoking statements ever uttered here, the film would still be a fascinating

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