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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Cafer Köse | Ercan Kesel | Hatice Aslan | Rifat Sungar | Yavuz Bingol
Bruce says: “THREE MONKEYS, a classic tragedy, has everything – hit and run, unrequited love, contemplated suicide, murder, infidelity, brutal beatings, bogus confessions, false pride and manic desperation. Runny noses, sweaty brows, tear stained cheeks, blood and vomit also figure
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Hong Sang-soo
Starring: Go Hyun-jung | Kim Tae-woo | Kong Hyeong-jin | Uhm Ji-won
Bruce says: “I’ve never before seen a picture by director Hong Sang-soo, which appears to be a grave oversight on my part. LIKE YOU KNOW IT ALL is a refreshing take on dark comedy. The anti-hero of this movie is
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Rodolphe Marconi
Bruce says: “The Lagerfeld name elicits different thoughts from different people: many view him as a fashion god; others think of him as the greatest contemporary dandy; some think he is a poser, a vacuous self-promoter; some think he is
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Anthony Mackie | Brian Geraghty | David Morse | Evangeline Lilly | Guy Pearce | Jeremy Renner | Ralph Fiennes
Diane says: “My stomach was in knots during the whole of THE HURT LOCKER a fine-grained study of a three-man American bomb squad unit in Iraq. Camera stays so close to the characters that you think what they think. The
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Alison Pill | Denis O’Hare | Diego Luna | Emile Hirsch | James Franco | Josh Brolin | Sean Penn | Stephen Spinella | Victor Garber
Bruce says: “Many might call MILK Gus Van Sant’s return to content from his concentration on form in recent films such as GERRY, ELEPHANT, LAST DAYS and PARANOID PARK. The one thing that MILK does have in common with the
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Alexis Zegerman | Eddie Marsdan | Sally Hawkins | Samuel Roukin | Sinead Matthews
Michael says: “I’m a fan of Mike Leigh’s films, so the opportunity to see a new Mike Leigh film with Mr. Leigh in attendance was one I was thrilled to be able to attend (Thanks, IFFB). And I’ve gotta say,
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Ed Pincus | Lucia Small
Michael says: “I have been waiting for Lucia Small, director of MY FATHER, THE GENIUS, to make another film; curious to see what direction she would take after the intensely personal examination of her father’s life and its affect on
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Harry Moses
Bruce says: “This film is a perfect companion piece for WHO GETS TO CALL IT ART?, a film that explains how Henry Geldzahler became a power broker for the contemporary art scene in New York during the latter part of
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: György Pálfi
Bruce says: “György Pálfi’s HUKKLE remains one of the most off-the-wall films I have ever seen; needless to say I was excited that he had a new film at Tribeca. In ways TAXIDERMIA is every bit as interesting in concept;
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring: Andrew Armour | Kate Dickie | Martin Compston | Natalie Press | Paul Higgins | Tony Curran
Bruce says: “Andrea Arnold is getting lots of attention these days. RED ROAD won the Jury Prize at Cannes and Best Film at the Miami International Film Festival. RED ROAD has interesting origins. With an Academy Award for her short
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