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The Last Winter (2007)

Jason says: “It would be completely wrong of me spoil the thing in THE LAST WINTER that made me go from thinking it was a nice little ‘isolated area (and maybe something else) starts messing with people’ horror movie to

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With Your Permission (2007)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Paprika Steen
Starring: Lars Brygmann | Nicolaj Kopernicus | Rasmus Bjerg | Sidse Babett Knudsen | Søren Pilmark

Bruce says: “Jan (Lars Brygmann), manager of the upscale dining room on one of the day ferry lines in the Baltic, arrives at work with a black eye. ‘Is there a problem?’ his boss Erilk (Søren Pilmark) asks. Jan makes

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There Will Be Blood (2007)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Ciarán Hinds | Daniel Day Lewis | Paul Dano

Michael says: “I caught this back in December but never got around to reviewing it. I have to tell you I was giddy for hours… even days after seeing Paul Thomas Anderson’s decidedly bizarre adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s novel, Oil.

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Team Everest: A Himalayan Journey (2007)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Andy Cockrum

Jay says: “TEAM EVEREST means to inspire you. It exists for that. Even if Andy Cockrum hadn’t been along to make a movie, the expedition it chronicles was still put together in order to inspire disabled people, by showing that

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The Secret Life of Words (2007)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Eddie Marsan | Javier Cámara | Julie Christie | Sarah Polley | Tim Robbins

Michael says: “On a recent trip to New York City, we caught THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS, Isabel Coixet’s (MY LIFE WITHOUT ME) latest film, on opening day. Coixet alum Sarah Polley stars as Hanna, a young deaf woman who

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Pink (2007)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Alexander Voulgaris
Starring: Alexander Voulgaris | Argiris Thanasoulas | Christina Mathea | Romanna Lobats

Bruce says: “There are many things to like about PINK. PINK is a meditation on personal history, love, loss and creativity. It unconventionally wanders between fantasy and reality. Using a clay model of Athens to tell his story director Voulgaris

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Persepolis (2007)

Jason says: “In recent years, Persepolis has been sliding into the spot that Maus used to occupy: The socially-relevant graphic novel that makes inroads into the mainstream and is used as an example of how the medium is good for

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Paris, Je T’aime (2007)

Bruce says: “Twenty two directors join together for twenty short stories about love, each set in a different arrondissmont in Paris. The directors approach love from different angles. Some are dead serious, some bittersweet and others, quite amusing. By the

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Lust, Caution (2007)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ang Lee

Jason says: “LUST, CAUTION is almost long enough to contain its own sequel, although more in the literary mode where an author revisits characters in a way that seems almost disconnected from the initial work. Ang Lee’s latest doesn’t quite

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Juno (2007)

Chris says: “JUNO, Jason Reitman’s follow-up to the wildly popular THANK YOU FOR SMOKING, greatly benefits from a solid, honest, hilarious first screenplay from newcomer Diablo Cody, a exquisite comic turn from lead actor Elliot Page, and an affable supporting

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