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The Edukators (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Hans Weingartner
Starring: Daniel Brühl | Julia Jentsch | Stipe Erceg

Bruce says: “***SPOILERS*** “Buoyed by top notch acting and a wickedly comic, insightful script, Hans Weingartner’s THE EDUKATORS keeps us in the edge of our seats while it teaches us some valuable lessons about human nature, politics, ethics and integrity.

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Côte d’Azur (2005)

Michael says: “This delightful French sex farce from the director of THE ADVENTURES OF FELIX, is a pleasure from start to finish. Mark and Béatrix are spending a summer in their seaside villa in Italy with their two teenaged children.

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Café Lumière (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou
Starring: Masato Hagiwara | Tadanobu Asano | Yo Hitoto

Bruce says: “CAFÉ LUMIÈRE is Hou Hsaio-hsien’s tribute to Yasujiro Ozu, the Japanese master whose films are noted for their breathtaking beauty and their gentle narrative of everyday life. Ozu’s great attentions to the details of the environment his characters

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Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Shannon says: “I don’t really have time to give this review the attention it deserves, but I saw BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN at the closing night of the Denver International Film Festival on Saturday. I woke up Sunday morning with the film

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6ixtynin9 (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Lalita Panyopas | Tasanawalai Ongartittichai

Bruce says: “After playing in film festivals for over two and one half years (January 2000 – August 2002) 6IXTYNIN9, never found distribution in the United States. As a result of the success of Ratanaruang’s LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE,

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3-Iron (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kim Ki-Duk
Starring: Jae Hee | Kwon Hyuk-ho | Lee Seung-yeon

Tom says: “I saw at least 2 dozen films at last years Toronto Film Festival, but the one that stayed with me was the Korean film 3-IRON. “This delicate, quiet yet whimsical movie establishes Kim Ki-Duk’s (SUMMER, SPRING, SOMETHING AND

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A Wrinkle in Time (2004)

Robert says: “Author Madeleine L’Engle has been compared to titans like Isaac Asimov, both for the sheer volume of her literary output and the wide variety of it. L’Engle’s Newberry Award-winning young adult fantasy novel, A Wrinkle In Time, first

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Silent Waters (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Sabiha Sumar
Starring: Aamir Malik | Abid Ali | Kiron Kher | Navtej Johar Singh | Shilpa Shukla

Bruce says: “The great power of SILENT WATERS lies in its story. “In 1947, British India was separated into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and Hindu India. The transition was not easy or without

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She’s One of Us (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Siegrid Alnoy
Starring: Carlo Brandt | Catherine Mouchet | Sasha Andres

Bruce says: “ELLE EST DES NOTRES is a very black comedy although it is billed as drama. Christine (Sasha Andres) is an unemployed office worker getting temp jobs wherever she can. To cover up her precarious employment situation she often

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Love Object (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Robert Parigi
Starring: Desmond Harrington | Melissa Sagemiller | Rip Torn

Bob G. says: “Working from an ultra-low budget, director Robert Parigi crafts a fright-doll movie classic that does everything that Lucky McKee’s MAY threatened to, but only half delivered. Desmond Harrington brings subtle introversion to the role of a technical

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