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Hello, I Must Be Going (2012)

Michael says: “Fans of TAKE THIS WALTZ should check out Todd Louiso’s HELLO, I MUST BE GOING, about a young woman, recently divorced, who moves back in with her wealthy parents in suburban Connecticut and finds herself unable to move

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Hail (2012)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Amiel Courtin-Wilson
Starring: Daniel P. Jones | Jerome Velinsky | Leanne Letch | Tony Markulin

Jason says: “The word ‘hail’ can mean a number of things, and for some reason I kept thinking of the wrong ones until about halfway through the movie, when some bad weather follows a bad event, and the sound as

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Any Day Now (2012)

Bruce says: “ANY DAY NOW won the Audience Award for best feature at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. Already I have heard snide comments about its deservedness. How does it happen that every film dealing with disabilities is tagged as

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A Somewhat Gentle Man (2011)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Starring: Bjørn Floberg | Bjørn Sundquist | Gard B.Eidsvold | Jorunn Kjellsby | Stellan Skarsgård

Jason says: “The phrase ‘returning to the scene of the crime’ is generally used during the investigation of a mystery, but if you take a broader view of what the ‘scene’ is, almost every criminal does it eventually. It’s just

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King of Devil’s Island (2011)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Marius Holst
Starring: Benjamin Helstad | Kristoffer Joner | Morten Løvstad | Stellan Skarsgård | Trond Nilssen

Jason says: “KING OF DEVIL’S ISLAND opens with a whaling story, which it regularly returns to, but it isn’t immediately certain who the whale represents and who the whalers represent, even if the story is being told in the first

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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2011)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Starring: Jenjira Pongpas | NatthakarnAphaiwonk | Sakda Kaewbuadee | Thanapat Saisaymar

Ibad says: “UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES, which enchanted Tim Burton’s jury this year to a Palme D’Or win at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is a mystifying and exquisite crowning jewel on Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s

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The Secret of Kells (2010)

Toni says: “Tomm Moore and his co-production team in Ireland, France, and Belgium, have created a beautiful and haunting masterpiece based of the famous Irish Book of Kells. It is sort of a mix of darker Miyazaki crossed with a touch

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North Face (2010)

Jason says: “I saw a poster advertising a mini festival of ‘climbing movies’ in the same theater where I saw NORTH FACE, and the fact that most of us can instantly deduce what that means probably counts as a strike

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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (2010)

Jason says: “The first two credits to appear on the screen in MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE are ‘David Lynch Presents’ and ‘A Film By Werner Herzog.’ If you recognize the names, you know that means there’s

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Blue Valentine (2010)

Ibad says: “This is my first review on this board as a new Chlotrudis member, so do forgive me for this. This isn’t the first review I’ve written, but this film was, truly, difficult to write about. I think it’s

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