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Before I Forget (2008)

Bruce says: “What becomes of the many hustlers and gigolos who are objects of desire in their youth, then fade out of sight? Some miraculously survive but many die along the way, succumbing to AIDS, murder or substance abuse. BEFORE

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Encounters at the End of the World (2008)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Werner Herzog

Bruce says: “Like Ozu and Rohmer, Werner Herzog tends to revisit the same themes. That is not to say he is making the same film over and over; he is compiling a body of work that is forged together thematically,

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Chris & Don: A Love Story (2008)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Guido Santi | Tina Mascara

Michael says: “This was the film that Chlotrudis co-presented at Ptown, and I was very pleased by the nearly packed house at the Crown & Anchor. CHRIS & DON: A LOVE STORY beautifully tells the story of the thirty-year relationship

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Alexandra (2008)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Starring: Galina Vishnevskaya | Raisa Gichaeva | Vasily Shevtsov

Bruce says: “Operatic diva Galina Vishnevskaya plays against type as Alexandra Nikolaevna, an aged Russian grandmother who travels to the front lines in Chechnya to see her grandson whom she loves dearly. As the film begins we see the back

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Climates (2007)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Ebru Ceylan | Nazan Kirilmas | Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Bruce says: “While I enjoyed DISTANT, Celylan’s last film, I found its many flaws curbed my enthusiasm. I have not seen Ceylan’s earlier films so I have no way of knowing whether there was ever an inkling of such an

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Brand Upon the Brain! (2007)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Guy Maddin
Starring: Gretchen Krich | Jake Morgan-Scharhon | Maya Lawson | Sullivan Brown | Todd Moore

Beth says: “Guy Maddin. His latest, a semi-autobiographical silent film, with a live musical accompaniment, a narrator and a foley effects crew. Pretty much unmissable, really, even if I don’t always get Maddin – I love silent films shown with

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Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

Bruce says: “A few weeks ago the producer of BELLA, an independent film that opened at the same time as BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD, sent out an email chain letter that was a rant against Lumet’s film, a

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The Night of Truth (2006)

Bruce says: “The 57 countries of Africa are largely the creation of colonists, Europeans who carved up the continent as they licked their chops over their newfound treasures. Most countries consist of many peoples from many cultures. The people of

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Inland Empire (2006)

Chris says: “Instead of a filming a completed screenplay, David Lynch took a piecemeal approach to making INLAND EMPIRE: encouraged by the physical freedom a toy-sized digital video camera allows, he would think of an idea, write it down, and

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Clean (2006)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Beatrice Dalle | Don McKellar | Maggie Cheung | Martha Henry | Nick Nolte

Michael says: “In CLEAN, Olivier Assayas (DEMONLOVER) reunites with his IRMA VEP star (and ex-wife) Maggie Cheung, to paint a portrait of a young woman trying to kick a drug addiction, and find her place in the world. When Lee,

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