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Wilby Wonderful (2005)

Bruce says: “WILBY WONDERFUL is similar to an Altman film, having a dozen or so characters whose live are intertwined during the course of about twenty four hours. The film opens abstractly until a boot splashes in what we suddenly

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Shanghai Dreams (2005)

Chris says: “The first film I saw [at the Toronto International Film Festival] was one of the very best, so good that I worried it would set an impossible standard for the rest of the festival. Set in the Chinese

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Or (My Treasure) (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Keren Yedaya
Starring: Dana Ivgy | Meshar Cohen | Ronit Elkabetz

Bruce says: “What happens when the child is forced to care for the parent? After all, that is what eventually happens to most of us. The tables turn. We tend to our aging parents, then in turn, our children care

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Mysterious Skin (2005)

Bruce says: “We all bring our own baggage into every experience. It is hardly surprising that the effect of any common experience and the baggage we carry away from it will vary for each of us. Most of the time,

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Murderball (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Dana Adam Shapiro | Henry Alex Rubin

Chris says: “The very idea of ‘quadriplegic wheelchair rugby’ may initially sound like some sort of sick joke, but this documentary emphatically shows it’s nothing to scoff at. Rivaling (and besting) most fictional ‘inspirational’ sports films, MURDERBALL follows Team USA

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Downfall (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Starring: Alexandra Maria Lara | Bruno Ganz | Corinna Harfouch | Juliane Köhler | Ulrish Matthes

Bruce says: “For many years Bruno Ganz has given some of the my favorite performances in films such as THE AMERICAN FRIEND, A KNIFE IN THE HEAD, CIRCLE OF DECEIT, WINGS OF DESIRE and ETERNITY AND A DAY. A consistently

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Capote (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Bennett Miller
Starring: Bruce Greenwood | Catherine Keener | Chris Cooper | Clifton Collins Jr. | Philip Seymour Hoffman

Michael says: “If I were casting the role of Truman Capote, author of that seminal work of non-fiction, In Cold Blood, Philip Seymour Hoffman is not the first name that would have popped into my head. Fortunately, three high school

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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Starring: Jae-kyeong Seo | Jong-ho Kim | Yeong-su Oh

Bruce says: “The United States is a religious country. I’ve heard that among all nations we are second only to Malta where religion is involved in the secular state. But are we spiritual? From South Korea, SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER…

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Last Life in the Universe (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Laila Boonyasak | Sinitta Boonyasak | Tadanobu Asano | Takashi Miike

Chris says: “Still piecing together this puzzling film, but that alone doesn’t frustrate me. I was so delighted by what perplexed me that I can imagine re-watching it as I did with MULHOLLAND DR., discovering more clues each time out

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Days of Being Wild (1991)

Bruce says: “While for some time THE DAYS OF BEING WILD has been available for viewing at home in the room of your choice, it has never before had a theatrical release in the United States. Made in 1991, it

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