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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Ben Kingsley | Deborah Harry | Dennis Hopper | Patricia Clarkson | Penélope Cruz | Peter Sarsgaard
Michael says: “I missed ELEGY in the theatre last year, and was able to catch up with it on Blu-Ray this morning. It firmly propels Isabel Coixet into that category of talented filmmakers whose films I will not miss. Never
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Starring: Fan Liao | Hanyu Zhang | Jun Hu | Yuan Wenkang
Jason says: “One probably wouldn’t name a war movie RETREAT!, although that’s what the assembly call of the film’s title means – fall back and regroup. There is, after all, a time for soldiers to be fierce and a time
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Cristian Mungiu
Starring: Alexandru Potocean | Anamaria Marinca | Laura Vasiliu | Vlad Ivanov
Bruce says: “4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, AND 2 DAYS paints a vivid picture of what life in Romania was like in 1987. Covering a period of about twenty four hours, the bleakness of Ceausescu’s Romania is craftily conveyed by superb
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Starring: Chen Shiang-Chyi | Lee Kang-Sheng | Yang Kuei-mei
Michael says: “Tsai Ming-Liang’s THE WAYWARD CLOUD, is a sequel of sorts to the brilliant WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? It was a brilliant film, but definitely not quite what I was expecting. THE WAYWARD CLOUD is a sweetly subversive,
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Dong-hun Choi
Starring: Hye-su Kim | Seung-woo Cho | Yun-shik Baek
Jason says: “It’s probably not a good idea to try to learn about a game by seeing a movie about it. Based upon THE WAR OF FLOWER (aka TAZZA: THE HIGH ROLLERS), I’m dumbfounded at the idea that hwatu could
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Adrienne Shelly
Starring: Adrienne Shelly | Cheryl Hines | Jeremy Sisto | Keri Russell | Nathan Fillion
Michael says: “How can you review WAITRESS without thinking about the tragic circumstances surrounding writer/director Adrienne Shelly’s demise? It is a testament to Shelly’s talents, particularly as a writer, that WAITRESS is a delightful film that rises above the harsh
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Starring: Chen Shiang-Chyi | Lee Kang-Sheng | Norman Atun | Pearlly Chua
Bruce says: “In my opinion, there is no director making more visually stunning films than Tsai Ming-liang. I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE is a smashing example of a true master at work . Invariably, each scene in his new
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jessica Yu
Michael says: “I’ve been looking forward to seeing PROTAGONIST since I read about it a couple of months before it played at the Independent Film Festival of Boston last April. Unfortunately I missed it at the IFFB, but I got
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Starring: Aki Maeda | Bae Doona | Shiori Sekine | Yu Kashii
Michael says: “What can be better than Japanese school girls in uniform with electric guitars? For sheer, unabashed enjoyment, you can’t get much better than LINDA LINDA LINDA. As the school fair approaches, a teen-aged all-girl band fears it will
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Barry Poltermann | Frank L. Anderson
Chris says: ” Like most of you, I know Charles Nelson Reilly from his 1970s appearances on THE ‘Match Game:’ permanently seated on the panel’s upper right-hand corner next to his foil, Brett Sommers, he was that decade’s Paul Lynde,
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