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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lionel Baier
Starring: Alicja Bachleda-Curus | Lionel Baier | Natacha Koutchoumov
…of extremes. Although he is openly gay, he dumps his boyfriend Serge (Stéphane Rentznik) to have an affair with a Polish au pair (Alicja Bachleda-Curus). Lionel is exploring his roots….
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Jennifer Baichwal
…most rapid economic expansion the world has ever seen. This film is an interesting companion piece to the recent CHINA BLUE, a documentary featuring the denim industry on the southern…
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Rating: 3.25
Director: David R. Ellis
Starring: A.J. Cook | Ali Larter | Michael Landes | Terrence 'T.C.' Carson
…comedy of errors that begin with the recent lottery winner carrying a new Mac computer up the stairs, across the hazards of a toy strewn hallway and into his single…
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Carlos Carrera
Starring: Ana Claudia Talancón | Damien Alcazar | Gael García Bernal | Sancho Gracia
…can’t provide the shadings of character the script doesn’t give him. The film’s strongest performance comes from Alcazar, who shows strong character in the face of injustice. Also good are…
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Peter Hedges
Starring: Alice Drummond | Alison Pill | Derek Luke | Isiah Whitlock Jr. | John Gallagher Jr. | Katie Holmes | Lillias White | Oliver Platt | Patricia Clarkson | Sean Hayes
…towards April later, presumably because they had none.) ‘Who are you?’ asks Joy’s mother Dottie (Alice Drummond, THE LOVE LETTER), her question coming from more than her dementia. Jim desperately…
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Shaunak Sen
…black kite, who fill the skies by the hundreds, and keep some measure of control of the amount of garbage that builds up in the city dumps, and the escalating…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Allison Janney | Elliot Page | J.K. Simmons | Jason Bateman | Jennifer Garner | Michael Cera | Olivia Thrilby
…in some stellar work in lesser-seen intense dramas (HARD CANDY; AN AMERICAN CRIME) decided they needed to try their hand at comedy. Fortunately for them, they found JUNO, a comedy…
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…dictatorship of Francisco Franco. His first feature, Pepi, Luci & Bom… was finished in 1980, and Almodovar followed-up its success by writing, producing, directing, composing the music for, acting in…
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…immensely popular. — kp Rabbit Hole, screenplay by David Lindsay-Abaire based on his play – Boston-born David Lindsay-Abaire, after writing a string of successful absurdist comedies, challenged himself to write…
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Todd Field
Starring: Marisa Tomei | Sissy Spacek | Tom Wilkinson
…the times when he can play hooky from his busy practice and spend time helping Frank with his lobster fishing.” 4 cats For Robin’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/inthebedroom.htm” Scot…
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