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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Philippe Claudel
Starring: Elsa Zylberstein | Jean-Claude Arnaud | Kristin Scott Thomas | Laurent Grévill | Serge Hazanavivius
…irrational behavior around the time she committed her crime. In my opinion, that can be forgiven since I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG is a otherwise a beautiful character study. This…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Eddie Marsan | Javier Cámara | Julie Christie | Sarah Polley | Tim Robbins
…critics have complained that the revelations come too late to save the film, but I enjoyed the disjointed exploration of the lives aboard the rig. The supporting cast, including Javier…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Geun-shik Jo
Starring: Byung-hun Lee | Hae-eun Lee | Se-eun Lee | Su-Ae
…politically active himself; he’s joined service-oriented club and raises his hand in unison with the crowd as he tries to study (wearing earplugs) in the middle of a rally, but…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Martial Fougeron
Starring: Nathalie Baye | Olivier Gourmet | Victor Sévaux
…is a double character study and an anatomy of a disintegrating relationship between a mother and her son. Puberty is a notoriously difficult time for children but that alone cannot…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: James Marsh
Starring: Gael García Bernal | Laura Harring | Pell James | William Hurt
…usual torpid, pretentious, hot-button topic indie trash; on the contrary, it’s an unpredictable, stripped-down, subdued, near-poetic character study. Previously best known for the documentary WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP, director James Marsh…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Starring: Hermila Guedes | Maria Menezes | Zezita Matos
…compensate for the meager story. The most beautiful part of the village is an old water tower with faded pastel buildings in a row at the foot. Hermila’s character needs…
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Griffin Dunne
…because he can’t join his father in South America doesn’t mean he can’t make a study of the natives of this detached country-within-a-country. “Finn quickly makes friends with Osbourne’s grandson,…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Duncan Tucker
Starring: FelicityHuffman | Fionnula Flanagan | Kevin Zegers
Chris says: “I’ve been wracking my brain trying to think of exceptional lead actresses to nominate this year. Just in time, Felicity Huffman slaughters any potential competition in a brave,…
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Daniel London | Tanya Smith | Will Oldham
…even stronger (and remarkably complex) sense of all kinds of distance that has accumulated between them over time. “Kelly Reichardt’s film is a plotless wonder—at times a character study, but…
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Lian Lunson
…freely about his artistic achievements, his relationships and his spiritual needs. In 1993 he moved into a Zen Center to study with a Japanese master. ‘I’m not Japanese and you’re…
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