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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Justin Calen Chenn
Starring: Brad Roller | Laura Waddell | Napoleon Ryan | Paris Benjamin | Paulie Rojas | Rachel Rath | Sherill Turner
Jason says: “FOLKLORE is the sort of comedy that will, over the course of the film, tell the audience about a hundred jokes in the hope that enough hit to make the whole thing worth it. It’s got a hit
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Christian Bale | Han Xiting | Huang Tianyuan | Ni Ni | Zhang Doudou | Zhang Xinyi
Jason says: “It sort of makes sense when Hollywood makes a movie about something that happened outside the borders of America and Europe but makes a white guy the protagonist – silly, but understandable. When a Chinese filmmaker decides that
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Director: Arnon Goldfinger
Bruce says: “Similar to documentaries 51 BIRCH STREET and STORIES WE TELL, THE FLAT is the story of a filmmaker who discovers hidden stories in his family history. This time the history involves not parents as in the previously mentioned
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Edward Burns
Starring: Brian d'Arcy James | Connie Britton | Dara Coleman | Edward Burns | Heather Burns | Kerry Bishé
Bruce says: “Rather like John Sayles who has consistently alternated between acting & writing to acquire enough money to independently produce his own films, Burns has become a reliable B-list actor to finance his directorial projects. But while Sayles has
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Bess Kargman
Diane says: “How long is it now that we’ve been watching docs about kids in competitions? Is there no end? FIRST POSITION follows half a dozen kids, aged 11 to 17, in their quest to score in the Youth America
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Jeon Kye-soo
Starring: Ha Jung-woo | Ji Jin-hee | Jo Hie-bong | Kong Hyo-jin | Lee Byung-joon
Jason says: “LOVE FICTION is a romantic comedy that never quite gels, despite a pair of fairly likable leads and Jeon Kye-soo’s script having a quirky, individual voice. The trouble is that said voice is often using unusual words to
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Chris Hopewell | Crispian Mills
Starring: Alan Drake | Clare Higgins | Elliot Greene | Paul Freeman | Simon Pegg
Jason says: “For a while, I had the feeling that A FANTASTIC FEAR OF EVERYTHING had run short and been padded out with Simon Pegg doing a bunch of slapstick. Not a bad way to get a movie up to
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Starring: Diane Kruger | Léa Seydoux | Michel Robin | Noémie Lvovsky | Virginie Ledoyen | Xavier Beauvais
Bruce says: “Based on the novel by Chantal Thomas, director Benoît Jacquot gives the final days of Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger) and the Court of Louis XVI the upstairs/downstairs treatment. Events are seen and heard through the eyes and ears
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Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Ewen Bremner | Helena Bonham Carter | Holliday Grainger | Jason Flemyng | Jeremy Irvine | Olly Alexander | Ralph Fiennes | Robbie Coltrane | Sally Hawkins
Thom says: “Director Newell has proved himself to be an able and durable director without ever establishing an oeuvre. With such varied entries as FOUR WEDDINGS & A FUNERAL, DANCE WITH A STRANGER, THE GOOD FATHER, ENCHANTED APRIL, AN AWFULLY
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ana Piterbarg
Starring: Daniel Fanego | Javier Godino | Oscar Alegre | Sofia Gala | Soledad Villamil | Viggo Mortensen
Thom says: “Viggo plays twin brothers Agustin (a respected pediatrician who’s withdrawn from the world) and Pedro (a backwater lowlife from the Tigre Delta who is dying of cancer as well as being involved with a nasty murder). Pedro busts
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