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The Day I Saw Your Heart (2012)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jennifer Devoldère
Starring: Claude Perron | Florence Loiret Caille | Guillaume Gouix | Mélanie Laurent | Michel Blanc

Thom says: “Another outstanding winner from the ever-reliable Film Movement. This French eclair has a terrific plot with a romantic flair that often seems like the French have a lock on. Eli (Blanc) is celebrating his 60th birthday when he

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Dangerous Liaisons (2012)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jin-ho Hur
Starring: Cecelia Cheung | Dong-gun Jang | Lisa Lu | Shawn Dou | Ziyi Zhang

Thom says: “This is the 8th version I’ve seen of my ALL-TIME favorite script. In order I’ve seen LE LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (1959, Roger Vadim, 5 CATS), DANGEROUS LIAISONS (1988, Stephen Frears, 5 CATS), VALMONT (1989, Milos Forman, 5 CATS), a

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Crooked Arrows (2012)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Steve Rash
Starring: Brandon Routh | Chelsea Ricketts | Crystal Allen | Gil Birmingham | Michael Hudson

Jason says: “CROOKED ARROWS is a button-pushing sports movie notable for both the sport being played (lacrosse) and the underdog school (a Native American nation in upstate New York). It’s likely to be far from the best sports movie or

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Damsels in Distress (2012)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.375
Director: Whit Stillman
Starring: Analeigh Tipton | Carrie MacLemore | Greta Gerwig | Megalyn Echikunwoke | Ryan Metcalf

Thom says: “Here was a humongous surprise, not because I don’t have an enormous respect for director Whit Stillman (I’d given 5 CATS to all his movies: METROPOLITAN [1990], BARCELONA [1994], & THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO [1998], liking each

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In Another Country (2012)

Thom says: “The first of three films I saw that had the Goddess Ms. Huppert in starring roles. And, striking a novel turn that surmounted the duality of custom & culture brought 3 stories of three different women, all played

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Cosmopolis (2012)

Thom says: “David Cronenberg has for many years been one of my top 10 living directors and, in fact, he had eleven consecutive top-rated films with me, a feat only a handful of directors have ever achieved, but his next

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Corpo Celeste (2012)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Starring: Anita Caprioli | Paola Lavini | Pasqualina Scuncia | Renato Carpentieri | Salvatore Cantalupo

Thom says: “Here’s another brilliant offering from the sensational Film Movement catalog. While alarmingly anti-Catholic the film risks even more by adding an absurdist, very dark-humor to the proceedings to create an irreverent thought-provoking masterpiece. 13-year-old Marta (an amazingly languid

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Coriolanus (2012)

Thom says: “Being such a huge fan of Shakespeare I expected this film to be superlative, and by God it was even better than I had anticipated. After sitting through ANONYMOUS this film was a breath of fresh air, all

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Columbarium (2012)

Jason says: “COLUMBARIUM is not quite one jettisoned gimmick away from being a perfect little thriller, but it’s tight and suspenseful enough to impress as it is, telling a good little story without much in the way of fat at

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Cold Steel (2012)

Jason says: “’Do you like guns?’ is a line that appears in more or less every action movie of this type, where the heroes’ skill set is specifically tied to how well he can shoot, and the answer usually changes

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