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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Yi Seung-jun
Bruce says: “PLANET OF SNAIL is a wonderful documentary about the triumphs and struggles of a married couple living in a small town in South Korea. She is hunchbacked and diminutive. He is a sculptor, a poet and playwright. He
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Mark Jeavons
Starring: Adam Rickitt | Andy Pandini | Gabrielle Amies | Rob Leatham
Jason says: “There’s the potential in WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PETE BLAGGIT? for a movie which one can feel strongly about. It may be a black comedy, an earnest melodrama, or a twisty, off-kilter bit of science fiction. Unfortunately, writer/director Mark
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Adil Hussein | Gautam Belur | Gerard Depardieu | Irrfan Khan | Rafe Spall | Suraj Sharma | Tabu
Thom says: “Director Lee has been enormously appreciated by me with top-rated films THE WEDDING BANQUET, EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN, HULK, SENSE & SENSIBILITY, TAKING WOODSTOCK, & BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, & only one real failure in RIDE WITH THE DEVIL. So
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Starring: Dylan McDermott | Emma Watson | Ezra Miller | Logan Lerman | Mae Whitman | Nina Dobrev
Scot says: “I wept through the film to an embarrassing degree, but I recall also doing so reading the book. That said, I my two caveats are that the cast is a bit too pretty, though fine actors. And that
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Stephen Kessler
Jason says: “It’s okay to look at the title of PAUL WILLIAMS STILL ALIVE and have a reaction somewhere between dismissal and dread. Documentaries about musicians who have faded into obscurity in part due to substance abuse are so common
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alain Gagnol | Jean-Loup Felicioli
Starring: Bernadette Lafont | Bruno Salomone | Dominique Blanc | Jean Benguigui | Oriane Zani
Jason says: “One of two ‘underdog’ nominees for Best Animated Feature in last year’s Academy Awards, A CAT IN PARIS is at the very least as deserving than the other cat-themed feature nominated, although that undersells its charm quite a
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: David Oyelowo | John Cusack | Macy Gray | Matthew McConaughey | Nicole Kidman | Scott Glenn | Zac Efron
Thom says: “I’m a huge fan of Lee Daniels and following SHADOWBOXER & PRECIOUS I was excited about seeing this and it was every bit as thrilling as I expected. It’s clear after all three films that Daniel’s is turning
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Wuershan
Starring: Chen Kun | Chen Tingjia | Feng Shaofeng | Kris Phillip | Yang Mini | Zhao Wei | Zhou Xun
Jason says: “Newcomers should not be too put-off by the fact that PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION has a subtitle or a roman numeral depending on whether the title is written in English or Chinese; the first text on the screen
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Lorraine Levy
Starring: Areen Omari | Emmanuelle Devos | Jules Sitruk | Khalifa Natour | Mehdi Dehbi | Pascal Elbe
Jason says: “My half-a-lifetime-ago high school French tells me that the title of this movie doesn’t quite translate to ‘The Other Son’, but to ‘The Son of the Other’ and that does turn out to be a fairly important distinction.
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Gael Morel
Starring: Beatrice Dalle | Didier Flamand | Dimitri Durdaine | Ludovic Berthillot | Malik Issolah | Stéphane Rideau
Thom says: “I had expected to become a huge fan of Director Morel after 3 DANCING SLAVES (2004) but an earlier & later offering (FULL SPEED (1996) & APRES LUI (2007)) proved more problematic. So this was a thrilling surprise
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