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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Bent Hamer
Starring: Bård Owe | Espen Skjønberg | Henny Moan
Bruce says: “At the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival filmmaker Bent Hamer introduced this film by quipping ‘My producers say my films are comedies. They are not.’ To placate Mr. Hamer I shall refer to his films as ‘droll dramas’
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Gary Hustwit
Jason says: “I forgot my toothbrush when packing for my trip to Texas, and since Austin doesn’t have the massive CVS density of the greater Boston area (where you can see the next from the doorway of the one you
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Chamanun Wanwinwatsara | Jayanama Nopachai | Porntip Papanai | Wanida Termthanaporn
Michael says: “Ratanaruang is most widely known for the dreamy surreality of LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, but this film is more of a sylvan counterpart to his last film, never released in the states, PLOY. In NYMPH, the Thai
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Rune Denstad Langlo
Starring: Celine Engebrigtsen | Kyrre Hellum | Mads Sjøgård Pettersen | Marte Aunemo | nders Baasmo Christiansen
Bruce says: “Norwegian film, if it accomplishes nothing else, documents the droll sense of humour in the land of the midnight sun. NORTH is the story of a thirty year old man who is trying to find himself by meeting
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jim Dziura
Jason says: “NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET begins provocatively, with a black man walking into a custom framing store looking to have the clothes he was wearing when he was shot framed. The man at the counter doesn’t seem to
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: en Addelman | Samir Mallal
Jason says: “Asked to name the top three film industries in the world, nearly everybody would come up with the United States right away. A good chunk would probably mention India next; the word’s gotten out in the past few
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Rating: 1.25 cats
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Daniel Day Lewis | Judi Dench | Kate Hudson | Marion Cotillard | Nicole Kidman | Penélope Cruz
Jason says: “Daniel Day-Lewis being in a movie is genuinely a good sign – since THE BOXER in 1997 he’s done a mere four, only signing on when there seems to be something worth doing. And he’s got a fantastic
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Tom Quinn
Starring: Andrew Conway | Greg Lyons | Irene Longshore | MaryAnn McDonald | Paul Blackway | Tobias Segal
Jason says: “The glib description of THE NEW YEAR PARADE is that divorce is hard on everybody – not just parents and children, but everyone else caught up in it, including the parade orchestras. Fortunately, the movie itself isn’t glib,
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Yoon-ki Lee
Starring: Dong-won Seo | Han Hyo-joo | Il-hwa Choi | Jang So-Yeon | Jeon Do-yeon | Jung-woo Ha | Kim Hye-Ok | Seo-hie Ko
Jason says: “Kim Hee-su (Jeon Do-yeon) is talking about money and investments as MY DEAR ENEMY opens, but it’s not clear whether she needs money urgently or just wants it for some opportunity. Or perhaps, she simply wants to close
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Rating: 0.5 cats
Director: Simon Hunter
Starring: Anna Walton | Benno Fürmann | Devon Aoki | John Malkovich | Ron Pearlman | Sean Pertwee | Thomas Jane
Jeff says: “Wretched. Tragic waste of Ron Perlman. Half a cat for occasionally interesting production design.”
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