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By Michael Colford
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Chloe Moretz | Clark Gregg | Geoffrey Arend | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Zooey Deschanel
Michael says: “It’s nice to see a movie not about two people falling in love and living happily ever after, but two people embarking on a relationship that doesn’t work leaving on with a broken heart. That is the premise
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Alex Descas | GrégoireColin | Mati Diop | Nicole Dogue
Beth Curran says: “Michael will be very happy. So far (end of Day 4) this is my favorite film of the festival. It’s a character study, a few days or so in the lives of a father and adult daughter
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jia Zhangke
Starring: Jianbin Chen | Joan Chen | Liping Lu | Tao Zhao
Bruce says: “Years from now there is no doubt in my mind that Jia ZhangKe will be considered one of the great documentarians of the great Chinese migration from a planned economy to a market-driven economy. 24 CITY is a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tim McCanlies
Starring: Cody Kasch | Devin Ratray | Leonardo Nam | Mika Boorem | Tyler Francavilla
Jason says: “Writer/Director Tim McCanlies described THE 2 BOBS as his attempt to do a Kevin Smith movie, which is funny since Smith most recently released his attempt at a Judd Apatow movie. Depending how you define that, he’s either
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Martin Gero
Starring: Aaron Abrams | Carly Pope | Diora Bair | Josh Cooke | Josh Dean | Kristin Booth | Sonja Bennett
Michael says: “The Canadian film YOUNG PEOPLE FUCKING (which Netflix has so coyly renamed YPF) won the award for Best First Feature at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. While it raised some eyebrows with its storyline of 4 couples
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Stephen Walker
Carolyn says: “I don’t recall if there was a motive behind teaching these older people to sing fun songs. But it was enjoyable to see them struggle with new songs and then hear them perform when they have mastered the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Lucia Puenzo
Starring: Carolina Pelleritti | Germán Palacios | Inés Efron | Martín Piroyansky | Ricardo Darín | Valeria Bertuccelli
Bruce says: “In film, difficult subject matter is always a favorite domain of mine providing it is in good hands. With XXY, director Lucia Puenzo – daughter of Luis Puenxo whose THE OFFICIAL STORY is perhaps the most famous film
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Cao Hamburger
Starring: Caio Blat | Daniela Piepszyk | Eduardo Moreira | Germano Haiut | Michel Joelsas | Simone Spoladore
Bruce says: “Three ideas for a story converge in THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION: the 1970 World Cup Games in which Pele led his country to their third world championship; the insularity of the Jewish community in Sao
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood | Marisa Tomei | Mark Margolis | Mickey Rourke | Todd Barry
Gil & Amanda say: “Comeback of the year! Mickey Rourke is Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson, a washed-up professional wrestler whose glory days are long-gone. Instead of playing to sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden, Robinson must now settle for wrestling
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Aditya Assarat
Starring: Anchalee Saisoontorn | Supphasit Kansen
Bruce says: “**SPOILERS** “WONDERFUL TOWN is a good example of a film well-executed but ill-conceived. I may be partially at fault for not properly managing my expectations but WONDERFUL TOWN takes an unforeseen turn that I find unforgiving. “Ton is
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