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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Arthur Dong
Michael says: “Accomplished documentarian Dong has won acclaim for his earlier films, COMING OUT UNDER FIRE, LICENSED TO KILL, and FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS. He’s back with a film that he’s been working on for 7 – 8 years, HOLLYWOOD CHINESE, a
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Lee Kang-Sheng
Starring: Dennis Lieh | Ivy Li | Jane Liao | Lee Kang-Sheng
Bruce says: “During the great Asian financial boom in early 1990’s director Lee Kang-Sheng was an unemployed actor with lots of time on his hands. The Taiwanese film industry was doing poorly in the face of Hollywood dominance in international
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Gary Hustwit
Bruce says: “In 1957 Edward Alfred Hoffman invented a new typeface. Originally called Neue Haas Grotesk it is now the most ubiquitous of all typefaces, known throughout the world at Helvetica. Post-war European design in the 1950’s was centered on
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Rating: 0 cats
Director: Joe Swanberg
Starring: Andrew Bujalski | Greta Gerwig | Kent Osborne | Mark Duplass
Barbara says: “For the first time since I have been a member, I am giving a movie 0 cats. The whole film seemed like some drunken ramblings in an off-campus apartment.”
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Craig Zobel
Starring: Kene Holliday | Pat Healy | Rebecca Mader
Chris says: “The title is actually the name of a small record label in the film that bills itself as a ‘talent search company.’ Salesmen are hired as ‘record producers’ and trained to audition aspiring musicians whom they encourage to
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Rating: 0.5 cats
Director: Tibor Szemzö
Bruce says: “A GUEST OF LIFE is based on story of Alexander Csoma de Koros, a legendary 19th century Hungarian scholar who began a journey to Asia to discover the origins of the Hungarian people and unexpectedly ended up in
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Jasmila Zbanic
Starring: Leon Lucev | Luna Mijovic | Mirjana Karanovic
Michael says: “GRBAVICA: THE LAND OF MY DREAMS is a great candidate for a Buried Treasure nominee, with echoes of OR (MY TREASURE) and THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS. This powerful debut form Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Zbanic looks at the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Maziar Miri
Starring: Hassan Poorshirazi | Mohammed-Reza Foroutan | Niloofar Khoshkholgh
Bruce says: “GRADUALLY (BE AHESTEGI…) is a gentle film about a couple coming to grips with personal issues that may be affecting their marriage. Mahmoud is a railroad welder who works hard and loves his wife Pari. But she has
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ben Affleck
Starring: Amy Madigan | Amy Ryan | Casey Affleck | Ed Harris | John Ashton | Michelle Monaghan | Morgan Freeman
Bruce says: “For his directorial debut (we won’t count his earlier short I KILLED MY LESBIAN WIFE, HUNG HER ON A MEAT HOOK, AND NOW I HAVE A THREE-PICTURE DEAL WITH DISNEY) Ben Affleck had the good sense to draw
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Asger Leth | Milos Loncarevi
Jay says: “According to the information presented at the start of this film, the Cité Soleil section of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is considered the most dangerous place in the world by the United Nations. The poorest section of the poorest
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