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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Starring: Chen Shiang-Chyi | Lee Kang-Sheng | Norman Atun | Pearlly Chua
Bruce says: “In my opinion, there is no director making more visually stunning films than Tsai Ming-liang. I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE is a smashing example of a true master at work . Invariably, each scene in his new
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Cate Shortland
Starring: Alice McConnell | Emily Barclay | Essie Davis | Richard Roxburgh
Bruce says: “This psychological thriller was made for Australian TV and although it has some excellent performances, the overall effect is weakened by a slightly preposterous script and some overwrought dialogue. “Richard Treloar (Richard Roxburgh) has had a meltdown. During
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jae-rim Han
Starring: Dal-su Oh | Il-hwa Choi | Kang-ho Song
Jason says: “Being a gangster sounds cool until you try to make a career out of it. Maybe the money’s okay, but the hours stink, it’s awkward when your daughter’s teacher asks you what you do for a living, and
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael Moore
Chris says: “To paraphrase an expression one of my colleagues loves to use, I am so over Michael Moore. His earlier movies and TV shows were amusing and unsettling in equal amounts, but he jumped the shark with FAHRENHEIT 911,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Phil Grabsky
Bruce says: “AMADEUS did Mozart great disservice, portraying him as silly and deluded during the last decade of his life. Phil Grabsky is out to set the record straight by tracing Mozart’s career from the time of his first known
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Eddie Marsan | Javier Cámara | Julie Christie | Sarah Polley | Tim Robbins
Michael says: “On a recent trip to New York City, we caught THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS, Isabel Coixet’s (MY LIFE WITHOUT ME) latest film, on opening day. Coixet alum Sarah Polley stars as Hanna, a young deaf woman who
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Tamara Jenkins
Starring: Cara Seymour | Laura Linney; Philip Seymour Hoffman' Philip Bosco | Philip Friedman
Michael says: “It took Tamara Jenkins nearly ten years to release this follow-up to her critically acclaimed, debut feature, 1998’s THE SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS. In that time, she shifted her focus from the west coast to the east, from
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Alessandro Angelini
Starring: Giorgio Colangeli | Giorgio Pasotti | Michaela Cescon
Bruce says: “Director Alessandro Angelini does a great job in setting up his story. The tight writing and editing seem the work of a much more seasoned filmmaker. SALTY AIR is skimpy on plot but the general flavor and intense
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Luke Wolbach
Michael says: “The synopsis of ROW HARD, NO EXCUSES is pretty simple: two men enter a competition to row across the Atlantic Ocean. First-time documentary filmmaker Luke Wolbach chronicles the men’s journey to the race and across the Atlantic, while
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Teriq Terguia
Starring: Ahmed Benaissa | Rachid Amrani | Samira Kaddour
Bruce says: “Some suspicious activity is going on with cargo at the airport; a man is having his photo taken standing in front of a painting with fake looking palms trees; a stun gun is fired; and a girl is
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