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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Chris Gorak
Starring: Mary MCcormack | Rory Cochrane | Tony Perez
Jason says: “No-one uses the word ‘terrorism’ in RIGHT At YOUR DOOR, but that’s not because it’s irrelevant to the movie. It’s all about terror, and the fear that comes from not knowing what just happened, what’s going to happen, and
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Rating: 1.75
Director: John Turturro
Starring: Bobby Cannavale | James Gandolfini | Kate Winslet | Mandy Moore | Steve Buscemi | Susan Sarandon
Diane says: “Zany beginning fades to a ragged story in John Turturro’s third outing as director. James Gandolfini opens with an all-out singing and dancing number on the street of his Brooklyn neighborhood, supported by garbagemen et al. His wife,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Terry George
Starring: Eddie Alderson | Elle Fanning | Jennifer Connelly | Joaquin Phoenix | Mark Ruffalo | Mira Sorvino | Sean Curley
Bruce says: “Were the acting not so good, my recommendation would be to not bother with this overwrought drama which is reminiscent of IN THE BEDROOM with its vengeful father and WE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE and THE ICE STORM
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Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Koji Yakusho | Manami Konishi | Tsuyoshi Ihara
Bruce says: “RETRIBUTION is a thought-provoking mixed genre film – . part police procedural, part horror, part thriller – which is a bit of a muddle. The acting, editing, set design and cinematography are all outstanding so there is much
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Christian Bale | Jeremy Davies | Steve Zahn
Michael says: “I’m not a fan of war films, but leave it Werner Herzog to get me to go to one, and even to enjoy it for the most part. Of course, in most ways, RESCUE DAWN isn’t your typical
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring: Andrew Armour | Kate Dickie | Martin Compston | Natalie Press | Paul Higgins | Tony Curran
Bruce says: “Andrea Arnold is getting lots of attention these days. RED ROAD won the Jury Prize at Cannes and Best Film at the Miami International Film Festival. RED ROAD has interesting origins. With an Academy Award for her short
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Izzy Diaz | Kel O'Neill | Mike Figueroa | Patrick Carroll | Rob Devaney | Ty Jones
Jay says: “Remember MTV Unplugged? It was a series of specials where rock stars would do an acoustic set, relying on craft and material rather than raw power. Brian De Palma is doing something similar with REDACTED; he was a
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jessica Yu
Michael says: “I’ve been looking forward to seeing PROTAGONIST since I read about it a couple of months before it played at the Independent Film Festival of Boston last April. Unfortunately I missed it at the IFFB, but I got
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alain Resnais
Starring: André Dussollier | Isabelle Carré | Lambert Wilson | Laura Morante | Pierre Arditi | Sabine Azéma
Bruce says: “Alain Resnais is eighty four and by now must have had plenty experience feeling lonely. PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES is all about loneliness and appears the work of a subject matter expert. Theirry (André Dussollier) is a
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Davide Ferrario
Bruce says: “In January, Primo Levi was released from Auchowitz where he had been incarcerated since February 1944. His journey home to Turin, Italy, took him almost a year. He and other freed Italian prisoners travelled through Poland, the Ukaraine,
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