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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Emanuele Crialese
Starring: Aurora Quattrocchi | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Vincenzo Amato
Chris says: “Emanuele Crialese’s film puts a novel spin on the oft-told tale of Europeans immigrating to America in the early 20th Century: instead of fixating on a traveler’s first few proud, iconic moments in the new world, THE GOLDEN
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: David Munro
Starring: Alan Cumming | Judah Friedlander | Matt McGrath
Michael says: “I’m not a particular fan of male characters in film or literature who don’t want to grow-up. I’ve always had a little trouble with PETER PAN (although admit to really enjoying the 2003 film version). FULL GROWN MEN
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Andrea Staka
Starring: Ljubica Jovic | Marija Skaricic | Mirjana Karanovic
Bruce says: “This lovely, haunting film is first rate independent fare – wonderful characters, an offbeat story, and an ending that is enigmatic. Ruza came to Switzerland from Yugoslavia thirty years ago and has determinedly set about to find a
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Patrice Leconte
Starring: Daniel Auteuil | Dany Boon | Julie Gayet
Bruce says: “During a business dinner with other successful antique dealers, the subject of friendship comes up when François Coste (Daniel Auteuil) asks his business partner Catherine (Julie Gayet) the name of the attractive woman at the other end of
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Sterlin Harjo
Starring: Cody Lightning | Jeri Arredondo | Laura Bailey | Tamara Podemski
Chris says: “Sterlin Harjo’s first feature arrives nearly a decade after SMOKE SIGNALS promised a wave of Native American cinema that never really amounted to much. It’s another coming-of-age, leaving-the-Reservation tale, this time set and filmed in Oklahoma. The main
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Luis R. Vera
Starring: Adela Secall | Katty Kowaleczko | Tiago Correa
Bruce says: “It’s Patriot’s Day in Chile and the meaning of the occasion varies greatly person to person. Ostensibly Macarena’s (Adela Secall) parents have gathered the family to their country home to honor the approaching engagement of their daughter. Her
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