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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Adam Beach | Jesse Bradford | Ryan Phillippe
Bruce says: “I happen to respect Clint Eastwood as a filmmaker. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA is nothing short of magnificent. While my expectations were low going into FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, I was not fully prepared in spite of all
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jeff Zimbalist | Matt Mochary
Bruce says: “This enjoyable film follows a group of young men who eschew the gangster life of the favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro by turning to music instead of crime. FAVELA RISING is a good companion piece to BUS
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Director: Ash Christian
Starring: Ash Christian | Ashley Fink | Deborah Theaker | Jonathan Caouette
Michael says: “Our next film picked up on some of the bible-belt conflicts, but wrapped them in a teen comedy with a gay twist. FAT GIRLS is the directorial debut of 21-year-old, Texasn, Ash Christian. This refreshing tale may seem
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Avril Lavigne | Bobby Cannavale | Catalina Sandino Moreno | Ethan Hawke | Greg Kinnear | Paul Dano | Wilmer Valderrama
Bruce says: “Being a fan of Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation, I was looking forward to Richard Linklater’s fictionalized version of Schlosser’s multiple exposés of the fast food industry, the Colorado meat packing industry, and the US immigration policies (or
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Ellen Perry
Bruce says: “Campaigning against the Shining Path terrorists, Alberto Fujimori abolished congress, and created a court system in which enemies of the state were tried and sentenced by hooded judges. In a matter of months Fujimori transformed Peru from a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Daniel Burman
Starring: Arturo Goetz | Daniel Hendler | Julieta Diaz
Bruce says: “Daniel Burman’s FAMILY LAW is the third film in a trilogy about the meaning of family. In each film (WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH and LOST EMBRACE were the first two) a young man named Ariel (Daniel Hendler) is
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Bent Hamer
Starring: Adrienne Shelley | Didier Flamand | Fisher Stevens | Karen Young | Lili Taylor | Marisa Tomei | Matt Dillon
Bruce says: “Mickey Rourke fans and/or BARFLY fans should probably stay away from this film. Both BARFLY and FACTOTUM are based on the autobiographical novel penned by poet Charles Bukowski. FACTORUM traces the drinking marathons and sexual escapades of Henry/Hank
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Starring: Carolina Politi | Daniel Miranda | Danny Perea | Diego Cataño | Enrique Arreola
Chris says: “Here’s an early candidate for next year’s Buried Treasure award: this engaging black-and-white Mexican indie is about two fourteen-year-old best friends, Flama (Daniel Miranda) and Moko (Diego Catano). On one Sunday afternoon, they have Flama’s mother’s apartment to
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Róbert I. Douglas
Starring: Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson | Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson | Helgi Björnsson | Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir
Bruce says: “Although I did laugh several times at the campy one-liners that one would expect more from a US sitcom than an Icelandic feature film, ELEVEN MEN OUT is just not very good. Ottar (Björn Hlynur Haraldsson) is a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Matthew Barney
Starring: Björk | Matthew Barney
Bruce says: “If you have a taste for the bizarre, then this is a film for you. Matthew Barney (CREMASTER CYCLE) is known for his outrageous stories and his ability to dazzle visually. Barney’s craft is as likely to be
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