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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Starring: Barry Pepper | Julio Cedilo | Tommy Lee Jones
Carolyn says: “Though it was only 2 hours long it seemed quite a bit longer. I think it suffers from too many plot twists that don’t really add up to anything in the end. Also despite the fact that it
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Rating: 4.2 cats
Director: Keith Fulton | Louis Pepe
Starring: Harry Treadaway | Jane Horrocks | Luke Treadaway | Tom Bower
Michael says: “The directors of LOST IN LA MANCHA, Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe have constructed a false documentary set in the mid-70’s about two conjoined twins who are transformed by an entertainment promoter into a proto-punk musical act. The
Read the review...Bubble (USA; 73 min.) directed by:Steven Soderberghcast: Dustin James Ashley; Katherine Beaumier; Joyce Brookhart Bruce says: “Had Robert Bresson with his penchant for non-professional actors used Mike Leigh’s improvisational techniques, he might have made a film similar to BUBBLE,
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Julián Hernández
Starring: Alejandro Rojo | Fernando Arroyo | Miguel Á Hoppe
Bruce says: “BROKEN SKY is not a film that seduces its audience with flashy tricks or devices. It is a film that forces the viewer to do all the work, to discover its rhythm and fall in step. For those
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Leavitt | Lukas Haas | Nora Zehetner
Michael says: “Before seeing BRICK, Rian Johnson’s debut feature that combines lays the Noir genre over a high school setting, Beth said, ‘it’s sounding from reviews that you either buy into the conceit and enjoy the film, or you don’t
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Eric Steel
Bruce says: “The Golden Gate Bridge is a majestic beauty. Filmmaker Eric Steel captures the gorgeous orangey-red structure (it’s not really gold at all) from many angles. As the film begins he familiarizes his audience with all the activities on
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Heinz Bütler
Bruce says: “As Andrew Berends describes his film, ‘The primary objective of THE BLOOD OF MY BROTHER is to illustrate the infinite ripples of grief that follow the tragic killing of even just one person.’ When Ra’ad, an Iraqi photographer
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: François Delisle
Starring: Anne-Marie Cadieux | Frédérick De Grandpre | Joseph Bellerose | Stéphane Krau
Michael says: “LE BONHEUR C’EST UNE CHANSON TRISTE was presented at the Brattle Theatre by the Quebec Delegation of the Canadian Consulate. I would like to see more presentations such as this; we miss out on a lot of exciting
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Roland Vranik
Starring: Gergely Bánki | Péter Albert | Tamás Balikó
Bruce says: “From its description BLACK BRUSH (FEKETE KEFE) is a Hungarian slacker film featuring four novice chimney sweeps and a stoned goat. Sounds irresistible, no? The plot is whacky enough but the dialogue (hopefully a bad translation) is inane.
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Carlos Reygadas
Starring: Anapola Mushkadiz | Bertha Ruiz | Marcos Hernández
Chris says: “Coincidentally, I saw another Mexican film this week: Carlos Reygadas’ second feature which is also set in Mexico City but could easily have taken place on another planet. The film, in a nutshell: middle-aged, poor chauffer Marcos (Marcos
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