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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Tom says: “at times…. there’s quite a few verybad decisions in this movie (as with just about every Godzilla movie). I have several reactions to this movie. ‘The cheesy bits are AWFUL. There’s one scene early on set in New
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Mohsen Abdolvahab | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Starring: Bahram Radan | Fatemeh Motamed Arya
Bruce says: “GILANEH is a grim, unsettling portrait of an Iranian mother who sees her family torn asunder by war. The war is the eight year Iranian-Iraqi war. The first half of the film takes place during the last days
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Deborah Koons Garcia
Michael says: “This documentary falls into the recent flood of films teaching the viewer about the evils of the corporate culture that is so pervasive in our society today. The filmmakers start with the fascinating and somewhat frightening chain of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Starring: Andrew Bujalski | Christian Rudder | Kate Dollenmayer
Michael says: “I really enjoyed FUNNY HA HA, and would recommend a trip to the theatre to see it. The performances, especially the lead actress are really great… very natural. There is an element of Woody Allen to the story,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ira Sachs
Starring: Darren E. Burrows | Dina Korzun | Rip Torn
Chris says: “A surprise Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, this film from director Ira Sachs (THE DELTA) is also firmly entrenched in the music industry, specifically Memphis’. Alan (Rip Torn) is a veteran white jazz/blues musician. His estranged son, Michael
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Vimukthi Jayasundara
Starring: Hemasiri Liyanage | Kaushalaya Fernando | Nilupili Jayawardena
Bruce says: “THE FORSAKEN LAND is testimony of the long term effects of civil war on a small village in Sri Lanka. A soldier and his wife live with his sister in a remote house which is nothing more than
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Bradley Beersley
Chadd says: “To begin our spate of ‘Rockumentaries’ in 2005, we have this film centered around the Flaming Lips. Though the film presents many good stories about the band, its members, and its members’ exploits, it ultimately is not a
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Starring: Fernando Tejero | Guillermo Toldeo | Luis Varela | Mónica Cervera
Bruce says: “This silly farce is successful because of the brilliant comedic performances of the two leads, Guillermo Toledo and Mónica Cervera. Toledo plays Rafael Gonzalez, ambitious manager of the women’s department of a leading Madrid department store; retail is
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Alain Corneau
Starring: Kaori Tsuji | Sylvie Testud | Taro Suwa
Bruce says: “Social satire is tricky business and I, more often than not, find it distasteful. Not so in the case of FEAR AND TREMBLING a wonderful satire of the clash between Japanese corporate culture and the shocking ‘western’ behavior
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Louise Archambault
Starring: Juliette Gosselin | Macha Grenon | Sylvie Moreau
Bruce says: “The human body contains 50 million cells and each one of those cells contains the genetic code of our heritage. It is certain that DNA determines things like hair color and the size of the foot. FAMILIA wonders
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