Changing Times (France; 90 min.) directed by: André Téchinéstarring: Catherine Deneuve; Gérard Depardieu; Gilbert Melki Chris says: “André Téchiné‘s latest reunites Catharine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu as once-lovers who meet up after three decades apart. Actually, Depardieu’s never gotten
Read the review...Camp Out (2006)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Kirk Marcolina | Larry Grimaldi
Bruce says: “CAMP OUT is a documentary about the first of a kind – a Christian Bible camp for gay teenagers. The camp is Bay Lake Camp in rural Minnesota. These teens are not runaways or problem children; they’re just
Read the review...Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Chris Paine
Bruce says: “The story of the electric car is not a tale of fiction or sci-fi. The car was introduced to the marketplace in 1996 in response to a mandate from the State of California for reducing overall emission standards.
Read the review...Caché (2006)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.9
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Annie Girardot | Bernard Le Coq | Daniel Auteuil | Juliette Binoche | Maurice Bénichou
Michael says: “Michael Haneke brings to Toronto a most disturbing and challenging film with CACHÉ. This is the type of film that leaves you scratching your head, a pondering what it was you just saw. This is the type of
Read the review...Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2006)
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
Read the review...Brothers of the Head (2006)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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 (2006)
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,
Read the review...Broken Sky (2006)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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
Read the review...Brick (2006)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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
Read the review...The Bridge (2006)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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