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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Siegrid Alnoy
Starring: Carlo Brandt | Catherine Mouchet | Sasha Andres
Bruce says: “ELLE EST DES NOTRES is a very black comedy although it is billed as drama. Christine (Sasha Andres) is an unemployed office worker getting temp jobs wherever she can. To cover up her precarious employment situation she often
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Dylan Moran | Kate Ashfield | Lucy Davis | Nick Frost | Simon Pegg
Beth says: “So last month or so, thanks to Clint’s last minute offer of a free pass to its Boston sneak preview, I went to see SHAUN OF THE DEAD almost 100% clueless about it (an exceedingly rare state for
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Anthony Mackie | Dania Ramirez | Ellen Barkin | John Turturro | Kerry Washington | Monica Bellucci | Woody Harrelson
Ivy says: “My phrase for this movie is: She Hate It. “Although Kerry Washington’s performance was good, and there were lots of good appearances from some of my other favorite indie actresses I do think that the film was more
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Rodrigo Bellott
Starring: Matt Cavanaugh | Matthew Guida | Ronica V. Reddick
Chris says: “I had mixed feelings about this ambitious but flawed first feature from director Rodrigo Bellott. Beginning in Bolivia and ending up at a prototypical American University, it tracks a cast of young adults undergoing various sexual awakenings, experiences
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Man Tat Ng | Stephen Chow | Wei Zhao | Yin Tse
Michael says: “This hilarious spoof on kung fu films blends the art of Shaolin kung fu and soccer! If that sounds wacky, then you’ve got a good idea what SHAOLIN SOCCER will give you. It’s also incredibly sweet, and awfully
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Rating: 3.6
Director: Catherine Breillat
Starring: Anne Parillaud | Ashley Wanninger | Bart Binnema | Dominique Colladant | Grégoire Colin | Roxane Mesquida
Michael says: “As a follow-up to the controversial FAT GIRL, Breillat serves up something highly original and self-reflexive. At the core of FAT GIRL’s controversy is a 12 – 20 minutes (depending on how you measure it) seduction/sex scene involving
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Director: Gary Yates
Starring: Jonas Chernick | Kevin Pollack | Liane Balaban
Bruce says: “Just when I think I’m tired of caper films, one comes along that seems to refresh the genre. SEVEN TIMES LUCKY is one of those surprises, not because the double-crosses are better than rival capers but because it
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Jean-François Pouliot
Starring: Dominik Michon-Dagenais | Guy-Daniel Tremblay | Nadia Drouin | Raymond Bouchard | Réal Bossé | Rita Lafontaine | Roc LaFortune
Michael says: “This charming, French Canadian film is in the vein of WAKING NED DEVINE and CHOCOLAT, in its sweet, inoffensive, feel-good storyline. These films always make me feel slightly uncomfortable when considered in the independent millieu. Why is it
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Starring: Belén Rueda | Celso Bugallo | Clara Segura | Javier Bardem | Joan Dalmau | Lola Dueñas | Mabel Rivera
Hilary says: “In portraying Ramon Sampedro, a Spanish quadriplegic who fought for the right to die, Javier Bardem is presented with a great acting challenge, as it all must be done using only his face and voice. Bardem is a
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Mika Ronkainen
Clinton says: “Back to the docs. I’d venture to call this one ‘cool and crazier,’ which, despite the cheesiness of the pun, is a pretty accurate reflection of the Screaming Men Choir. These Finnish rebels get together once a week
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