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Darwin’s Nightmare (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hubert Sauper

Bruce says: “DARWIN’S NIGHTMARE is an atypical political documentary. It understates its case. About fifty years ago a lone fisherman introduced Nile perch into Lake Victoria. Until that time Lake Victoria was a source of food for much of Tanzania.

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Crash (2005)

Amanda says: “I just saw CRASH last night and I cannot stop thinking about it. Sign of: good film that you want to share (like this), bad film that you want people to avoid (I don’t know if I should

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Cowards Bend the Knee (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Guy Maddin
Starring: Amy Stewart | Darcy Fehr | Melissa Dionisio

Chris says: “If Guy Maddin’s most accessible effort, THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD, failed to move you, I’m not even going to try to convince you to check out this hour-long film that was made roughly around the same

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The Constant Gardener (2005)

Bruce says: “Had anyone asked I would have said John Le Carré is prolific, but that is hardly the case considering he has published only eighteen novels in forty four years. “Le Carré (The Tailof of Panama, The Spy Who

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Côte d’Azur (2005)

Michael says: “This delightful French sex farce from the director of THE ADVENTURES OF FELIX, is a pleasure from start to finish. Mark and Béatrix are spending a summer in their seaside villa in Italy with their two teenaged children.

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The Common Wealth (2005)

Michael says: “I try to see any film that Carmen Maura appears in that is released in the States. I still think Pedro Almodóvar’s best films were during the Carmen Maura period. Carmen has done some mediocre films since she

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

Michael says: “Scot and I got passes to a special sneak preview of the much-anticipated THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE, the film version of the first part of C.S. Lewis’ children’s fantasy series. There

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The Chorus (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Christophe Barratier
Starring: François Berléand | Gérard Jugnot; Jean-Baptiste Maunier | Kad Merad | Marie Bunel

Michael says: “After Eric Jausseran’s ‘performance’ at the 11th Annual Chlotrudis Awards last March, I had to give Christophe Barristier’s THE CHORUS a try. Unfortunately, the little I expected from this treacly, sentimental French drama came to pass. A successful

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Childstar (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Don McKellar
Starring: Don McKellar | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Mark Rendall | Peter Paige

Michael says: “In what was surprisingly a disappointing film at the Festival (not because it was bad, but because of what McKellar has already produced), CHILDSTAR is the second film written and directed by Canadian talent Don McKellar after the

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Caterina in the Big City (2005)

By Michael Colford
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Paolo Virzi
Starring: AliceTeghil | Margherita Buy | Sergio Castellitto

Michael says: “CATERINA IN THE BIG CITY is a sweet little Italian coming-of-age film about a young girl, Caterina, who moves with her parents from a small village in Italy to Rome. In school, she finds herself torn between two

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