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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Sayles
Starring: Daryl Hannah | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Marcia Gay Harden | Mary Steenburgen | Rota Moreno | Susan Lynch | Vanessa Martinez
Michael says: “Maverick independent filmmaker John Sayles takes a look at the different paths open to children in modern-day Mexico in CASA DE LOS BABYS, a film that offers no answers, but highlights some terrific acting. The film is centered
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Andrew Jarecki
Bob G. says: “The most fascinating thing about this documentary is not only the subject matter, which is about as disturbing as anything you’ll ever see, but how filmmaker Andrew Jarecki maintains almost complete objectivity in his portrayal of the
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Delphine Gleize
Starring: Angela Molina | Chiara Mastroianni | Clovis Cornillac | Jacques Gamblin | Lio | Pascal Bongard
Ivy says: “This feature film debut is a daring challenge following 5 story lines as they intersect and eventually overlap starting with the simple connection of a bullfighting bull’s body parts after it has fought and been slaughtered. “The cinematography
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Todd Graff
Starring: Anna Kendrick | Daniel Letterle | Joanna Chilcoat | Robin de Jesus
Hilary says: “Normally I’m not a fan of ‘feel-good’ movies. However, CAMP won over my inner cynic through the successful combination of two guilty pleasures – the teen romantic comedy and the summer camp movie – with musical numbers. “I’m
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Eli Roth
Starring: Cerina Vincent | James DeBello | Joey Kern | Jordan Ladd | Rider Strong
Bob G. says: “(WARNING: Slight spoiler included) “CABIN FEVER is a nasty little genre picture that, if it took itself a hair more seriously, would be a B-Horror-Pic classic in a league at least close to films to which it
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Nigel Cole
Starring: Helen Mirren | John Alderton | Julie Walters | Linda Bassett
Bruce says: “When I first saw THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, & HER LOVER I was totally mesmerized by Helen Mirren. Her work in the ‘Prime Suspect’ series reinforced my high opinion of her. I should have known better
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Felipe Lacerda | José Padilha
Diane says: “BUS 174 is grueling — the docu about the Rio de Janeiro bus hostages. Director keeps the tension going for 2 hours, despite very little happening. Diversity of cinematographic effects is effective: long aerial shot of the city
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Director: Paul Hunter
Starring: Chow Yun-fat | Jaime King | Seann William Scott
Esmé says: “Okay, so this was utter crap, but I love Chow Yun Fat. But even he was semi lame in this dog. (A guardian of a sacred scrolls searches for the next guardian and finds it in this punk
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Gregor Jordan
Starring: Ed Harris | Glenn Fitzgerald | Joaquin Phoenix | Scott Glenn
Bob G. says: “Before BUFFALO SOLDIERS falls apart, at exactly the 3/4 mark, it is among the best and most compulsively watchable of the many military satires made. It contains horror that is at times as devastating as anything thrown
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Martin Doblemeier
Laura says: “Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born to a wealthy family in Breslau who were not avid churchgoers. His integrity, intellectual insights and standing with the ecumenical church marked him as a spiritual leader at a very young age, yet
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