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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Patricia Clarkson | Paul Schneider | Zooey Deschanel
Michael says: “David Gordon Green is definitely a filmmaker to watch. The lush visuals and innovative storytelling style of his debut film GEORGE WASHINGTON caught the eye of many a Chlotrudis member, earning him nominations in the Best Original Screenplay,
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Brendan Gleeson | Christopher Eccleston | Cillian Murphy | Naomie Harris
Laura says: “Director Danny Boyle (TRAINSPOTTING) makes great use of the digital video format (with Dogme favorite, Director of Photography Anthony Dod Mantle (THE CELEBRATION) for his post-apocalyptic/undead ‘zombie’/survival tale. 28 DAYS LATER is short on real scares, but it
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Rating: 3.6
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Starring: Benicio Del Torro | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Clea DuVall | Melissa Leo | Naomi Watts | SeanPenn
Diane says: “Hey, I liked it! Knowing in advance that the story was contrived, I just went with it, and loved the perfs (main and supporting), directing, and cinematography. I accepted the main premise as kind of a silly HEAVEN
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Arik Kaplun
Starring: Evelyn Kaplun | Mosko Alkalai | Nir Levy | Shmil Ben Ari
Diane says: “Director Arik Kaplun, himself a Russian immigrant to Israel, looks at the hurdles faced by Russian immigrants in Tel Aviv. The Gulf War looms, a pregnant and penniless woman is abandoned by her husband, conflicts over money lead
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Bart Freundlich
Starring: Billy Crudup | Cleavant Derricks | Julianne Moore | Karen Allen | Liane Balaban
Michael says: “Freundlich’s second feature film (following THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS) tells the story of one man’s struggle with his father. Billy Crudup plays Cal, married with one son, successful architect, and facing deep abandonment issues revolving around his absent
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Emilie Dequenne | Monica Belluci | Samuel Le Bihan | Vincent Cassel
Bob says: “I thought it had a lot of style, and that it had clearly been influenced by Besson and the folks behind THE MATRIX (who were in turn influenced by just about everybody in Hong Kong). However, I also
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Yvan Attal
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg | Noémie Lvovsky | Terence Stamp | Yvan Attal
Michael says: “This delightful French film looks at a sports writer who has difficulty dealing with the fact that his wife is a famous actress. When she travels to London to work on a film that co-stars a well-known, actor,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Catherine McCormack | Elizabeth Hurley | Josh Lucas | Sarah Polley | Sean Penn
Michael says: “Completed in 2000, this schizophrenic film starring Sean Penn, Elizabeth Hurley, Sarah Polley and Catherine McCormack is finally being released this fall. Based on a best-selling Anita Shreve novel, and directed by action lenser Bigelow (NEAR DARK, POINT
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Larry Fessenden
Starring: Erik Per Sullivan | Jake Weber | John Speredakos | Patricia Clarkson
Michael says: “Larry Fessenden’s chilling tale of a family from the city encountering supernatural forces in the wilderness is also a deft character study that utilizes a lot of low- budget tricks in an excellent way. “George and Kim, along
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Joel Zwick
Starring: Andrea Martin | John Corbett | Lainie Kazan | Michael Constantine | Nia Vardalos
Ellen says: “For some reason I feel guilty about seeing MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING. On some level it seems mainstream and I haven’t seen anyone else post about it. But, I will announce here that I thoroughly enjoyed the
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