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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring: Dominique Sanda | Jean Reno | Nadia Fares | Vincent Cassell
Laura says: “A disappointment – I liked LA HAINE and enjoy Jean Reno, but THE CRIMSON RIVERS, while offering some rewards, overall just sank.” 2 cats For Laura’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/thecrimsonrivers.htm” Robin says: “The script, by Kassovitz and Jean-Christopher
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: DanielAuteuil | Gerard Depardieu | Thierry Lhermitte
Diane says: “Typical light French comedy–I laugh a lot in the first half, then get bored. I do have to say that Gerard is a great comic actor. 3 cats” Esme says: “I only watched this because I was
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Milla Jovovich | Nastassja Kinski | Peter Mullan | Sarah Polley | Wes Bentley
Kevin says: “Michael Winterbottom’s THE CLAIM was moderately successful, I felt. First of all, Wes Bentley was WRETCHED; I HATED him in this. I know it’s some sort of blasphemy but I just can’t really get into Sarah Polley; I
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Im Kwon-Taek
Starring: Cho Seung-Woo | Kim Sung-Nyu | Lee Hyo-Jeong
Diane says: CHUNHYANG is a version of an ancient Korean love story (and eight-hour opera). I loved it! The film moves very nicely between the contemporary opera performance and the past-time events. Rich colors, fascinating singing, good acting. I’ll be
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Fereshteh Sadr Orfani | Maryiam Palvin Almani | Nargess Mamizadeh
Diane says: “I finally saw THE CIRCLE, and think it’s excellent. The way the story slides from one woman to another is great, and I loved the constant close-ups, and the cinematography in general. I had to laugh to myself:
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Daniel Wyllie | David Field | Eric Bana | Simon Lyndon
Bruce says: “When Chopper (Eric Bana) received his 15 minutes of fame someone made a colossal decimal error. No one so repugnant should be so famous. This gruesome biopic tells the story of Mark Brandon ‘Chopper’ Read a notorious thug
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Patrick Stettner
Starring: Frederick Weller | Julia Stiles | Stockard Channing
Michael says: “While it’s true that the most disappointing thing about THE BUSINESS OF STRANGERS is its screenplay, I found the disappointing aspect was just that it didn’t really take any chances. It was pretty predictable, where I was hoping
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Wayne Wang
Starring: Carla Gugino | Molly Parker | Peter Sarsgaard
Emily says: “I thought this movie was the shallowest thing I’ve seen in years! I thought neither of the characters were realized in any form whatsoever and the trajectory of the relationship fizzled, was there really a relationship here at
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Rating: 0.5 cats
Director: Larry Clark
Starring: Bijou Phillips | Brad Renfro | Michael Pitt | Nick Stahl | Rachel Miner
Robin says: “BULLY depicts a microcosm, of our society of under-educated, under-motivated, under-employed and over-sexed teenagers with too much free time and, if Clark’s assessment is correct, under-supervised by their parents. Neither side comes across well in this tome of
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Kuroudo Maki | Masaya Kato | Omar Epps | Takeshi Kitano
Laura says: “Fans of Takeshi’s stylish violence will delight in the gunplay, Yubitsumes (the removal of a finger joint as apology), hari kiri and death-by-chopstick scenes peppered throughout his film, although newcomers may be left scratching their heads. Takeshi’s characters
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