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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Lorene Machado
Michael says: “This follow-up concert film to her terrific I’M THE ONE THAT I WANT, is more outrageous and funny… but a little less well put together. Obviously, if you like Cho, you’ll enjoy her films, if you don’t… stay
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Director: Finn Taylor
Starring: Brad Hunt | Lindsay Crouse | Liz Phair | Robin Tunney | Tim Blake Nelson
Hilary says: “Sad to say there have been few bright spots as I’ve been slogging through my end-of-year viewing. However, when I noticed that there weren’t any posted reviews on CHERISH I wanted to put my two cents in. “CHERISH
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Diane Kurys
Starring: Benoît Magimel | Juliette Binoche | Robin Renucci | Stefano Dionisi
Laura says: “In 1830’s Paris, an environment of rich in artistry and hedonism, George Sand (Juliette Binoche, CHOCOLAT) gives a public reading of her second novel, ‘Lelia,’ declaring that it is easier for a man to accuse a woman of
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Starring: Billy Crudup | Cate Blanchett | James Fleet | Michael Gambon | Rupert Penry-Jones
Laura says: “While CHARLOTTE GRAY can be an infuriating film at times, with its heroine who not once, but twice, travels a great distance on behalf of a man who may not be committed to her or even alive, it
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Rating: 3.6
Director: Michael Moore
Greg says: “Em and I saw this film at the Toronto Film Festival and it got like a 10 minute standing ovation after it screened. It’s more in-depth and serious than his other films, as it tackles the perplexing and
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Daniel Gold | Judith B. Helfand
Laura says: “When Judy Helfand’s parents had her childhood home sided with blue vinyl, she was determined to find a cost-effective, more environmentally friendly, alternative. Judy and her co-director Daniel Gold (who won the Sundance cinematography award for this) begin
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Allan Gildea | Gerard Crossan | James Nesbitt | Mary Mould
Laura says: “Writer/director Paul Greengrass (THE THEORY OF FLIGHT) consulted Don Mullan, author of Eyewitness Blood Sunday, who had read the hundreds of civilian accounts ignored by the first official inquiry into the massacre and decided to tell his story
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Arliss Howard
Starring: Arliss Howard | Debra Winger | Paul Le Mat | Rosanna Arquette
Robin says: “BIG BAD LOVE is definitely an interesting character study of a man on a downward spiral in his life. The self-destruction is, sometimes, painful to watch but the final note of redemption cushions Leon’s long fall, giving the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Henry Bean
Starring: Billy Zane | Ryan Gosling | Summer Phoenix | Theresa Russell
Laura says: “Ryan Gosling gives a breakout perf in this film about a conflicted Jew who’s become a Nazi skinhead. Henry Bean’s screenplay is of note as well.” 4 cats For Laura’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/thebeliever.htm” Robin says: “This is
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang
Starring: Lin Cui | Shuan Li | Xun Zhou | Yuanyuan Gao
Michael says: “Here was a startling film that begins as a charming, warm-hearted tale of a country boy struggling to cope with life in the big city of Beijing, and ends as a cynical, pointed look at today’s society, and
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