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Dr. Akagi
Akira Emoto, Kumiko Aso
Kino International, 2003
on the edge of war
+ In time of war . . .
+ A Very Good Film: From A Japanese Viewpoint!
+ I'll kill a whale for you!
+ Hepatitis everywhere
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Cenizas del Paraiso
Héctor Alterio, Cecilia Roth
Maverick, 2003
"You should have killed me, Ana"
+ Crime drama . . .
+ The wonderful Cecilia Roth leads this well-plotted Argentinian thriller
+ The kind of movie you don't forget...
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Daybreak
4th Row Films/Film Movement, 2006
amazing film
+ Touching Emotional Wallop
an amazing film. it gives the feel of a documentary in the beginning, sucking you into the reality and showing a different justice system -- one that emphasizes religion and the right of the family of the victim to decides the fate of the murderer, deciding whether the murderer will be executed or ...
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Comedy of Power
Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand
Koch Lorber Films, 2007
Chabrol's best since La Ceremonie.
+ Chabrol meets Prime Suspect
+ Claude Chabrol and Isabelle Huppert give us a vastly entertaining black comedy of venality and schadenfreude
Claude Chabrol has never been one of my favorite "New Wave" directors. His dissections of bourgeois hypocrisy can be a little dry. But he does have the tendency of pulling a magic rabbit out of his hat just when you least expect it, and The Comedy of Power is one such rabbit, a film that seems to ...
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Taking Sides
Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård
New Yorker Video, 2004
No Easy Answers
+ A fascinating look at musical denazification
+ Taking sides
+ Whose side are you on?
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In July [Im Juli]
Cem Akin, Sándor Badár
KOCH LORBER FILMS, 2004
This movie is adorable!
+ Road movie . . .
+ This a good romance comedy
+ Leaves you feeling good.
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Family Law
Jean Pierre Reguerraz, Daniel Hendler
Ifc, 2007
Family ties that bind and heal......
+ Fathers and sons . . .
+ A Wonderful Movie
+ "It's a shame you have to go so far away to breathe"
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Conejo en la Luna
Reece Dinsdale, Lorraine Pilkington
Lions Gate, 2007
very good purchase
+ Mexican film noir . . .
+ Conejo en la luna
+ Scary
+ Good thriller, fiction or reality?
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Yi Yi - Criterion Collection
Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin
Criterion, 2006
"Maybe We Only See Half of the Truth"
+ No need for second chances . . .
+ Tender Portrait of Taiwan
+ I Want To Tell People Things They Don't Know...
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Lost Embrace
Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg
Cameo Media
a strong second installment in Daniel Burman's trilogy.......
+ Father and son . . .
+ Buenos Aires Colorful Community
+ Hussling in Buenos Aires
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Zelary
Anna Geislerová, György Cserhalmi
Sony Pictures, 2005
Czech Republic is the Star of this Film
+ Book to film . . .
+ Heros and Villans
+ Very satisfying and well directed
+ Love redefined
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Cautiva
Bárbara Lombardo, Susana Campos (II)
Koch Lorber Films, 2007
if showing to students, beware
+ Desaparecidos . . .
+ Heart Rending
+ REQUIRED VIEWING !
+ The Continuing Mystery of Argentina's 'Desaparecidos'
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12:08 East of Bucharest
Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban
Tartan Video, 2007
'The Human Comedy'
+ You say we had a revolution . . .
+ Start the Revolution Without Me
In America it's frequently a topic of conversation: "Where were you when President Kennedy was assassinated?" Most likely for another generation it will be, "Where were you during the events of 9/11?" For Romania's `12:08 East of Bucharest,' television talk show host, Jderescu (Ion Sapdara), ...
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Beaufort
Alon Aboutboul, Ohad Knoller
KINO INTERNATIONAL, 2008
Superb military movie!
+ What's missing
+ Good film, but read the book . . .
A small contingent of Israeli Defense Force soldiers defend an ancient fortress outpost in southern Lebanon. Based on the book by Ron Leshem , "Beaufort" depicts long stretches of boredom and tedium are interrupted by terrifying mortar and rocket attacks from Hezbollah.
After years of ...
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La Haine (Criterion Collection)
Vincent Cassel, Saïd Taghmaoui
Criterion, 2007
The French "Do the right thing"
+ Powerful Stuff
+ Who's Gun is it Anyway?
+ Hip Hop, France, and Viva La Revolution!
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