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FEBRUARY 13 - FEBRUARY 19, 2007
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BROKEN SKY (dir: Julian Hernandez, Not Rated) – Three college students form a dangerous romantic triangle in this sexy Mexican drama. |
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THE CAVE OF THE YELLOW DOG (dir: Byambasuren
Davaa, G) – An adorable Mongolian nomad family add an adorable dog to their brood in director Byambasuren Davaa’s follow up to the hugely successful STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL. |
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*THE DEPARTED (dir: Martin Scorsese, R) – If Hollywood manages to produce a movie half as entertaining as this in 2007 I’ll be shocked. And if Scorsese doesn’t get that Best Director Oscar handed to him on a plate, there really is no justice in this world. |
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FRATRICIDE
(dir:Yilmaz Arslan, Not Rated) – Two young Kurdish refugees think they’ve got it made in Germany until a Turkish gang renews the cycle of violence they thought they’d left behind. |
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F**K (dir: Steve Anderson, Unrated) – From the makers of THE ARISTOCRATS comes this filthy ode to everyone’s favorite curse word. Personally, I find the adaptability of the word to be its strongest attribute. By my estimation there are no words in the English language more flowery and poetic than
bananaf**ker, congratuf**kinglations and f**kstick. |
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^HALF NELSON (dir: Ryan Fleck, R) – Ryan Gosling, in an Academy Award nominated performance, learns that although teaching junior high school is hard, it’s exponentially harder while trying to maintain your crack addiction. |
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HOSTAGE (dir: Constantine
Giannaris, Not Rated) – An Albanian immigrant hijacks a bus in northern Greece and sets off an international incident in this fact based thriller. |
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INFAMOUS (dir: Douglas McGrath, R) – If you thought CAPOTE was the definitive telling of the history behind IN COLD BLOOD, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by this similar riff on the story that stars Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Gwyneth
Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini and, last but not least, Sigourney Weaver. |
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MAN ABOUT TOWN (dir: Mike Binder, R) – Ben Affleck squanders the tiny career rebound he forged with HOLLYWOODLAND on this straight to DVD JERRY MCGUIRE wannabe. |
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MARIE ANTOINETTE (dir: Sophia Coppola, PG-13) – Sophia Coppola brings huge amounts of style to her interpretation of a costume epic. But how much substance? |
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MUTUAL APPRECIATION (dir: Andrew
Bujalski, R) – Andrew Bujalski follows FUNNY HA-HA by cementing his reputation as one of indie filmmaking’s new defining voices with MUTUAL APPRECIATION. His insightful portrayal of young people on the verge of romance in New York plays like ANNIE HALL for the jilted generation. |
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THE QUIET (dir: Jamie
Babbit, R) – A talented cast including Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Martin Donovan and Edie Falco can’t save this thriller from looking like a slightly sleazier version of POISON IVY. |
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RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES (dir: Zhang
Yimou, PG) – Zhang Yimou takes a break from the martial arts fantasy of HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS and CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER with this acclaimed story of a Japanese fisherman who travels to rural China to complete his dead son’s documentary. |
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SAMOAN WEDDING (dir: Chris Graham, Not Rated) – A young woman bans her party animal brother and his friends from her wedding unless they can prove their ability to behave. |
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SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS (dir: Todd Phillips, Not Rated) – Cameos by Ben Stiller and Sarah Silverman can’t save this washout of a Billy Bob Thornton/that-kid-from-NAPOLEON-DYNAMITE comedy. |
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SO GOES THE NATION (dir: James D. Stern / Adam Del
Deo, Not Rated) – This documentary sets up shop in Ohio for the 2004 election and watches the chaos unfold. |
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13 TZAMETI (dir: Gela
Babluani, Not Rated) – A young immigrant gets caught up in a mysterious game of life and death after overhearing a conversation that he believes will lead to riches. |
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TICKETS (dir: Abbas Kiarostami / Ken Loach / Ermanno
Olmi, Not Rated) – Three legendary filmmakers team up for these interwoven tales all set on a train trip across Europe. |
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TWO DRIFTERS (dir: Joao Pedro
Rodrigues, Not Rated) – A grieving gay man and an unstable young woman forge an unlikely bond in this festival favorite from Portugal. |
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THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON (dir: David Leaf / John
Scheinfeld, PG-13) – One of the cooler things about John Lennon was how much he annoyed Richard Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover. |
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WILD CAMP (dir: Christophe Ali / Nicolas
Bonilauri, Not Rated) – Lusty teenage girls. A creepy middle aged guy. Sometimes it’s like a movie just has to be from France. |
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ZOOM: ACADEMY FOR SUPERHEROES (dir: Peter Hewitt, PG) – There’s nothing I could say about Tim Allen that he hasn’t already thought himself. Now let’s leave him to cry into his whiskey glass alone. |
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