August 8, 2009

Tricheuse (2009) *

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Utterly predictably French comedy about a young lawyer pretending to be married.

Fais-moi plaisir (2006) ***

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Les Derniers jours du monde (2009) ***

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Coco Chanel et Igor Stravinsky (2009) *

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Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante (2009) *

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À l'origine (2009) *

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Je l'aimais (2009) *

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Modern Love (2009) **

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A romantic comedy starring Stéphane Rousseau, Clotilde Courau and Bérénice Bejo.

Le Chant des mariées (2009) ***

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Les Beaux gosses (2009) ***

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Un Ange à la mer (2009) *

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Le Bal des actrices (2009) ***

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Barbe bleue (2009) **

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An impoverished young girl married a rich nobleman whose numerous wives all died under mysterious circumstances. Directed by Catherine Breil...

Coco avant Chanel (2009) **

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French drama about Coco Chanel, before she became an institution.

Micmacs à tire-larigot (2009) **

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A typical film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet - a bizarre "Rube Goldberg" comedy closer in spirit to "Delicatessen" than to ...

Les Herbes folles (2009) **

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Bizarre French film about a man becoming obsessed with a woman whose purse he has found.

OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (2009) ***

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Un Prophète (2009) ***

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Hadewijch (2009) ***

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Welcome (2009) *

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A Kurdish refugee from Iraq is trying to cross the English Channel. Politically-correct piety masquerading as a movie.

La Journée de la jupe (2009) **

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A teacher (Isabelle Adjani) takes her students hostage. A cross between "Entre les murs" and "The Negociator".

Villa Amalia (2009) *

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A famous pianist decides to leave her boyfriend and her career, and start a new life elsewhere.

Joueuse (2009) *

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A French film about chess, set in Corsica.
July 7, 2009

The Physics Of Water (2009) **

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Basically a modern-day, Italian adaptation of "Hamlet", but told from the point of view of a very young boy.

Camembert rose (2009) **

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Hungarian film about a conservative young man and his hedonistic father.

Winter Silence (2009) *

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Probably inspired by Carlos Reygadas' ''Stille licht'', but nowhere near as good. Set in a remote mountain hamlet, it...

Enen (2009) *

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A psychatrist is investigating a mysterious patient of his. Directed by Feliks Falk.

General Nil (2009) **

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The martyrdom of a Polish general - a hero of the resistence against the Nazis is arrested and executed by the Communists after the war.

Où vas-tu Moshe ? (2009) *

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Moroccan film about Jews leaving Morocco for Israel.

Daniel And Ana (2009) ***

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Losing Balance (2009) *

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Average drama about a German family.

Dirty Diaries (2009) ***

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Devil's Town (2009) ***

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Un Cuerpo desnudo (2009) ***

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The Seventh Circle (2009) **

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Disturbing Hungarian drama about suicidal children.

Crepuscule (2009) ***

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Distanz (2009) *

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German drama about a serial killer and a woman who loves him.

Sicak (2009) *

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Turkish drama about a fatal road accident.

Metastaze (2009) **

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Average film about petty drug smugglers. A coproduction between Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia.

Castillos de carton (2009) ***

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Angels With Dirty Wings (2009) ***

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Afonia i pszczoly (2009) ***

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3 Idiots (2009) ***

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An Indian "Dead Poets Society". A typical Bollywood roller-coaster, mixing slapstick comedy with genuine emotions.

General - zamach na Gibraltarze (2009) *

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Historical drama about the last days of General Wladyslaw Sikorski, the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces during World War II. A...

Drzazgi (2009) **

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Tragic and romantic film about love, ambition and many other problems. Set in a drab mining town in southern Poland, it's a depressing, ...

La Nana (2009) ***

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Made In Hungaria (2009) ***

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Lebanon (2009) ***

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Kinatay (2009) ***

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Film Ist A Girl And A Gun (2009) ***

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La Teta asustada (2009) *

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Dreadful Peruvian film about a very strange girl who puts a potato inside her vagina to avoid being raped. Inexplicably, it won a Golden Bea...

Mein (2009) ***

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Thirst (2009) ***

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El Traspatio (2009) ***

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Wojna polsko-ruska (2009) ***

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Black Blooded Brides Of Satan (2009) ***

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A Room And A Half (2009) ***

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Il Grande sogno (2009) ***

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El Secreto de sus ojos (2009) ***

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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009) ***

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The Girl Who Played With Fire (2009) ***

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Three Houses (2009) *

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Georgian drama in three parts, set in three different centuries, connected by the same painting.

Caja negra (2009) **

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Interesting Mexican film about the preparations for an assassination of a political leader.

Galerianki (2009) ***

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