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5 min movie guide

a cinephile's take on indie and arthouse movies



ILLEGAL

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This overwhelmingly sad and chilling drama is the story of Tania, an undocumented immigrant and her 13 year old son who have escaped from Russia and for the past few years have been carving out a new life in Belgium. Tania  is paranoid about getting caught, and one day as she and the child momentarily … Continue reading



COLD WEATHER

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At the end of a rave review for this movie, in a throwaway line, eminent film critic Roger Ebert mentions that some people may find COLD WEATHER boring.  And I am so in that camp!   I usually find something redeeming about any edgy Indie movie, except I couldn’t for this uninteresting drab thriller set in … Continue reading



WHITE MATERIAL

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I finally got to see Clare Dennis’s movie that made nearly all the critics Top Ten Lists last year.  It came and went so quickly the first time around, that I blinked and missed it.  Same could be said about the multi-layer chaos of this movie’s story that if you blink you miss some potential … Continue reading



MAMA GOGO

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There are times in this well-intentioned movie dealing with Alzheimer’s when the plot steers off course that it seems as muddled as poor Mama Gogo herself.  Part quirky comedy, part family high drama, part satire on the local film industry, and part ghost story, this is the latest movie from one of the major forces … Continue reading



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