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Gett : The Trial of Vivane Amsalem

There are no such things as civil weddings or divorces in Israel so if a marriage fails then its all up to the male dominated Rabbinical Courts to decide the fate of any estranged couple and if they warrant a ‘Gett’ i.e. a Jewish divorce. In this new movie, the third in a trilogy of … Continue reading

GIMME THE LOOT

Sofia and Malcolm are a couple of teenage graffiti artists (taggers) from the Bronx who set their hearts on the twenty year somewhat impossible challenge to ‘bomb the apple’ i.e. spray paint the NY Met’s notorious giant apple that is shown every time they hit a home run.  This sweet naive pair believe that when … Continue reading

GINGER & ROSA

Ginger is a deadly serious teenager coming of age in London in the 1960’s at the height of the Cold War.  Up till now she has done everything together with her best friend Rosa but as Ginger starts  becoming a budding activist and a impassioned poet the girls start to drift apart.  Unlike Ginger, Rosa has … Continue reading

GIRL WALKS INTO A BAR

There is actually more than one girl in this group of apparent strangers who walk into 10 different Bars over the course of one night in Los Angeles.  In each bar there is a different story that sometimes has a tenuous link to the others in this engaging and somewhat fascinating movie. The pace starts … Continue reading

Girlhood

Life is pretty bleak in this concrete jungle of soul-less tower blocks of shabby apartments on this housing complex in a poor rundown suburb of Paris.  Sixteen year old Marieme is hoping that one day she will break out of there so for a better life so she does her school work, plays American football, … Continue reading

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