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The new york international film and video festival
New York edition : fall 2010

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The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival About NYIIFVF The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival was founded in 1993 by entertainment guru Stuart Alson. NYIIFVF has been recognized by the film and entertainment industry as one of the leading film events on the independent festival circuit. The festival is now hosting film, music and art events in the four entertainment capitals of the United States: New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Miami.

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NYIIFVF attracts many global entries, including: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Tunisia and the U.K. The scope of the festival ranges from high profile to novice, so one experiences an array of films and individuals driven by independent movie making. Past festivals have included the work of Abel Ferrara, Andy Garcia, Calista Flockhart, Cameron Diaz, Christopher Walken, Daryl Hannah, Eva Herzigova, Guy Pearce, George Clooney, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Modine, Rod Steiger, Tippi Hedren, Tony Danza, Willem Dafoe and Executive Producer Vin Diesel.

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87 films premieres from 30 countries at Documenta 10

In its 7th year, DOCUMENTA MADRID continues its commitment to quality in its Competitive sections, which for the second consecutive year will be making their premieres in Spain. Of the 1153 documentaries submitted to competition, 87 have been selected. By category, there will be: 38 films in the Original Documentary Film Competition (18 full-length and 20 short films); 22 in the Documentary Competition and 27 in the National Competition (11 full-length and 16 short films) ... click here to read more

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India's Udaan chosen for Cannes, Shekhar Kapur on jury

Meenakshi Shedde: Thursday, April 15, 2010 18:41 IST

Mumbai: India has two distinctions at the Cannes film festival this year so far. Shekhar Kapur has been selected on the feature film jury of the festival. His fellow jurors include Tim Burton (jury president), British actress Kate Beckinsale, and Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro.

The 63rd Cannes film festival is being held from May 12-23, 2010.
Udaan is Motwane’s debut feature film and part of the official selection of the festival.
“I’m very happy that my first film has been selected by the Cannes festival,” Motwane said. “I seriously could not imagine that something like this would happen. Christian Jeune, director of films, confirmed the news by email this morning.” ... click here to read more
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The 60th Berlinale--Retrospektively Speaking

The Retrospektive at the Berlinale usually excites all types of film historians, curators, museum personnel, and other interested parties--especially when it's a German subject. This year, a restored version of Fritz Lang's 1927 Metropolis trumped the Retrospektive itself, which was a look-back at significant and sometimes controversial films shown at the film festival since it began in 1951--in far warmer June weather.

Many of these films are quite familiar now: In the Realm of the Senses, The Deer Hunter, or even Powell and Pressburger's The Tales of Hoffmann. One can obtain these from any video store. There was a large crowd for the showing I caught of Clouzot's Le Salaire de la Peur, but it began by being accidentally screened in widescreen format. After that was corrected, the film’s exposition seemed endless, and hardly classic, before the actual dynamite truck ride began ... click here to read more

Wake in Fright: April 19, 21, 22 (MA)

Violence and mature themes

Australia 1971
A CLASSIC

Director: Ted Kotcheff
Script: Evan Jones (after a novel by Kenneth Cook)
Featuring: Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Donald Pleasence, Jack Thompson, John Meillon, Slim de Grey, Maggie Dence, Norm Erskine, Sylvia Kay, Peter Whittle, Al Thomas, Jacko Jackson
Budget: AUD$800, 000
Running time: 104 minutes
HISTORY: Click Here for Wikipedia Notes

David Stratton's Review: John Grant, (GARY BOND) is a schoolteacher bonded to the NSW Education Department and assigned to a tiny school in a remote community in the far west of the state.

While returning to Sydney for the Christmas summer break, he stops overnight at Bundayabba, popularly known as The Yabba, where he discovers that the friendliness and the hospitality of the locals, led by local cop Jock Crawford, (CHIPS RAFFERTY), has a decidedly sinister side to it ... click here to read more

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Imagine: Andy Warhol Denied/ Telegraph – Oct 5 2007 ...The controversy surrounding some of Andy Warhol's early works raises fundamental questions about the methods of one of the greatest artists of the last century, says Richard Dorment, who takes part in a BBC investigation to be shown tonight ... The single most important thing you can say about a work of art is that it is real, that the artist to whom it is attributed made it. For, until you are certain that a work of art is authentic, it is difficult to say much else that is meaningful about it. Connoisseurship, the separation of the real from the fake, is the cornerstone on which our understanding of any artist's work is based ... That is why Andy Warhol: Denied, which is being shown tonight as part of the BBC's Imagine… series, is worth watching ... Click here to read & see more

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"I dont know anything about picasso-except that hes famous for his abstracts,and if someone mentioned something about him I might recognize it-and wasnt he born in italy or something?(Im just as bad with any other famous artist)"

"Me and a film student are going to film me watching this. I'm gonna smoke a cigarette at the same time he does and then say, "this movie sucks". It will be glorius"

KATYN: April 12, 14, 15 (15+)

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After Easter

Genre: Drama Run Time: 117 minutes Rated: R 15+
Country: Poland Director: Andrzej Wajda

The Boat That Rocked

Could do better ... much better!

VILLAGE TWIN SCREWup!

It is the 21st Century and you would think that a movie theatre would be across the issue of projecting a movie. For some reason the March 31st LFS showing of "The Boat That Rocked" at Launceston's Village Twin Cinema the screen blacked out! Why? Well it was all rather reminiscent of the days when delinquent, inept or 'dysfunctional' projectionists serially – sometimes surreally – forgot to change the reels or got them in the wrong order or something of the like.

But hey, this is a decade into the 21st Century! You have to wonder. One might argue that this is a minor misdemeanor. By itself it might be but it doesn't stop there. For some curious reason that night there are reports of cinema staff "doing laps of the theatre" asserting their presence. Presumably this was because some members of the audience were getting a little rowdy as they laughed and remembered their youth – shame on them! Perhaps that's the reason for the black out. Perhaps it was intended to provide a 'nostalgic moment' of dysfunctionalism? But it doesn't stop there.

At the end of the film while the credits were showing the curtains closed and the lights came on to shoo the audience out. Like this was an audience of cinema buffs being treated like mildly delinquent school kids. You have to ask who is in charge of marketing at this joint?! When a loyal audience is treated with disdain this sort of question needs to be asked.

When an audience spills out into the foyer after a showing to see it empty the note that one writes to oneself is that "this theatre owes us something." But no, it seems they have a different world view.

While one waits in a LFS cue to enter a theatre to see half a dozen patrons empty out of the previous showing you know that "this theatre owes us something." But it is a monopoly and because it is it can massage the delusion that "they'll put up with what we offer."

Well maybe, just maybe it is time for the LFS to look at its alternatives – and to its membership for guidance. When is enough actually enough?

DISCLAIMER: The post is the opinion of a small group of members and it does not purport to be representative of 'the committee's' view. It just aims to engage them – the committee & the theatre management – in a critical discourse towards better outcomes!

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Due to technical and intellectual difficulties there have been extraordinary difficulties experienced by the committee over the past month in getting AGM voting figures to the members. One of these difficulties has been that this BLOG has been on their case to do as they committed to do. We can claim no success whatsoever except for the fact that this information didn't slip into the ether never to be seen again. LET'S MOVE ON!

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A Short Movie

MOVING ON: A Dangerous Idea, A Paradigm Shift

Capitalism: A Love Story: A Twist?

Now you do not have to approve of something to report it but it is sometimes interesting to simply report what is going on and see what role the moving images plays in it. This week Michael Moore wrote to 'the faithful' saying ... " This weekend over a thousand homes across America will be hosting viewing parties of my latest film, "Capitalism: A Love Story." I'd like to invite you to be part of this great shared event. And I will be there live, over the phone, at many of them to talk to you and take your questions ... MoveOn.org is launching a huge new campaign to take back democracy from the corporations and lobbyists" ... CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL TEXT

Today And Tomorrow (Hoy Y Mañana) Movie Review

A Movie About Principle And Valuable Moral Lessons

Mar 19, 2010 Ingrid Calderon A fierce look at an underground world of stakes and compromises: Director Alejandro Chomski takes us on an exhilarating yet saddening ride through impoverished Buenos Aires, Argentina in his movie Today and Tomorrow (Hoy y Mañana). Winner of the Havana Film Festival, Today and Tomorrow brings attention to a subject as taboo as prostitution and gives it a new light. Set in Buenos Aires, and starring Antonella Costa, Today and Tomorrow follows Paula, a struggling 24 yr. old actress, whom can’t get her rent paid or her bills in line.

While she is running around town stealing food while trying to ask for monetary favors from important men in her life, such as her father and uncle, coming up short. She is also propositioned in the theatre where she performs, from her mentor, whom sees her struggling to make ends meet, and asks Paula to sleep with him in order to pay some bills ... Click here to read more

The Boat That Rocked: March 29 & 31 Mar & 1 April

Coarse language, sexual references and nudity

U.K. 2009
Director: Richard Curtis
Featuring: Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Running time: 116 minutes Margaret: 3.5 Stars David: 3 Stars

Review by David Stratton: In 1966, Radio Rock, based on a boat anchored outside Britain’s three-mile limit, broadcasts the kind of rock ‘n’ roll the BBC largely ignored to an enthusiastic listening audience of mostly young people. Radio Rock is managed by Quentin, (BILL NIGHY) whose nephew Carl, (TOM STURRIDGE) expelled from school, is sent to live on the boat ... The broadcasters are a mixed bunch with a variety of problems and obsessions. Radio Rock has an implacable enemy in government minister Sir Alistair Dormandy, (KENNETH BRANAGH) who vows to shut it down ... Click here to read more

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SKIN: Sometime Perhaps?

Skin English Movie South Africa

• Date of release : October 30th, 2009
• Director : Anthony Fabian
• Writer : Helen Crawley
• Starring: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge, Ella Ramangwane
• Studio : Elysian Films
• Genre: Drama
• Rating: PG-13 thematic material, some violence and sexuality
• Runtime : 1 hour 47 minutes
• More Details: Click here

Synopsis : On Sunday, November 16th, I (freemovie bloger) attended a screening of Skin, an independent film directed by Anthony Fabian. This film was one of several featured at this year's St. Louis International Film Festival (November 13th - November 23rd). Skin is based on the true story of Sandra Laing, a biracial girl born to parents Abraham and Sannie Laing, both of whom are white Afrikaners, and is set in South Africa during the apartheid era. Sandra is biracial because of what's known in genetics as a throwback, an anomaly in which the black genes in her parents' ancestry never manifested until she was born. Nevertheless, Abraham (Sam Neill) and Sannie (Alice Krige) raise Sandra as a white girl.

Skin Hollywood Movie Review : The young Sandra (Ella Ramangwane) is tormented in school by her classmates, the teachers, and the principal, because of her appearance. Consequently, the government classifies her as Coloured (the South African term for multiracial), and she's .... click here to read more and see the trailer

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Séraphine de Senlis

Once in a while one has to say what one has to say. If you go to the movies and get freaking bored then why be polite and not say so. It’s understood that there is someone on the committee who sees it as their role in life to bring to Launceston “interesting movies for interesting people.”

Well, please no more of this boring stuff filmed in pretty landscapes, and Senlis' quaint and quirky streetscapes, that was Séraphine.

Maybe I am out of step. Maybe I’ve missed the point. Maybe I am just not an “interesting person.” The long and the short of it is that this movie was a waste of two hours. I stayed awake only because I did not want to be accused of being “uninteresting.” For much the same reason I didn’t leave the theatre.

The best bit about this movie is that it wasn’t some Hollywood blockbuster or other. But in a way, it was the worst thing as well. If it had been one of those, it would have been all right to walk out. You would get the "interesting" vote for that I suspect.

Thank goodness for mothers because they are needed to love ugly children. Blessed be the creators of pretty landscapes however. They save us a little boredom. And, heaven preserve us from those who aspire to be interesting people and who go out of their way looking for interesting movies to dish up to interesting people.

Len Meltien

Seraphine: March 22, 24, 25 (G)

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Margaret Pomeranz says "Not having been a major fan of French films lately it was a joy to come across SERAPHINE, the Cesar-winning film about Seraphine Louis, played by YOLANDE MOREAU. SERAPHINE was a deeply religious, solitary and eccentric character who worked as a maid in the town of Senlis, north-east of Paris. A maid by day and an artist by night ... click here to read more

Rottentomatoes say " Rating:7.5/10 ... Consensus: Seraphine is a well-crafted French film that effectively captures one woman's experience with art, religion, and mental illness, and features a brilliant performance from Yolande Moreau ... Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min ... US Box Office: $557,682 ... Synopsis: Based on a true story, Seraphine centers on Séraphine de Senlis (Moreau), a simple and profoundly devout housekeeper whose brilliantly colorful canvases now adorn some of the most famous galleries... click here to read and see more

MOVIE REVIEW June 05, 2009 KENNETH TURAN, TIMES FILM CRITIC: "When we first meet Seraphine de Senlis, it's hard not to feel confused. This most ordinary of women, this overweight housekeeper trudging heavily through cobblestone streets in a shapeless black dress, she could not possibly be the subject of a major French motion picture, let alone one that won seven Cesars, including best film, best screenplay, best cinematography and best actress for star Yolande Moreau. There must be some kind of mistake ... click here to read more

CEDAR BOYS

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SATURDAY 20th MARCH
6pm for 6.30pm start

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NEWNHAM DRIVE, NEWNHAM

FILMS

BURMA VJ - Reporting from a closed country 2009 MA 15+, 1hr, 25mins

In dictatorships like Burma, journalism becomes a dangerous, illicit act. With foreign journalists barred from the country in 2007, a group of videographers risk their lives to record protests in the country & the violent repression that follows - to keep the world informed of events in Burma during a military rebellion. Includes footage by Toe Zaw Latt, Thailand Bureau Chief, Democratic Voice of Burma. Winner of over 40 international awards & Oscar-nominated documentary... click here to read more

$5 donations gratefully accepted for the Democratic Voice of Burma

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A Day with Fresh Xpress G 15mins 2006

A film promoting awareness of the transition to a new country & experiences of a local migrant youth group Fresh Xpress settling in Devonport, Tasmania. Filmed/edited by Jacob Gleeson; produced with assistance of Devonport City Council & The Zone - Youth Information & Access Centre

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The Secret Country – The First Australians Fight Back PG 1hr 20mins 1985

John Pilger uncovers & explores the rich diversity & ingenuity of a remarkable people – Australia’s Aboriginal people. He discovers a country affected by a shameful past that resonates from acts of colonial prejudice. 2nd prize Anthropology category, American Film Festival 1986

University of Tasmania
Wide Angle Tasmania
State Library of Tasmania
A Migrant Resource Centre North
Enquiries: Ph. 6332 2211,

Rite of Love & Death (1966)

Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) foreshadowed his own violent suicide with this ravishing short feature, his only foray into filmmaking, yet made with the expressiveness and confidence of a true cinema artist. All prints of Patriotism (Yžkoku), which depicts the seppuku of a army officer, were destroyed after Mishima's death in 1970, though the negative was saved, and the film resurfaced thirty-five years later. New viewers will be stunned at the depth and clarity of Mishima's vision, as well as his graphic depictions of sex and death. RUNTIME: 28:55 ... From ubuWEB Film

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CEDAR BOYS: March 15, 17, 18 (MA)

Emily Dunn & Elicia Murray ... July 7, 2008
WHEN Les Chantery accepted a role in the Australian director Serhat Caradee's film Cedar Boys, it meant turning down a possible future as the next Luke Perry or Jason Priestley. The Los Angeles-based, Sydney-born actor had completed a test for a character in 90210, a where-are-they-now spin-off of the '90s TV hit Beverley Hills 90210. However, he decided against further auditions when Caradee told him Cedar Boys had received a green light ... "I hadn't got the role [in the television series] yet but I was at a stage where you have to sign a contract, meaning you can't do other things in the meantime," Chantery told SiT from Maroubra, where he is halfway through the four-week shoot ... In the story of a group of young Australian Lebanese men ... click here to read more

Review by David Stratton

In CEDAR BOYS, Tarek, LES CHANTERY, a Lebanese-Australian, lives with his parents and little sister in Sydney’s western suburbs; his older brother, Jamal, BREN FOSTER, is serving a prison sentence for an unspecified crime and can’t afford the money for an appeal ... Tarek sees the chance to help his brother when his mate, Nabil, BUDDY DANNOUN, who works as a cleaner in a block of flats, observes some suspicious comings and goings and suspects an apartment is being used as a drug depot – Nabil persuades Tarek to help him steal the drugs. They enlist their drug dealer friend Sam, WADDAH SARI, to help move the pills and they start to reap the profits ... Meanwhile Tarek has met Amie ... click here to read more

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Coco Avant Channel: Score

Perhaps this is one of those greatest untold stories that in the end was pretty much left untold. But as is often the case the landscapes scored well. It is possible that we need movies like this to fill out the program and put an edge on all those movies accused of being dark and riddled with angst. Rather than spell it out we'll leave you with the symbolism!

Save the Elephants: STOP BLOODY IVORY

Even if this is NOT YET a movie it is time to do something no matter how small

This week, two countries are seeking to break the worldwide ban on ivory trading, a decision that could wipe out whole elephant populations – and bring these magnificent animals closer to extinction.

But many African states and conservationists support extending the ban on elephant-slaughtering ivory trade. The decision will be made at a UN meeting in Doha on 13 March, and global public opinion could tip the balance!

Sign the petition now using the form below, then spread the word -- let's deliver hundreds of thousands of signatures to the UN convention before it's too late.

Tanzania and Zambia are lobbying the UN for special exemptions from the ban, but this would send a clear signal to the ivory crime syndicates that international protection is weakening and it's open-season on elephants. Another group of African states have countered by calling to extend the trade ban for 20 years.

Our best chance to save the continent's remaining elephants is to support African conservationists. We only have 5 days left and the UN Endangered Species body only meets every 3 years. Click below to sign our urgent petition to protect elephants, and forward this email widely. The petition will be delivered to the UN meeting in Doha: Click here to sign

Click here to watch an elephant video

Some perspective on all this

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Life In America

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Michael Moore Says ...

Michael Moore says that "the best movie he saw this year won't be winning any awards tonight at the Oscars. It wasn't even nominated for anything. In fact, it wasn't even shown in the United States. Yet, I'm confident that, if you had had a chance to see it, you would likely agree with me that this is a brilliant film, a rare gem."

It's called Troubled Water and it is from Norway. Erik Poppe's 'Troubled Water' highlights two cinematic archetypes that have recently gained currency: the child murderer and the bereaved mother. But here, the two figures form equal sides of the same narrative coin in a brilliantly conceived, magisterially orchestrated drama ... read more of this here

Michael Moore's taste is just that, Michael Moore's taste but he has just put out his list of the 20 "best pictures" he saw in 2009. For what it is worth here is his list:

1. "Troubled Water"
2. "Everlasting Moments" - A wife in the early 20th century wins a camera and it changes her life (from Sweden).
3. "Captain Abu Raed" - This first feature from Jordan tells the story of an airport janitor who the neighborhood kids believe is a pilot.
4. "Che" - A brilliant, unexpected mega-film about Che Guevara by Steven Soderbergh.
5. "Dead Snow" - The scariest film I've seen in a while about zombie Nazis abandoned after World War II in desolate Norway.
6. "The Great Buck Howard" - A tender look at the life of an illusionist, based on the life of The Amazing Kreskin starring John Malkovich.
7. "In the Loop" - A rare hilarious satire, this one about the collusion between the Brits and the Americans and their illegal war pursuits.
8. "My One and Only" - Who would have thought that a biopic based on one year in the life of George Hamilton when he was a teenager would turn out to be one of the year's most engaging films.
9. "Whatever Works" - This was a VERY good Woody Allen film starring the great Larry David and it was completely overlooked.
10. "Big Fan" - A funny, dark film about an obsessive fan of the New York Giants with a great performance by the comedian Patton Oswalt.
11. "Eden Is West" - The legendary Costa-Gavras' latest gem, ignored like his last brilliant film 4 years ago, "The Axe".
12. "Entre Nos" - An mother and child are left to fend for themselves in New York City in this powerful drama.
13. "The Girlfriend Experience" - Steven Soderbergh's second genius film of the year, this one set in the the post-Wall Street Crash era, a call girl services the men who brought the country down.
14. "Humpday" - Two straight guys dare each other to enter a gay porn contest -- but will they go through with it?
15. "Lemon Tree" - A Palestinian woman has her lemon trees cut down by the Israeli army, but she decides that's the final straw.
16. "Mary and Max" - An Australian girl and and elderly Jewish man in New York become pen pals in this very moving animated film.
17. "O'Horten" - Another Norwegian winner, this one about the final trip made by a retiring train conductor.
18. "Salt of This Sea" - A Palestinian-American returns to her family's home in the West Bank, only to find herself caught up in the struggles between the two cultures.
19. "Sugar" - A Dominican baseball player gets his one chance to come to America and make it in the big leagues.
20. "Fantastic Mr. Fox" - A smart, adult animated film from Wes Anderson that at least got two nominations from the Academy
So there you go! What have you seen already?

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IN CELEBRATION OF DICKHEAD WEEK IN LAUNCESTON

It turns out that the first week in March from this day forward will be known as, and celebrated as, DICKHEAD WEEK – with the first Monday in March being DICKHEAD DAY.

The story goes that an Alderman at a City Council meeting was behaving, well let's say in a way that was not being appreciated by another. To cut to the chase the latter interjected and called the former a "DICKHEAD" out loud.

The Alderman who brought all this upon himself protested bitterly but nobody seemed to hear who had called him a DICKHEAD – which by the way was not the name his parents gave him. There was all kinds of commentary about:

• The need for an apology or not;
• The extent to which the name was appropriate under the circumstances;
• Whether or not an ego could/should be wounded;
• Whether or not dickhead was a swear word or a colloquialism; and on and on and on
  

So from now on in Launceston the first Monday in March anyone can call anyone a "Dickhead" without hurting their ego and the press is very likely to continue to ignore it as it has done up until now..... read more here

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It runs just over 10 mins

Coco Avant Channel: March 8, 10, 11

Coco Before Chanel (UK) (USA) Untitled Coco Chanel Project (France) (working title)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and smoking.
Runtime: 105 min
Country: France Language: French
Color: Color Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix: DTS | Dolby Digital
Certification: Australia:M (DVD rating)
Filming Locations: Normandie, France more
... read and see more here

This is a beautiful little piece of French escapism that ... read more and see the trailer here

Despite its rave reviews, the latest biopic, Coco avant Chanel, proves yet again that the fashion empress has no cinematic clothes. Suspended ominously above critical acclaim from modish sources like the New York Times is a cloud of disgust, a combination of weariness blended with rage whose punch is as viscerally potent as the aldehydic clout of Chanel No. 5.

Chanel devotees in droves have been exiting darkened theatres midway through the movie. Fashion editors remain underwhelmed by ... read more here

A little girl who is sent with her sister to an orphanage in the heart of France, who waits in vain every Sunday for her father to come for her ... A cabaret performer with a weak voice who ... read and see more here

Last Ride: March 1, 3, 4 2010

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Last Ride: March 1, 3, 4 2010

Mature Audiences, violence and coarse language

Australia 2009

Director: Glendyn Ivin
Featuring: Hugo Weaving, Tom Russell, John Brumpton, Sonya Suares, Adam Morgan, Anita HeghSydney
Running time: 101 minutes
LINKS:

• LFS Review
• Sydney Morning Herald – Jul 09: "The title sounds like a western and, in a sense, it is. An outlaw and his son ride into the desert, fleeing the law. Except that it's our desert and they are in a series of stolen cars in the present" ... read more ... the trailer
• Glendyn Ivin’s first feature after winning the Palme d’Or in Cannes in 2003 for his short film CRACKER BAG is LAST RIDE, an ominous sounding title for what is essentially the story of a father and son. Kev, (HUGO WEAVING) and his son Chook, (TOM RUSSELL) are on the road under suspicious circumstances. When Kev shaves his beard and cuts his hair at a roadside stop and then dumps their car we get the message. Kev is on the run. ... read more by Margaret Pomeranz
• LAST RIDE Official Trailer