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IFFR 2010: Running Turtle

frenchy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:13:35 +0000

Movie: Running Turtle (Lee Yeon-Woo, 2009, South Korea, 117 min.)

Date: Feb 6, 2010

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
(uncomplicated fun; excellent closing movie for my 2010 festival) (Read on and on and on and on..)

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IFFR 2010: Blood And Bones

frenchy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:58:43 +0000

Movie: Blood And Bones (Sai Yoichi, 2004, Japan, 144 min.)

Date: Feb 5, 2010

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
(Takeshi Kitano in brilliant role as an EpicBastard)

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IFFR 2010: Slice

frenchy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:40:26 +0000

Movie: Slice (Kongkiat Komesiri, 2009, Thailand, 99 min.)

Date: Feb 4, 2010

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
(holyshit whattaloadacrap! Enjoyable, so I have a bad taste, sue me (Read on and on and on and on..)

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IFFR 2010: Lebanon

frenchy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:25:53 +0000

Movie: Lebanon (Samuel Maoz, 2009, Israel, 94 min.)

Date: Feb 4, 2010

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
(very impressive anti-war film, no one’s on the side of the (Read on and on and on and on..)

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IFFR 2010: Night And Fog

frenchy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:59:50 +0000

Movie: Night And Fog (Ann Hui, 2009, Hong Kong, 122 min.)

Date: Feb 4, 2010

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
(nice, sometimes impressively sad & beautiful; got very (Read on and on and on and on..)

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IFFR 2010: Rotterdam Classics: New Realism

frenchy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:03:26 +0000

Movie: Rotterdam Classics: New Realism

Date: Feb 3, 2010

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
(Couldn’t give a flying falafel for NL, but I’m fiercely proud of Rotterdam)

Plot: A programme of short movies centered around the (Read on and on and on and on..)

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IFFR 2010: White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights

frenchy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:50:53 +0000

Movie: White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights (Emmett Malloy, 2009, USA, Canada, 92 min.)

Date: Feb 3, 2010

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
(nice movie, some insights (Read on and on and on and on..)

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IFFR 2010: Symbol

frenchy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:25:39 +0000

Movie: Symbol (Matsumoto Hitoshi, 2009, Japan, 93 min.)

Date: Feb 2, 2010

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
(hilariously weird and funny. Beats Dogtooth in bizarreness!!)

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IFFR 2010: Skeletons

frenchy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:05:18 +0000

Movie: Skeletons (Nick Whitfield, 2010, United Kingdom, 96 min.)

Date: Feb 2, 2010

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
(a bit disappointing, expected a few more laughs; still, great (Read on and on and on and on..)

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IFFR 2010: Avenida Brasilia Formosa

frenchy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:55:35 +0000

Movie: Avenida Brasilia formosa (Gabriel Mascaro, 2010, Brazil, 85 min.)

Date: Feb 2, 2010

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
(crappy movie, had a hard time staying awake, left (Read on and on and on and on..)

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IFFR 2010: Un Prophète

frenchy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:45:57 +0000

Movie: Un Prophète (Jacques Audiard, 2009, France, 149 min. )

Date: Feb 2, 2010

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
(solid movie, but festival buzz was a bit overhyped) (Read on and on and on and on..)

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IFFR 2010: My Tehran For Sale

frenchy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:32:57 +0000

Movie: My Tehran For Sale (Granaz Moussavi, 2009, Iran, Australia, 95 min.)

Date: Feb 1, 2010

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
(too predictable, but Lord, them Persian Eyes..) (Read on and on and on and on..)

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IFFR 2010: Miyoko

frenchy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:04:24 +0000

Movie: Miyoko (Tsubota Yoshifumi, 2009, Japan, 86 min.)

Date: Feb 1, 2010

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
(weird and inconsistent)

Plot: A special, exuberantly (Read on and on and on and on..)

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IFFR 2010: 10 To 11

frenchy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:33:13 +0000

Movie: 10 To 11 (Pelin Esmer, 2009, Turkey, France, Germany, 110 min.)

Date: Jan 31, 2010

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
(nice, well made movie)

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IFFR 2010: Dogtooth

frenchy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:10:28 +0000

Movie: Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009, Greece, 96 min.)

Date: Jan 31, 2010

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
(my second HOLYCRAPSTICKSWTF?!? movie.)

Plot: A strange (Read on and on and on and on..)

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