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A Kiss for the World

A delightful little short about ...
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"This short film is included on the Film Movement DVD release of The Violin (2005). This delightful short tells the story of a gradeschool boy class clown who is in love with one of his classmates. This top-quality production is truly "short and sweet". " [More]

Summer Palace

Re:Summer Palace
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Forrest Gump

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"Palm Pictures presents a film directed by Ye Lou. Summer Palace was written by Ye Lou, Feng Mei, and Ma Yingli. This picture stars Lei Hao as Yu Hong in the lead role. Supporting roles are cast with Xiaodong Guo, Ling Hu, Xianmin Zhang, Long Duan, Lin Cui, and Xueyun Bai. Summer Palace runs 140 minutes and is not rated by the MPAA though the content would clearly receive an “R” rating from the board. None of the content seemed to be beyond that of the “R” rating. Yu Hong, a pretty young woman from a small peasant town in rural China, is accepted into Beijing University in the late ‘80s. The next 18 or so years of her turbulent life unfold on screen as she struggles with her political, social, economic, and romantic situations. Well-filmed and edited, Summer Palace was an official selection for the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Summer Palace seems to be the story of a woman who just can’t decide what she wants to do. Yu Hong’s lif ... " [More]

Summer Palace

Re:Clean
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Clean

Clean: A Moving film about one’ ...
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"Palm Pictures presents an Olivier Assayas film titled Clean. Clean stars Maggie Cheung in her Cannes Film Festival Best Actress award winning role as Emily, the junkie wife of a rock star. This picture also stars Nick Nolte, Béatrice Dalle, Jeanne Balibar, Martha Henry, James Johnston, Rémi Martin, and introduces James Dennis. Clean is MPAA rated R for drug content, language and brief nudity. This film runs 111 minutes. The wife of a has-been rock star struggles with the heroin addiction she and her husband shared. After tragedy strikes, she fights to regain her footing in life so that she can, maybe, reenter the life of her son who has lived with his father’s parents since the tragedy. Cinematographer Eric Gautier expertly films this picture, winning the Technical Grand Prize in Cannes, 2004. The editing is very clean and, of course, the performances are very good – as mentioned above, Maggie Cheung won the Best Actress award in Cannes. Nic ... " [More]

Re:13 Tzameti
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13 Tzameti

13, then 10, then 6 and as the ...
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"Palm Pictures presents 13 Tzameti, a film by Géla Babluani. The film stars George Babluani as twenty-two year old Sebastian. Besides the starring role, I am unable to determine what actors played what roles as the film is in French and the dialog does not lend itself to clearly identifying all of the characters. It is shot in black and white and runs 90 minutes. The MPAA has not rated 13 Tzameti, but it undoubtedly would be rated “R” for violence. A roof repairman, Sebastian, overhears a conversation about a possible lucrative job that is to come to the man who has hired him. When the job offer comes and the original recipient is unable to go, Sebastian decides to seek the paycheck. Little does he know how much risk is involved in earning this particular paycheck. 13 Tzameti is well filmed and somewhat stylish in its black and white images. The story starts off a bit weak, but gains strength as it progresses. The acting is good and the editing is ... " [More]

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Spiderwick - Scary, fun, magica ...
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"Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present The Spiderwick Chronicles. Mark Waters directs this family-scare picture. The stars include Freddie Highmore playing two roles, Mary-Louise Parker, Sarah Bolger, Nick Nolte, David Strathairn, and Joan Plowright. The film also includes the voice talents of Seth Rogen and Martin Short. Chronicles runs 97 minutes and is MPAA rated PG*. A mother, her daughter, and her twin sons move into an old family-owned house after separating from her husband. This dirty, spooky old house in the country is their only real option after the separation. There are bumps in the night and soon one of the boys discovers the secrets of the old house and his Grandfather, Arthur Spiderwick. This is a well-filmed, well-edited and well-acted picture. It’s a solid story, given the ability to suspend disbelief and accept an unseen world of nice and not-so-nice creatures. There are some unexplained portions of the story, but they don’t ... " [More]

2008 Passes are now on sale online
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"After a few days of delay, the Telluride Film Festival folks have their passes for the 2008 festival now on sale. The link to make the pass purchase is on this page. Tom " [More]

Re:Africa Unite
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Re:Mother of Mine
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"This seems to be the only Film Movement item that is listed as "available". I'm a member of Film Movement (for about 2.5 years now) and I recommend that a Maven take advantage of this item's availability. It is a good film. Tom " [More]

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

An interesting mix of content
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"Palm Pictures presents a film by Stephanie Black. Africa Unite – more a documentary than a concert film – includes Danny Glover in his role as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, most or all of the Marley family and a large number of Africans are featured who participate in what Glover calls a symposium. There is historical footage of Bob Marley, the history of Ethiopia, and clips of old films about Africa. The film runs 98 minutes. Africa Unite is a mixture of film and video documenting the 2005 "Africa Unite" event held in Ethiopia to celebrate Bob Marley’s sixtieth birthday, history lesson on Ethiopia and the African continent, and a look at the Rastafarian movement. The film is somewhat of a hodge-podge of content. There is very clean and professional filming, there is some filming that has some sort of spotted screen applied to the print, and there is what looks to be cell-phone camera video, poor in quality with smearing motion. I do not think that th ... " [More]

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