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Ratcatcher (1999)

Ratcatcher (1999)

Ratcatcher is a film about childhood in the same tradition of My Life As a Dog. Just like a child’s life, the story rambles from incident to incident, without...

Linda
Unbreakable (2000)

Unbreakable (2000)

When was the last time you were sick?  When was the last time you had an injury? Well… to most of us, we should be able to answer these...

Tim
Dancer in the Dark (2000)

Dancer in the Dark (2000)

Dancer in the Dark caused quite a stir at the Cannes Film Festival when it won the Palme D’Or for Best Picture, as well as the Best Actress award...

Linda
Julie and Me (Revoir Julie) (1998)

Julie and Me (Revoir Julie) (1998)

What an odd little film! This French-Canadian film owes a lot to classic French director Eric Rohmer: As in, boy-oh-boy there is a LOT of talking! But the filmmakers...

Linda
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)

Aimée & Jaguar (1999)

Berlin, 1943: A headstrong, sassy young Jewish woman, Felice (Maria Schrader), is working for the underground resistance movement while boldly earning a living working for a Nazi newspaper. Through...

Linda
Croupier (1999)

Croupier (1999)

Croupier (n.) – One who collects and pays bets at a gaming table. Addiction (n.) – To surrender (oneself) habitually or compulsively to something. I have heard of different...

Linda
Anna and the King (1999)

Anna and the King (1999)

I wasn’t ever bored (despite the grumblings of those who say that it is long and dull). Jodie Foster is fine as Anna, though I don’t think it will...

Linda
Vanaprastham: Last Dance (1999)

Vanaprastham: Last Dance (1999)

Let’s just say one thing right off: Bollywood this ain’t! After enjoying the delightful Straight From the Heart song-and-dance flick at SIFF last year, we rushed to pick an...

Linda
The Personals (Zheng hun qi shi) (1998)

The Personals (Zheng hun qi shi) (1998)

Charming and engaging actress Rene Liu plays a young professional woman who places a personals ad in search of a husband. We get to experience many of her dates,...

Linda
Bye Bye Bluebird

Bye Bye Blue Bird (1999)

The Faroe Islands is one of those places that I’d love to go visit: stark, green, rolling hills, with little red-housed fishing villages dotting the shoreline. It just seems...

Linda
All My Loved Ones (Vsichni moji blízcí) (1999)

All My Loved Ones (Vsichni moji blízcí) (1999)

All My Loved Ones is a fictionalized story of one family in Czechoslovakia just before World War II broke out. Hitler has already occupied several countries, and is threatening...

Linda
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

I have to say that this is probably the most gorgeous film of 1999… every shot is beautiful: close-ups of characters, snowy cedar trees leaning in the wind, lighthouses,...

Linda