Kate Williams

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White Mane

[5.May.08] :. The blending of the natural with the fantastical is truly remarkable and elevates this film from simple child’s play to high art.

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The Savages

[22.Apr.08] :. Sometimes the simplest stories about the most ordinary of people can be the most engaging, rewarding and entertaining.

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Mafioso

[25.Mar.08] :. Drawing on the timeless and well-worn cultural chasm between Italy’s great and "sophisticated" North and its interminably provincial and "backwards" South, Lattuada takes full advantage of the dark humor and cruel realities that can be extracted from such prejudices.

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The Apartment

[13.Feb.08] :. A cautionary tale about business, fidelity and ethics that is skillfully wrapped under the guise of light entertainment.

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Caterina in the Big City (Caterina va in città)

[1.Feb.08] :. With precision and humor, Virzi casts a critical eye on the highly stratified cliques established in youth and mirrored in the self-serving interests of the cultural and political elite.

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DVDs   Waitress

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My So-Called Life: The Complete Series

[9.Nov.07] :. Unrequited love, the all consuming crush, the exasperated horror of hormonal changes, the tedium of school, trouble with parents, the emergence of individual identity . . . the adolescent struggle and all of its attendant rites, rituals, and humiliations are ever present in the storytelling of My So-Called Life.

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DVDs   Black Book (Zwartboek)

DVDs   House, M.D. - Season Three

DVDs   Driving Lessons

DVDs   Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

DVDs   With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America

DVDs   The Italian (2005)

DVDs   Woman Is the Future of Man (2004)

DVDs   Volver (2006)

DVDs   49 Up (2007)

DVDs   La Vie Promise (2002)

DVDs   La Moustache (2005)

DVDs   The Street - The Complete First Season

DVDs   Otomo (2000)

DVDs   Quinceañera (2005)

DVDs   Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

DVDs   Brothers of the Head (2005)

DVDs   One More Dead Fish (2005)

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A Heart in Winter (1993)

[16.Nov.06] :. Neglected for too long by North American audiences, Un Coeur en Hiver is a subtle, intelligent, and provocative piece of cinema that should not be overlooked.

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DVDs   Battle of The Brave (2004)

DVDs   Gloomy Sunday (2000)