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La Moustache Emmanuel Carrère's witty, elegant "La Moustache" is a deliciously unsettling, beautifully sustained enigma, a film of much beauty and flawless performances, especially from Vincent Lindon in one of his most demanding roles...Kevin Thomas, LA Times Drama Emmanuel Carrère Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric

Lightning in a Bottle

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A concert film featuring 50 musicians from B.B. King to Macy Gray, captures the blues the way they were meant to be. Documentary, Musical/Performing Arts Antoine Fuqua More than 50 musicians representing decades of performing experience, including Dr. John, who plays piano in the concert's house band, B.B. King, Ruth Brown, Angélique Kidjo, Mavis Staples, Keb' Mo', Alison Krauss, Odetta, Natalie Cole, Buddy Guy, India.Arie, Bonnie Raitt, Gregg Allman, Joe Perry, The Neville Brothers,  Shemekia Copeland, David Johansen, Solomon Burke, Macy Gray, John Fogerty, Mos Def, Chuck D

Lila Says
Kevin Thomas
A new girl moves into town and attracts the attention of a young man caught in the influence of his domineering friends. Lila is a sexy but foul-mouthed beauty who begins a tepid courtship with shy Chimo, an aspiring writer who has fallen into the wrong crowd. As their relationship develops, Chimo's friends become jealous and Lila becomes more uncontrolled. Eventually, Chimo's two worlds collide with disastrous results. Art House/Foreign, Drama, Romance Ziad Doueiri Vahina Giocante, Mohammed Khouas, Karim Ben Haddou

Little Children The movie begins as a satire, rolling inexorably forward — like the meatball in the camp song — building steam, mass and weight until it completely obliterates every bogus piety in its path. What's revealed in its wake is an empathetic, humanistic vision that rejects, even in difficult, extreme cases, the mob impulse to demonize. LA Times review Drama, Romance Todd Field Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson

March of the Penguins

Emperor penguins are documented during their treacherous journey hundreds of miles across the Antarctic ice.

LA Times reviewer Kevin Crust writes:
"Luc Jacquet's gripping documentary, "March of the Penguins," packed with more romance and nail-biting adventure than a summer of tent-pole movies, chronicles the emperors' arduous journey in intimate detail that draws you in emotionally to such an extent that you'll be shocked back to reality when the end credits remind you that a crew of humans had to be present to capture the drama."
 

Documentary Luc Jacquet The Emperor penguins of Antarctica playing themselves!

 


Maria Full of Grace 18 year-old Colombian woman desperate enough to sign up as a mule, swallowing up to 60 capsules of heroin to smuggle them on a flight from Bogota to New York, where a harrowing adventure of self-discovery awaits. Art House/Foreign, Drama Joshua Marston Catalina Sandino Moreno: Maria;  Yenny Paola Vega: Blanca;  Patricia Rae: Carla;  Wilson Guerrero: Juan

The Matador

A free-wheeling assassin (Pierce Brosnan) realizes he doesn't have any friends. This mid-life crisis compels him to befriend a down-on-his-luck American businessman (Greg Kinnear). Their odd couple relationship is the source of several funny and dangerous developments. Suspense/Thriller Richard Shepard Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis

Me and You and Everyone We Know tory"> LA Times reviewer Carina Chocano writes:
"As funny as it is wistful, "Me and You and Everyone We Know" is about lonely people trying to connect with each other through love, art, the Internet and whatever other means they can think of, and about the increasing difficulty of doing so in a world full of barriers."
Art House/Foreign, Drama Miranda July Miranda July, John Hawkes

Merchant of Venice An incredible adaptation of Shakespeare's play, with an outstanding performance by Al Pacino.  Additionally rich in costumes, musical score, and setting. Drama Michael Radford  Al Pacino...Shylock
Jeremy Irons...Antonio
Joseph Fiennes...Bassanio
Lynn Collins...Portia
Zuleikha Robinson...Jessica

Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood's "Best Picture" award winner on that 2005 Academy Awards Drama Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood...Frankie Dunn
Hilary Swank...Maggie Fitzgerald
Morgan Freeman...Eddie "Scrap- Iron" Dupris

Modigliani If you love the works of Italian painter Amedeo Modiglianit, you will probably want to see this romatisization of his fast and boozy life played by Andy Garcia. Historical Mick Davis  Andy Garcia

Moolaade Horror in a pastoral setting - an eloquent protest against the archaic tradition of female "circumcision Art House/Foreign, Drama Ousmane Sembene Fatoumata Coulibaly...Collé Ardo Gallo Sy
Maïmouna Hélène Diarra...Hadjatou
Salimata Traoré... Amasatou
Dominique T. Zeïda...Mercenaire

Motorcycle Diaries

Taken from Che Guevara's journals, the film tells the story of the Cuban Revolutionary leader and his adventures crossing South America on his motorcycle with his friend, Alberto Granado.  A soulful film that takes Che Guevara's radicalization slow. Art House/Foreign, Drama Walter Salles Gael García Bernal ... Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Rodrigo de la Serna ... Alberto Granado
Mia Maestro ... Chichina Ferreyra

Mrs. Henderson Presents

 

Mrs. Henderson Presents is the story of the unheralded Laura Henderson, a widow who took it upon herself to buy the Palais de Luxe, a tiny cinema in Great Windmill Street. With the help of Vivian Van Damm she creates the legendary Windmill Theatre, a performance hall that was London's answer to the Moulin Rouge - where women appeared naked on a London stage for the first time. Deep down inside, Mrs. Henderson is still fueled by her tragic past. Art House/Foreign, Comedy, Drama Stephen Frears Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will Young

Mughal-e-Azam K. Asif's "Mughal-E-Azam" is a glittering icon of Indian cinema, nine years in the making, 16 in the planning, that was released in 1960 amid much fanfare and a rapturous reception. Foreign Drama K. Asif Prithviraj Kapoor...Emperor Akbar
Dilip Kumar...Prince Salim
Madhubala...Anarkali
Durga Khote...Empress Jodhabai
Nigar Sultana...Bahaar

Munich A Mossad agent and his team hunt the terrorists responsible for the murders of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics.  Drama, Suspense/Thriller Steven Spielberg Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josee Croze

Mysterious Skin

Two boys who were sexually abused by their Little League coach take different paths in coping with the experience.  One suppresses his memories with the belief that he was abducted by aliens, while the other develops a tough skin and turns to turning tricks. Often humorous, the story deals with the subject of sexual abuse in a novel manner, and concludes with an unexpected twist.  Well worth seeing if you can take such a tough movie, but not for the kids. Drama; Gay Gregg Araki Brady Corbett, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue

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