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Film Festivals 2007

The Boss of It All (2006)

6.7/10
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Iben Hjejle, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Inventing a fictitious supervisor who makes all of his company's unpopular decisions, an industrial bigwig (Peter Gantzler) gets into a jam when he wa... Read more

You, The Living (2007)

7.5/10
Director: Roy Andersson
Starring: Jessika Lundberg, Elisabeth Helander, Bjorn Englund, Leif Larsson

A tragi-comic panorama of the human condition, Swedish director Roy Andersson ('Songs from the Second Floor') has stitiched together 50 short scenes o... Read more

Paranoid Park (2007)

6.7/10
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Gabe Nevins, Taylor Momsen, Dan Liu

A vivid, compelling portrait of adolescence, 'Paranoid Park' follows a Portland teenager hiding a dark secret. Thanks to needy girlfriend Jennifer (Ta... Read more

Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured Landscapes (2006)

Director: Jennifer Baichwal
Starring: Edward Burtynsky

From its stunning eight-minute opening tracking shot to the remarkable documentation of China's Three Gorges Dam, this is an impressive experience as... Read more

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

7.5/10
Director: Bob Rafelson
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Billy Green Bush

A classic performance by Jack Nicholson as a classical pianist who prefers to work in the oil fields. Great supporting work by Karen Black, Susan Ansp... Read more

The African Queen (1951)

7.9/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Peter Bull, Robert Morley, Theodore Bikel

One of the all-time greats, "The African Queen" stars Humphrey Bogart (in his Oscar-winning role) and Katharine Hepburn as unlikely lovebirds who enco... Read more

The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)

7.8/10
Director: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg

In 2004, former U.S. marine Brian Steidle was assigned to Darfur as an 'unarmed monitor' and became a key witness to the region's unfolding genocide,... Read more

Like Minds (2006)

6.4/10
Director: Gregory J Read
Starring: Toni Collette, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Sturridge, Richard Roxburgh, Patrick Malahide

When student Nigel Colby turns up dead at a prestigious British private school, the main suspect, Alex, a privileged schoolmate and son of the headmas... Read more

Day Watch (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Mariya Poroshin, Vladimir Menshov, Dmitry Martynov, Alekse...

The long-awaited sequel to Russian fantasy flick, 'Night Watch', this bombastic goth-horror is equally entertaining and illuminates many of the myster... Read more

Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2006)

7.7/10
Director: Julien Temple
Starring: Joe Strummer, Bono, Johnny Depp, Anthony Kiedis, Martin Scorsese, John Cusack,...

Filmmaker Julien Temple celebrates the life and work of Joe Strummer, frontman of punk band The Clash from 1977 onwards. As a musical icon and politic... Read more