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Film Festivals 2007

Death of a President (2006)

6.3/10
Director: Gabriel Range
Starring: Hend Ayoub, Brian Boland, Becky Ann Baker, Robert Mangiardi, Jay Patterson, Jay...

Deeply controversial on its release, Gabriel Range's 'mockumentary' is set in the near future and imagines the aftermath to the assassination of curre... Read more

The U.S. vs John Lennon (2006)

7.4/10
Director: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld
Starring: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky, etc ...

A compelling exposition of the political persecution of outspoken, anti-war Beatle, John Lennon. As an unpopular war in Vietnam dragged on into the 1... Read more

Golden Door (2007)

6.9/10
Director: Emanuele Crialese
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato

This lavish, epic romantic drama is set at the dawn of the 20th century where an Italian widower (Vincenzo Amato) makes the momentous decision to upro... Read more

Private Property (2006)

7.1/10
Director: Joachim Roenning
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Yannick Renier, Jeremie Renier

In this shrewd family drama, Isabelle Huppert plays a weary middle-aged divorcee who longs to break away from family life with her two sons, both in t... Read more

Head (1968)

6.6/10
Director: Bob Rafelson
Starring: Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Peter Tork

One of the cult films of the '60s, with the Monkees in a kaleidoscope of surreal vignettes, full of '60s psychedelia. Written by director Rafelson ('F... Read more

Aachi and Ssipak (2006)

6.9/10
Director: Jo Beom-Jin

Set in a futuristic world powered entirely by human excrement, and a government anxious to control this sole, important source of energy. Special sens... Read more

Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore (2007)

5.7/10
Director: Rick Caine, Debbie Melnyk
Starring: Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Sean Hannity, etc ...

Filmmakers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine set out to make a biography of Michael Moore, holding him in high esteem as both a documentarian and an activi... Read more

La Vie en Rose ( Blu-ray ) (2007)

7.6/10
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Paul Rouve, Pascal Greggory, Clotilde...

An epic portrait of iconic French singer, Edith Piaf, rooted in a maginificent performance from Marion Cotillard who channels the legendary performer... Read more

A Civilised Society (2007)

Director: Alister Barry

Kiwi filmmaker Alister Barry tells the epic story of the struggle between teachers and the radical right during the 1980s and '90s, as the free market... Read more

Stephanie Daley (2006)

6.3/10
Director: Hilary Brougher
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Timothy Hutton, Melissa Leo, Denis O'Hare, Jim Gaf...

Stephanie (Amber Tamblyn) is a 16-year-old girl, charged with concealing a pregnancy and then murdering her newborn child. She claims she knew nothin... Read more