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Film Festivals 2009

The Battle of Red Cliff ( Blu-ray ) (2008)

7.4/10
Director: John Woo
Starring: Chang Chen, Hu Jun, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Zhang Fengyi, Zhao...

Aka "The Battle of Red Cliff". An epic historical drama based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty. A power hungry... Read more

The Class ( Entre Les Murs ) (2008)

7.5/10
Director: Laurent Cantet
Starring: Francois Begaudeau, Franck Keita, Nassim Amrabt, Esmerelda Ouertani

French director Laurent Cantet does something miraculous with the well-worn conceit of a teacher and his underprivileged students in this fresh and op... Read more

The Cove (2009)

8.5/10
Director: Louie Psihoyos

In the 1960s, Richard O'Barry was the world's leading authority on dolphin training, working on the set of the popular television program "Flipper". D... Read more

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)

7.6/10
Director: Remi Bezancon
Starring: Jacques Gamblin, Roger Dumas, Zabou Breitman, Deborah Francois, Cecile Cassel, M...

This charming dramatic comedy charts the rights of passage of a family of five. A portrait of their family life sketched out over twelve years, throug... Read more

The Grocer's Son (2007)

7/10
Director: Eric Guirado
Starring: Nicolas Cazale, Clotilde Hesme, Daniel Duval, Jeanne Goupil, Stephan Guerin-Till...

Thirty-year-old Antoine thought he had left the family business far behind when he moved to the big city, but after his father suffers a heart attack... Read more

The Harder They Come (1972)

7/10
Director: Perry Henzell
Starring: Jimmy Cliff, Janet Barkley, Carl Bradshaw

Jimmy Cliff is Ivan, a country boy who comes to the city to make a record and get his share of that pie up in the sky. But it isn't until he shoots a... Read more

The Limits of Control (2009)

6.3/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Bill Murray, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Youki Kudoh, Gael Garcia Bernal, Isaach D...

A lone man (Isaach De Bankole) travels to Spain on an important mission, the details of which are deftly obfuscated in this enigmatic film from writer... Read more

The Man in the Hat (2009)

Director: Luit Bieringa
Starring: Narrated by, Sam Neill

Peter McLeavey has run his gallery in Wellington for more than 40 years, becoming a legendary figure of the city and the New Zealand art community. Mc... Read more

The Reader (2008)

7.6/10
Director: Stephen Daldry
Starring: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Matthias Habich, Susanne Lothar, Lena O...

Kate Winslet won an Oscar and a BAFTA for her complex and gripping portrayal of a post-war German woman who discovers a sick teenage boy in the street... Read more

The Reader (Blu-ray) (2008)

7.6/10
Director: Stephen Daldry
Starring: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Matthias Habich, Susanne Lothar, Lena O...

Kate Winslet won an Oscar and a BAFTA for her complex and gripping portrayal of a post-war German woman who discovers a sick teenage boy in the street... Read more