Film Festivals 2009
Disgrace ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Steve Jacobs
Starring: John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Eriq Ebouaney
John Malkovich stars in this drama based on the novel by South African author J.M. Coetzee. David Lurie (Malkovich) is a self-absorbed, twice-divorced... Read more
JCVD (Blu-ray) (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Francois Damiens, Zinedine Soualem
Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this unique, existential heist thriller with a dark comic streak. Down and out, with only straight-to-DVD title... Read more
JCVD (2008)
7.2/10
Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Francois Damiens, Zinedine Soualem
Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this unique, existential heist thriller with a dark comic streak. Down and out, with only straight-to-DVD title... Read more
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman (2008)
7.4/10
Director: Eric Bricker
Starring: Narrated by, Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman narrates this enthralling documentary exploring the monumental career of 98-year-old architectural photographer Julius Shulman. A pivot... Read more
Dead Snow (2008)
6.3/10
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Starring: Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Charlotte Frogner, Lasse Valdal, Evy Kasseth R...
Nazi zombies anyone? This over-the-top, blackly comic shocker from Norway begins harmlessly enough with eight med students off to spend an idyllically... Read more
North Face (2008)
7.4/10
Director: Philipp Stolzl
Starring: Benno Furmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek, Georg Friedrich, Simon Schwarz, U...
In 1936, Nazi Germany is looking to build up their international reputation, so when a pair of German climbers die in an effort to climb the treachero... Read more
Tyson (2008)
7.5/10
Director: James Toback
Starring: Mike Tyson
A riveting documentary portrait of the controversial boxer in which Iron Mike frankly tells the story of his rollercoaster ride of a life. From his to... Read more
Quiet Chaos (2008)
6.9/10
Director: Antonello Grimaldi
Starring: Nanni Moretti, Valeria Golino, Alessandro Gassman, Isabella Ferrari, Silvio Orla...
Film exec Pietro (Nanni Moretti) faces tragedy when his wife dies in a freak accident. Now left with a ten-year-old daughter to raise alone, he takes... Read more
Seraphine (2008)
7.4/10
Director: Martin Provost
Starring: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent, Genevieve Mnich, Nico Rogner, Franco...
Frenchwoman Seraphine de Senlis, lived from 1864 to 1942. A shepherdess and housekeeper, in her private hours she painted incredible floral arrangemen... Read more
Tony Manero (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Pablo Larrain
Starring: Alfredo Castro, Paola Lattus, Hector Morales, Amparo Noguera, Elsa Poblete
As Augusto Pinochet holds Chile in the grip of dictatorship, Raul, a 50-year-old man obsessed with John Travolta's character from 'Saturday Night Feve... Read more