2002
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Using astounding Sony digital technologies, director Dwayne Beaver's The Rhino Brothers is an absorbing drama about the sport of ice hockey and the powerful effects it has on the souls of the Kanachowski family. Brothers Sasha and Victor play with The Rhinos, each filling his respective role as the failed pro-leaguer and coach. Their younger brother, Stefan, returns home ready to let the family know that he is planning the ultimate sin-give up hockey. Unable to say he has quit, he tells his family that he has been cut. Their overbearing and fanatical hockey-mom forces him to join The Rhinos.
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Surely one of the most promising debut films from mainland China in ages, The Orphan of Anyang is a simple and deeply touching look at the story of three souls, linked by one baby, in modern day China. Laid off from his factory job and scraping together his last few yuan, Dogang finds an abandoned baby and a message from the mother. He decides to raise the baby to earn the 200 yuan per month in child support. When a dying gangster finds out about the baby, however, he desires to have it for his own, in hopes that he will have a descendant. In contrast to the images of cell phones and attach?
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In this bone-dry comedy, failed actor, Arthur Artemis, has it all: a pathetic romantic life, a passionless day job as a sixth grade teacher, and a drinking problem. When he discovers that a local theater is putting on Molire's The Misanthrope, however, Artemis' passion is rejuvenatedÉuntil he loses the role to a less talented, but better-looking, actor. Meanwhile, the school principal, fed up with Artemis' tardiness and attitude, badgers Artemis to direct the school play, insinuating that this is his last chance to save his job.
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The Last Supper is an uninhibited triumph of cinema: a unique blend of original filmmaking techniques and a tension-laden dark comedy that celebrates the beauty and awe of life. Tincek and Hugo lead their quiet lives of desperation in a mental institution. That is until they steal a camcorder and escape with the intention of making a film about a guy who comes to the rescue of a fair maiden and is rewarded with a kiss. With Hugo as the cameraman and Tincek as the star, they meet a suicidal prostitute named Magdalena, and a deal is struck.
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Winner: Academy Award - Best Documentary. Winner: Flaherty Documentary Award - British Academy Awards. Winner: Technical Grand Prize - Cannes Film Festival. A fascinating journey inside the insect world, this is the film that led the pack in microphotography. A multi-award winning film, this is a rare 35mm screening-featuring a compelling musical score by Lalo Schifrin. Catch The Hellstrom Chronicle after seeing Lalo Schifrin for his big night (February 28th, 7:00pm at the San Jose Repertory Theatre) and the incredible 35mm screening of Cool Hand Luke.
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Award winning director Liz Garbus (The Farm: Angola, USA) returns with her latest exploration of the criminal justice system-a riveting document of one woman's struggle to get off death row. Oklahoma City, 1989 - Wanda Jean Allen is sentenced to death after killing her lover. Eleven years later, she awaits her execution date. As Wanda's fateful day approaches, her story unfurls like a taut drama, where at every turn, Wanda and her attorney are met with immense obstacles.
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A distinctive and compelling storyteller, director Jacques Thelemaque (Egg, Winner Best Comedy Short in Cinequest, 2001) returns with his courageous and moving debut feature about making destiny happen instead of waiting for it. Running away from her past-in the form of an abusive boyfriend-Ellie (Diane Gaidry, a real-life dogwalker) hops on the first plane out of Buffalo, heading for Los Angeles. As an inauspicious beginning in her new surroundings, Ellie learns that her father has moved, and she does not know where to begin a search for him.
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How far would you go to retrieve what is rightfully yours? What price would you pay? And whose help would you accept? Making "friends" with the Devil has a terrible price. In the new world of gangsters and politics, it is always best to know with whom you're dealing, what they're offering, and what it is they really want. Composer-musician Pavel is no exception to the established rule that artists live life on the edge.
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Both disturbing and beautiful, director Bennett Rathnayake's unique morality tale from Sri Lanka combines the serenity of the films of Satyajit Ray with the tension of Deliverance. Immediately after his wife's funeral, Guneris wanders into a police station, whereupon he demands to be arrested for a murder he claims he committed over 50 years ago. His passion convinces the chief to listen to his story of the events of 1948. Guneris' son is ill with malaria. The nearest hospital is a day's journey, so Guneris takes the child to the mansion of the closest doctor.
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You would never guess how much charm and personality they have, as Stanford University's Renee Fischer introduces us to the world of a turtle.