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A Most Violent Year
Abel Morales wants to pursue the ‘American dream’ the right way. However his pushy wife Anna thinks otherwise. She is the daughter of the Brooklyn mobster who sold his small Heating Oil business to Morales in the first place, and Anna is well aware that if they are to be successful they will first have…
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Cake
When Claire Bennett is asked to follow the other members of her touchy-feely support group as they express shock and sadness over the loss of Nina one of their members who jumped to her death, she ruthlessly responds with sarcasm, finishing with ‘Way to go, Nina!’ The annoyingly patronizing Social Worker leading the session is…
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Match
Now that Tobi has reached his late 60’s he has exchanged his once hectic glamorous life as a ballet dancer and celebrated choreographer for that of dance Professor who after teaching class prefers a solitary life at home with just a pair of knitting needles for company. He is however quite flattered when a young woman writes to ask…
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Winter Sleep
Turkish auteur filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest masterful epic is set in the steppes of Cappadocia on the desolate plains of Anatolia, which are heart-stoppingly beautiful. Some of the ancient caves carved into the side of this mountainous terrain have been converted into a Hotel by Aydin, a local landowner retired from acting. It’s the…
