2011
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Another Happy Day
I can only suppose that writer/director Sam Levinson (some of director Barry) chose the title for his debut feature movie with a real sense of irony. He does such a good job convincing us that the embittered family in thecentre of this drama has never had a single happy day, let alone another one! Mr. Levinson…
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A Separation
It’s rare to get the whole crux of a movie in an opening scene but that’s exactly what happens here when we see Nader & Simin facing a judge on their own in an otherwise empty room arguing about getting a divorce. They are a successful middle-aged professional couple living in present day Iran who had agreed in principle…
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A Better Life
When you are an undocumented immigrant just trying to survive daily life in the US can be very tough. Carlos, a middle-aged Mexican, and single parent gets by working as a gardener tending the lawns of wealthy Los Angeles homeowners. He lives hand to mouth in a tiny rundown house, barely making ends meet, with Luis his teenage…
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Tuesday After Christmas
Paul is a middle aged banker, who one can tell by all the nudity in this film, has not been to the gym for some time, and he is having an affair with Ralucca his daughter’s dentist. He is torn between staying with Adriana his Lawyer wife who he has been married too for 10…
