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Memory Box Memory Box
Memory Box and Nebraska
4 (Chetyre) (Country: Russia; Year: 2004; Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky; Writer: Vladimir Sorokin; Stars: Marina Vovchenko, Irina Vovchenko, Svetlana Vovchenko, Sergei Shnurov, Yuri Laguta, Konstantin Murzenko, Alexei Khvostenko)
An enigmatic story of modern Russia, given the flavour of myth.
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The Descendants (Country: USA; Year: 2011; Director: Alexander Payne; Writer: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash; Stars: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Judy Greer)
A father is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future.
Full Review See: The Descendants costume designer Wendy Chuck talks about her craft
, New York Film Festival: Diary piece - Fassbender, Cronenberg, Durkin, Olsen, Payne talk about clothes and authenticity
, Alexander Payne and George Clooney talk fashion and The Descendants
Megalopolis (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Francis Ford Coppola; Writer: Francis Ford Coppola; Stars: Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia LaBeouf, Adam Driver, Kathryn Hunter, Laurence Fishburne, Dustin Hoffman, James Remar, Jason Schwartzman, Forest Whitaker, Jon Voight, Chloe Fineman, D.B. Sweeney, Talia Shire)
Power play and corruption unfold in a futuristic city.
Full Review See: Francis Ford Coppola on Megalopolis
Memory Box (The Notebooks) (Country: France, Lebanon, Qatar, Canada; Year: 2021; Director: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige; Writer: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige, Gaëlle Macé; Stars: Manal Issa, Isabelle Zighondi, Rim Turkhi, Manal Issa, Isabelle Zighondi, Rim Turkhi)
Three generations of women in Canada, deal with memories of their homeland of Lebanon.
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Nebraska (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Alexander Payne; Writer: Bob Nelson; Stars: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk, Stacy Keach, Stephen Clayton, Missy Doty, Rance Howard, Kevin Kunkel, Angela McEwan, Devin Ratray, Anthony G. Schmidt, Melinda Simonsen, Ronald Vosta, Mary Louise Wilson)
An alcoholic father and his resentful son travel cross-country together to collect big sweepstake winnings.
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The Descendants The Descendants
The Descendants and Project A
Project A (Pirate Patrol, 'A' ji hua, Jackie Chan's Project A, 'A' gai waak) (Country: Hong Kong; Year: 1983; Director: Jackie Chan; Writer: Jackie Chan, Edward Tang; Stars: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Dick Wei, Mars, Winnie Wong, Hoi-Shan Kwan)
Swashbuckling martial arts.
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Silent Light (Stellet Licht) (Country: Mexico, France, Netherlands, Germany; Year: 2007; Director: Carlos Reygadas; Writer: Carlos Reygadas; Stars: Elizabeth Fehr, Jacobo Klassen, Maria Pankratz, Miriam Toews, Cornelio Wall, Peter Wall) , Official Site
A deeply religious, married man falls in love with another woman and has to question his whole life.
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