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Pan’s Labyrinth

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In a fairy tale, Princess Moanna (Ivana Baquero), whose father (Federico Luppi) is the king of the underworld, becomes curious about the world above, the human world. When she goes to the surface, the sunlight blinds her and erases her memory. She becomes very ill and eventually dies. However, the king believes that her spirit […]

Maria Full of Grace

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Seventeen-year-old Colombian girl María Álvarez (Catalina Sandino Moreno) works in sweat shop-like conditions at a flower plantation. Her income helps support her family, including an unemployed sister (Patricia Rae) who is a single mother. María becomes pregnant by a man who doesn’t love her, as he proposes to marry her but declines because she does […]

13 Conversations About One Thing

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13 Conversations About One Thing  is a smartly written and wonderfully acted movie about happiness and fate. It takes four characters and blends their stories into a delicate but potent mix.  The movie starts with a scene whose significance will be understood at a much later stage. John Turturro, playing a physics college professor is […]

A Walk on the Moon

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Although its tale of marital crisis, A Walk on the Moon is a story that gently involves. The characters are authentic, and, best of all, Diane Lane is given a chance to show why she’s one of the most genuine and underrated actresses of her generation. Here she plays Pearl Kantrowitz, a devoted housewife on […]