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Dreamship Surprise - Period 1
Germany, 2005, 88 min.
An irreverent spoof of the sci-fi genre from Star Trek to Star Wars set in the year 2304, when Martian colonies wage war upon the Earth. Our only hope against total annihilation is the prissy crew of the Dreamship Surprise. Unfortunately, they're better suited for the Miss Waikiki beac... more
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The Master
Poland, 2005, 110 min.
Lyrically moving back and forth between fantasy and reality, Piotr Trzaskalski's road movie follows a Russian knife-thrower with supernatural powers known as "The Master" as he travels the Polish countryside putting on a one-man show and collecting affectionately rendered passengers. An entertaining... more
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News From Afar
Mexico, 2005, 121 min.
This impressively crafted and moving first feature tells the story of a young man who sets off from a small village in the Mexican highlands to Mexico City in hope of saving his mother and father from marginalization and poverty. A visceral and emotional debut that marks the filmmaker as one to watc... more
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Sud Express
Spain, 2005, 104 min.
This remarkable film tells six interconnected stories dealing with the Sud Express, the celebrated bullet train that runs between Paris and Lisbon, serving as a kind of cultural bridge between the nations of France, Spain and Portugal. Europe may be united politically, but cultural diversity (for be... more
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The World’s Fastest Indian
New Zealand, 2005, 128 min.
Sir Anthony Hopkins is wonderful in Roger Donaldson's affectionate and immensely entertaining biopic of 72-year-old Burt Munro, the crazy Kiwi who, in 1971, traveled to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to try and set a motorcycle speed record. Hopkins' nuanced performance adds immeasurably to the f... more
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