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Hard Candy
USA, 2005, 104 min.
The spine-chilling exploration of sexual politics, vengeance and justice in Hard Candy is bound to inspire controversy. Yet Ellen Page's performance as 14-year-old Hayley Stark is so compelling that one cannot bear to turn away as she becomes involved with a 32-year-old fashion photographer w... more
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The House With The Laughing Windows
Italy, 1976, 111 min.
Director Avati took a step into thriller territory in this early work. A gothic chiller, it revolves around the restoration of a painting depicting the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. The art historian discovers evidence that the painter may have been involved in satanic rites and human sacrifice.... more
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In His Hands
France, 2005, 121 min.
A doomed romance with a possible serial killer drives the suspense in this thriller. The accomplished filmmaker and her able cast provide rewards in the delicacy with which they sketch the way a woman in a marriage neither happy nor unhappy drifts into an affair, and persists despite clear indicatio... more
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Lady Vengeance
South Korea, 2005, 113 min.
Flamboyant Korean director Park Chan-wook's latest (part three in the "vengeance trilogy" that includes Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Old Boy) follows a woman who, wrongly imprisoned for murder for 13 years, seeks redress in the most violently spectacular of ways. A stunningly cinemat... more
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Off Screen
Netherlands, 2005, 87 min.
This haunting, intelligent thriller brings together two of Benelux's best actors and offers a parable about living in a time of anxiety. On March 11, 2002, a disturbed 59-year-old bus driver took hostages in Amsterdam's Rembrandt Tower. What inspired his actions? Best Film and Best Actor, Montreal W... more
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Someone Else’s Happiness
Belgium, 2005, 99 min.
In the 1990s, a series of child murders shook Belgium. This highly assured first feature, creates a series of vignettes centering on the inhabitants of a suburban village where a child's body has been discovered after a hit and run. Emotional truths slowly unravel revealing that things are very dif... more
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Swindled
Spain, 2005, 111 min.
This fast-paced and witty heist film focuses on the relationship between a small time crook and an aging swindler who devise the ultimate scheme with a first-rate schemer; nothing is what it seems in this serpentine thriller featuring charismatic performances by Federico Luppi and Victoria Abril.... more
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Tempesta
United Kingdom, 2005, 102 min.
A young American art appraiser finds himself drawn into a complex web of mystery, intrigue and betrayal set against the ghostly backdrop of the Venetian waterways when he is sent to Italy to authenticate three priceless paintings belonging to the famous Galleria dell'Academia.... more
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The Virgin of Juarez
USA, 2006, 91 min.
The murders of nearly 400 women in the Mexican city of Juarez over the last decade form the basis for this taut tale of a Los Angeles investigative reporter (Minnie Driver) who travels to the border town intent on uncovering the truth behind the brutal crimes. ... more
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The Wind
Spain, 2005, 101 min.
After the death of his daughter, sheep farmer Frank is determined to meet his granddaughter and tell her the truth about himself and his family. This thriller with the tone of an Eric Rohmer movie pulls the audience into the intimate reality of the two characters and the peculiar personalities congr... more
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