Monika’s Pensieve

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(500) Days of Summer (2009, USA)
Seen: Friday, 25th December 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 95′
Director: Marc Webb
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel
Production House: Sneak Preview Entertainment, Watermark
Plot: Summer wants a casual relationship. Tom can’t help, but want more.
Trailer

For anyone who wants a laugh, this is a promotional clip in which they do a Sid and Nancy sketch ;) [...]

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Królik po berlinsku (2009, Poland/Germany)
Seen: Tuesday, 15th December 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 52′
Director: Bartosz Konopka
Production House: MS Films, Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion, Telewizja Polska, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Lichtpunt, Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO), Polish Film Institute, Media, Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing
Plot: A documentary about the wild rabbits which used to live between the Berlin Walls [...]

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The Yes Men Fix the World (2009, France/UK/USA)
Seen: Friday, 11th December 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 87′
Director: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Kurt Engfehr
Production House: Arte France, Article Z, Renegade Pictures, Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation, Charny/Bachrach Entertainment
Plot: (from imdb)
Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the [...]

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Spread (2009, USA)
Seen: Wednesday, 9th December 2009
Runtime: 97′
Director: David Mackenzie
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, Margarita Levieva
Production House: Barbarian Films, Katalyst Films, Oceana Media Finance
Plot: Nikki sleeps with older, rich women for a living. For the most part, this life works out very well for him. But one day things go down hill…
Scene From The [...]

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Little Ashes (2008, UK/Spain)
Seen: Friday, 4th December 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 112′
Director: Paul Morrison
Cast: Javier Beltrán, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell
Production House: APT Films, Aria Films, Factotum Barcelona S.L., Met Film Production, Met Film
Plot: (from imdb)
About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Bu?uel and writer Federico García Lorca.
Trailer

Impressions In [...]

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Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009, Austria/Germany/France/Italy)
Seen: Monday, 30th November 2009
Runtime: 144′
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Christian Friedel, Leonie Benesch, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Leonard Proxauf
Production House: X-Filme Creative Pool, Wega Film, Les Films du Losange, Lucky Red, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), German Federal Film Board, Mini-Traité Franco-Canadien, Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Austrian Film Institute, Vienna [...]

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon (USA, 2009)
Seen: Wednesday, 25th November 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 130′
Director: Chris Weitz
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Michael Sheen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Peter Facinelli, Dakota Fanning
Production House: Imprint Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, Sunswept Entertainment, Temple Hill Entertainment
Plot: Edward decides to leave Bella for her own good. Bella starts hanging [...]

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life (Canada/Japan, 1994)
Seen: Saturday, 14th November 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 46′
Director: Barrie McLean
Production House: Mistral Films, NHK, National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Plot: A documentary on death in the Buddhist tradition and how it differs from Western perceptions of death.
Scene From the Film

Impressions In Short
I found the [...]

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Séraphine (France/Belgium, 2008)
Seen: Monday, 9th November 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 125′
Director: Martin Provost
Cast: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur
Production House: TS Productions, Climax Films, Région Ile-de-France, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Angoa-Agicoa, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté française de Belgique, France 3 Cinéma, La Banque postale Image, Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement [...]

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The Accidental Husband (UK/USA, 2008)
Seen: Wednesday, 4th November 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 90′
Director: Griffin Dunne
Cast: Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Ajay Naidu, Isabella Rossellini
Production House: Blumhouse Productions, Team Todd, Yari Film Group (YFG)
Plot: (from imdb)
When talk radio host Emma Lloyd advises one of her listeners to break up with her boyfriend, the jilted ex [...]