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Beyond the Blockbusters - Spring 2002
East is East
British film about a Pakistani family living in England during the 1970s. Is it a comedy? Sometimes. Is it a tragedy? Maybe. It's really the poignant story of how one immigrant family copes with the conflicting values of two cultures. Expect to laugh, and then to cry. [R]
East/West (French and Russian, with English subtitles)
Russian émigrés return to a life in a post-war Soviet Union ofoppression, political chicanery and virtual imprisonment. A great cast, including Catherine Deneuve. Beautifully filmed. Excellent score. Includes a classic Cold-War thriller ending.
[PG-13]
Entre
Nous (French with English subtitles)
Two of France's great film actresses, Miou-Miou and Isabelle Huppert, star in this post-war story of friendship and unsatisfactory marriages. The two friends find in each other what they do not find in marriage. A sad, beautifully filmed movie with affecting performances by both women. [PG]
Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored
The touching story of an African-American family living in the deep South during the middle of the 20th Century. [PG]
The Sandlot
Painfully shy new kid in town comes out of his shell with the help of
the neighborhood’s star baseball player. Delightful paean to life in ’60s
America. [PG]
Smoke Signals
The story of two young Coer d’Alene Indians who embark on a bus journey to claim the remains of a relative. Part comedy, part drama, part road picture, part buddy picture, part character study, all memorable. [PG-13]
A Walk in the Clouds
A GI returning from World War II meets an unmarried, pregnant woman and agrees to pose as her husband to spare her the wrath of her domineering father. [PG-13]
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