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Independent Film December 2011 Archive

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Review: Pariah

Friday December 30, 2011
Dee Ree's debut film Pariah tells the story of Alike, a seventeen-year-old African American teen in Brooklyn coming to terms with her identity.  There simply isn't enough praise in the ... Read More

Review: A Separation

Tuesday December 27, 2011
Set in contemporary Iran, Asghar Farhadi's A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Leta Leila Hatami stars as a middle class, educated woman who ... Read More

Review: Roman Polanksi's Carnage

Monday December 19, 2011
Based on Yasmina Reza's celebrated play , Roman Polanksi's Carnage takes place almost entirely in the gentrified Brooklyn living room of Michael and Penelope Longstreet. Shot in real ... Read More

Review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Thursday December 15, 2011
Tomas Alfredson's adaptation of John Le Carre's celebrated Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy flat-out fails in its efforts to grab ya in a breathless, page-turning spy thriller way. It achieves, ... Read More

Review: My Week With Marilyn

Sunday December 4, 2011
Based on the book by Colin Clark about his experiences with Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier during the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl, My Week with Marilyn could ... Read More

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