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IN THEATERS NOVEMBER 24, 2006 (LIMITED) This unusual documentary dispenses with any sort of commentary and instead shows a collage of images, all of which illustrate how food is prepared in factories across the United States. A spectacular visual essay composed of epic tableaus, a haunting vision of our modern food industry, and the methods ...

This documentary from directors Nick Bicanic and Jason Bourque explores the role of mercenaries in contemporary warfare. Using a variety of interviews and points of view, this film examines how private military companies and their employees affect the war in Iraq. Standard Screen; Soundtrack English

IN THEATERS JULY 4, 2007 (Limited) Spanning four years and seventeen countries, this documentary from Jennifer Fox chronicles the lives of women all over the world. Fox explores the lives of women from New York to India to South Africa, and she isn't afraid to turn the camera on herself. From the biological clock ...

Thom Andersen is a film teacher, Los Angeles resident, and film fanatic. He believes that his city--the most photographed in the world--gets short shrift on the silver screen. To illustrate this point, Andersen has stitched together a montage of scenes from hundreds of different movies, and created his debut feature film, LOS ANGELES ...

IN THEATERS DECEMBER 14, 2005 When filmmaker Grace Lee discovered that her name was the most common given to Asian-American women, she decided to track down people in America (and beyond) who shared her moniker. Trying to discover if there were any common bonds between all of the Grace Lee's, Lee conducted internet surveys ...

In reflecting upon his time spent in the Israeli army, filmmaker Ari Folman has produced WALTZ WITH BASHIR, a profoundly moving antiwar meditation that is equal parts personal memoir, history lesson, and animated fever dream. In 1982, Folman was a soldier during Israel's first invasion of Lebanon. This was a painful moment in ...

Highway Courtesans movie IN THEATERS DECEMBER 9, 2005 The name of folk-music promoter Harold Leventhal may not be the first that springs to mind when thinking of influential figures in the music industry, but there are many musicians who owe him a sizeable debt. Leventhal staged countless concerts for artists like as Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger, ...

Highway Courtesans TR First-time feature film director Abdel Kechiche's BLAME IT ON VOLTAIRE paints a moving portrait of an immigrant who searches to find a place in his newly adopted country. Jallel (Sami Bouajila) is a charming, well-intentioned Tunisian man who travels to Paris and secures a three-month residency by pretending to be an Algerian refugee. ...

Highway Courtesans review Adapted from Anne Michael's acclaimed prose-poem novel, FUGITIVE PIECES is a harrowing and haunting tale of Holocaust survival and personal awakening. The film opens in Poland, as young Jakob Berr (Robbie Kay) is hidden away just before German soldiers storm into his Jewish family's home. After watching his parents murdered and his sister dragged away to an uncertain fate, Jakob flees and hides ...