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Our Beloved Month of AugustOur Beloved Month of August (Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto) (2008) Recommended
Dir. Miguel Gomes
Feat. Sonia Bandeira, Fabio Oliveira
Beautifully idiosyncratic film blending documentary with drama, from distinctive Portuguese director Miguel Gomes (TABU). A summery and romantic…
Paris 36Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) (2008)
Dir. Christophe Barratier
Feat. Gerard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad
This period 30s French drama is set in a struggling music hall that seems destined for closure until a new star comes along to save the day. A love…
Across the UniverseAcross the Universe (2007)
Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson
Thirty–three tunes from the Beatles songbook are excitably re–constituted for this lavish 'jukebox' musical that threads together a story…
Crazy Crazy (2007)
Dir. Rick Bieber
Feat. Ali Larter, Waylon Payne
Unlikely musical biopic of legendary guitarist Hank Garland, charting the instrumentalist’s career highs, troubled relationships and personal…
Stomp the YardStomp the Yard (2007)
Dir. Sylvain White
Feat. Columbus Short
A stomping ghetto melodrama that follows a gangbanger's transformation into a champion hip–hop krump dancer, set in a fictional all–black…
DreamgirlsDreamgirls (2006) Recommended
Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy
Dazzling musical numbers and sassy performances jive in this acclaimed Motown musical charting the rise of fictional girl group, 'The Dreamettes', in…
Prairie Home Companion, APrairie Home Companion, A (2006)
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Tommy Lee Jones
Reviving the musical scope of his 70s watermark NASHVILLE, Robert Altman’s last film lovingly dramatizes the backstage quandary of a live radio…
TranSylvaniaTranSylvania (2006)
Dir. Tony Gatlif
Feat. Asia Argento, Birol Unel, Amira Casar
Tony Gatlif tones his freewheeling musical romanticism down a notch, but doesn’t discard the ramshackle sensuality of his earlier films, in this…
Lackawanna BluesLackawanna Blues (2005)
Dir. George C. Wolfe
Feat. S. Epatha Merkerson, Mos Def, Delroy Lindo
An evocative series of linked vignettes set around the memories of playwright Ruben Santiago–Hudson, about a New York boarding house in the…
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm SchoolMarilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005)
Dir. Randall Miller
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, John Goodman
Old–fashioned melodrama, shading into elegaic whimsy, in which a widowed baker (Carlyle) helps and learns the story of a car crash victim…

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