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1. Catch A Fire (UK/South Africa, 2006, d. Phillip Noyce)
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Shawn Slovo, daughter of the anti-apartheid activists Joe Slovo and Ruth First, wrote the award-winning film, A World Apart, which was released in 1988, a memoir of her girlhood when her mother was in prison.
Monday, 16 April 2007 | Read more...

2. CHILDREN OF MEN (UK, 2006, D. Alfonso Cuaron)
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It was something of a surprise when P.D. James published Children of Men a few years ago. Her fans know her as a writer of stylish and literate crime thrillers, which are also murder mysteries and investigations but have much more depth than average...
Tuesday, 03 October 2006 | Read more...

3. C.S.A., THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA (US, 2004, d. Kevin Wilmott)
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Here is an arrestingly offbeat film.  Ken Burns, the celebrated American historian and film-maker, produced a powerful television series on the Civil War. 
Tuesday, 22 August 2006 | Read more...

4. CARS (US, 2006, d. John Lassiter, Joe Hanft)
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This animated feature comes from Pixar, the studio who has had continued success since the mid-1990s with the Toy Story films, A Bug’s Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles.  Some critics have complained that it is not as ef...
Tuesday, 22 August 2006 | Read more...

5. CURIOUS GEORGE (US, 2006, d. Matthew O’Callaghan)
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Glad I saw this with some four and five year olds rather than eight or nine year olds.  The latter would have thought it just for littlies.  The littlies seemed to be engrossed with it more or less, though they still had to drag parents out...
Tuesday, 22 August 2006 | Read more...

6. CRONICA DI UNA FUGA (Argentina, 2006, d. Israel Adrian Caetano)
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Above the title is the place and date, Buenos Aires, 1977.  It is Argentina in the second year of the dictatorship of the Generals.
Monday, 29 May 2006 | Read more...

7. CHARLIE SAYS (SELON CHARLIE) (France, 2006, d. by Nicole Garcia)
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It is almost a cliché to describe a film as Altmanesque. However, this does serve as a shortcut to saying that there are several strands of plot which cross at various times and interconnect.
Monday, 29 May 2006 | Read more...

8. C.R.A.Z.Y. (Canada, 2005, d. Jean-Marc Vallee)
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Very popular in French Canada, this film has mixed appeal for other audiences.  While most of it is presented as realistic comedy drama, there are touches of ‘magic realism’ about it.
Wednesday, 17 May 2006 | Read more...

9. CONFETTI (UK, 2006, d. Debbie Isitt)
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Writer-director, Debbie Isitt had a brainwave some years ago as she watched all the preparations for her sister’s wedding and was somewhat overawed by all the work, all the ideas and creativity, all the planning (and all the money).  It ha...
Wednesday, 17 May 2006 | Read more...

10. CUORE SACRO (Italy, 2005, d. Ferzan Oztopek)
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Cuore Sacro is another impressive film from Turkish-born director, but resident of Italy, Ferzan Ozpetek.   Moving from his native Turkey, he studied film in Rome and continued to make films there.
Tuesday, 25 April 2006 | Read more...

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