Movie Review: ÂHouse of SandÂ: A Mother, Her Daughter, and BrazilÂs Bleak Yet Lovely Land
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Beautifully shot in a sandy, remote corner of northern Brazil, this lovely film tells the story of three generations of women.
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What happens when idealism becomes power? That question is the driving force of Jeremy Kaganâs inert yet strangely compelling film âGoldaâs Balcony.â
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The kidnapping of a Brazilian football star&#39;s mother shows the dark underbelly of Brazil&#39;s beautiful game and its ransom-fuelled snatch squads.
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The film is a classic immigrant saga about how profoundly disorienting it can be to live in two cultures.
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âGemelosâ is a theatrically novel story of endurance in the face of want and neglect.
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Two new films shed light on Pakistan's  deep-rooted social and political problems by looking at them  through the eyes of a child.
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Geleya may well appeal to the young and the mass audience. In a nutshell the film is high on technical aspects, but low on content -- a clichÃ©d fare with some entertaining moments.
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Despite occasional detours into sentimentality, this Irish film is better than the usual three-stage journey of courage, heartbreak and redemption.
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âThe Year My Parents Went on Vacationâ is most seductive when it focuses on the details of daily life in the lower-middle-class SÃ£o Paulo neighborhood Bom Retiro.
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Her forays into international film have been fairly chequered from the possessive South Indian mother of the
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This stirring, idealistic documentary about the grass-roots cooperative movement in Argentina raises basic questions about economics, government and human nature.
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The film has many an interesting nugget about it.
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A colorful and confounding head trip, âOpera Jawaâ is guaranteed to test the fortitude of all but the most adventurous viewer.
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The director James L. Brooks emerges from a painful divorce with "Spanglish," a personal film in which cultures clash about marriage, children and human frailty.
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âThe Pirates Who Donât Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movieâ is a rather ordinary film with faith at its core.
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Itâs not easy to turn one of the most controversial events of the 20th century into a movie that makes your eyes roll, but âO Jerusalemâ does this and worse.
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Uneasily straddling age groups and genres, âJoshuaâ is a highly effective family drama cloaked in the stale tropes of the demon-seed thriller.