[20] Shadow Dancer

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Jan 022012
 
Shadow Dancer

Shadow Dancer (2012)

Cast: Gillian Anderson, Clive Owen, Aidan Gillen

Director: James Marsh

Genre: drama, thriller

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Title SHADOW DANCER
Logline A young woman who has been a member of the IRA alongside her brothers and husband becomes an informer for Britain’s MI5.
Programmer Quotes “Taught thriller”
Gardner says: This might be too much tension for me. I don’t like to sweat during movies.

(Note:  Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny both have films at the festival.)
Director James Marsh (“Man on a Wire” Director helmer)
Screenwriter Tom Bradby
Producer Chris Coen, Andrew Lowe, Ed Guiney
Cast Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen, Aidan Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson, Gillian Anderson
Country UK
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[21] The Imposter

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Jan 012012
 

Title The Imposter
Synopsis It’s 1994: a 13-year-old boy disappears from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three and a half years later, he is found alive, thousands of miles away, in Spain. Disoriented and quivering with fear, he divulges his shocking story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home, but all is not what it seems. Sure, he has the same tattoos, but he looks decidedly different, and he now speaks with a strange accent. Why doesn’t the family seem to notice these glaring inconsistencies? It’s only when an investigator starts asking questions that this astounding true story takes an even stranger turn.
Programmer Quotes Where is the truth? Keeps you guessing.
Gardner says: I am so hooked, I have to know the truth.
Director Bart Layton
Screenwriters
Producers John Battsek, Simon Chinn, Molly Thompson, Katherine Butler, Bob DeBitetto
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More: TERRI, Martha Marcy May Mariene

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Jan 072011
 

Terri

USA
US Dramatic (Comedy)
School principal (John C. Reilly!) befriends outcast, outlier  teen and shows he’s not alone.
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Martha Marcy May Mariene
 USA
US Dramatic
Cult-quitter re-assimilation woes.
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5 – Perfect Sense

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Dec 312010
 
Perfect Sense

Perfect Sense (2011)

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Connie Nielsen

Director: David Mackenzie

Genre: sf, romance, drama

Trailer Perfect Sense

by CinemaRx
Title Perfect Sense [ IMDB ]
Logline A life affirming look at what it means to love and be loved while people across the globe begin to suffer strange symptoms, affecting the emotions, then the senses.
Director David Mackenzie
Screenwriter Kim Fupz Aakeson
Cast Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Ewen Bremner, Stephen Dillane, Denis Lawson, Connie Nielsen
Country UK
Quotes “A sleeper”
Gardner says: So what I understand is that there’s this virus going around that first messes up your emotions and then takes away one of your senses. Which emotion and sense would you pick?

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8 – The Guard

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Dec 302010
 
The Guard

The Guard (2011)

Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham

Director: John M. McDonagh

Genre: thriller, comedy

Trailer The Guard

by CinemaRx
Title The Guard
Logline An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.
Director John Michael McDonagh
Screenwriters John Michael McDonagh
Cast Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Dominique McElligot
Country UK
Quotes “Broad comedy” “FUNNY!”
Gardner says: I will always go see any unlikely-pairing-black-American-and-white-Irishman-buddy-cop broad comedy film!
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12 – Senna

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Dec 292010
 
Senna

Senna (2010)

Cast: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams

Director: Asif Kapadia

Genre: sport, biography, documentary

by CinemaRx
Title Senna [ Official Film Site |   IMDB ]
Logline A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.
Director Asif Kapadia  (Twitter)
Screenwriter Manish Pandey  (Twitter)
Cast
Country UK
Quotes “Shakespearean tragedy” “Blown away by this movie” “I was yelling at the screen!”
Gardner says: A must see for F1 fans and, according to my source (who, admittedly, was a little tipsy) for everyone.
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15 – Project Nim

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Dec 292010
 
Title PROJECT NIM
Logline
Director James Marsh
Screenwriter
Cast A chimpanzee in diapers
Country UK
Quotes “DON’T MISS!!!” Were the exact words from my source close to the festival.
Gardner says: Having some experience in non-human communication research (and shaving rats) I am familiar with this experiment.  Personally I am torn about seeing this film as I chose to change careers for ethical reasons. That said, it is from the maker of “Man on a Wire” and will no doubt be a poop-slingingly good movie.
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22 – TYRANNOSAUR

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Dec 272010
 
Tyrannosaur

Tyrannosaur (2011)

Cast: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan

Director: Paddy Considine

Genre: drama

by CinemaRx
Title Tyrannosaur |   IMDB
Logline A woman looks for a way out of her abusive relationship
Director Paddy Considine
Screenwriter Paddy Considine
Cast Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan
Country UK
Quotes Great performance by Eddie Marsan

“Brutally hard to watch, but not mired in depression”
Gardner says: This film would have ranked a LOT higher for me if I was in the mood for a “man plagued by self-destructive violence and rage.”
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32 – REAGAN

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Dec 242010
 

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Title Reagan, the Movie
Logline A drama based on the life of Ronald Reagan, from his childhood to his time in the oval office.
Director Eugene Jareki
Writer
Country U.S.A., United Kingdom
Cast
Quotes “THE Reagan movie.”
Gardner says: A.C. Lyles BETTER be in in it!
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