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If I Were You If I Were You
What would happen if for a short period of time you could switch lives with your significant other and the opposite sex?

In Praise of Love (Eloge de l'Amour) In Praise of Love
Jean-Luc Godard prefers questions over answers: through the quest of a young man in search of love, he revisits the very strong bond linking memory and love, both creators and matrices of myths.

Identity Identity
At first it may look like an average horror movie, and it even feels like other horror movies, but Identity barely skims above the rest as a "must see" rather then a "B-movie rental."

Inglourious Basterds Inglourious Basterds
Following famous figures like Stanley Kubrick or Francis Ford Coppola, Quentin Tarantino delivers his war film, which is undoubtedly his most ambitious, but also his laziest.

The Insider The Insider
In The Insider, Michael Mann (Heat) and Al Pacino team up again, this time to take on the tobacco dealers. Without considering the perfume of scandal surrounding its true story plot, the film is a well-crafted and intense thriller.

Insomnia Insomnia
Christopher Nolan's Insomnia is a gritty take on Erik Skjoldbjærg's eponymous film. But beyond a fine cast and stunning photography, this is the first successful remake of a European film and above all it proves how talented independent directors can elevate mainstream cinema.

Instinct Instinct
Anthony Hopkins, half-Greystoke half-Hannibal Lecter, confronts his shrink (the ridiculous Cuba Gooding Jr) in this stupid movie.

Intacto Intacto
A fascinating incursion into a troubling world where luck is courted like an unforeseeable and capricious mistress, Intacto bathes the audience in an atmosphere that is both strange and poetic.

interview Interview
Two notable performances, a mature script and a fascinating subject matter in an age where we know more about Paris Hilton than Iraq render this film relevant. Interview is a stirring tribute to Theo Van Gogh by two of the most interesting actors working today.

Intimate Strangers Intimate Strangers
In Patrice Leconte's new film, a tale of mistaken identity and platonic love, a woman opens the wrong door and ends up in the office of a financial analyst instead of on the divan of the psychiatrist with whom she had a first appointment next door.

Into the Wild Into The Wild
For his third feature in the director's chair, Sean Penn chose to adapt Jon Krakauer's eponymous best-seller.

Irreversible Irreversible
Long awaited, dreaded, Irreversible cannot leave you indifferent. Ultimate artistic incarnation or gratuitous provocation? Though the film isn't flawless, it is nonetheless one of the most important pictures in years. Criticism not being irreversible, Plume Noire offers two critiques, one for and the other against.

Jet Lag (Décalage horaire) Jet Lag
The subtlety of Danielle Thompson's universe can be found in the appealing scenario of this sparkling French romantic comedy starring Juliette Binoche & Jean Reno.

Jet Li's Fearless Jet Li's Fearless
Lacking charm and excitement, Fearless remains no more than a forgettable entry in the martial art genre.

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Intertwining interviews and archival footage, The Future Is Unwritten follows director Julien Temple's previous work, this time replacing re-enacted scenes with testimonials from Strummer's peers and fans. While this is certainly the work of an enthusiast, it fails to give us a fair portrait of a talented but highly flawed man.

Joy of Madness Joy of Madness
Hana Makhmalbaf, the daughter of renowned Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Kandahar) and sister of Samira Makhmalbaf (11'09''01 September 11), followed Samira and her crew as they were scouting Afghanistan, looking for actors to be featured in her latest film, At Five in the Afternoon. The result is a candid look at a country still haunted by the menacing ghost of the Taliban.

Ju-on: The Grudge Ju-on: The Grudge
Ju-on: The Grudge, the latest horror import from Japan, is an adaptation of a straight-to-video series, whose cult status has contributed to generate a couple of on-screen adaptations as well as an American remake.

Kabluey Kabluey
If Kabluey were to pretend to be nothing other than an amateurish indie comedy debut, you could probably cut it some slack. In the end though, it remains nothing more than a shiny broken toy. A vanity project sunk in dorkiness.

Kamchatka Kamchatka
Kamchatka is a heartrending drama set during Argentina's dirty war in 1976.

Kedma Kedma
The hot topicality of Gitaï's film unfortunately contradicts the salutary will for peace expressed by its character. The director holds, throughout his upsetting film, in the right place, taking into account the points of view of both camps.

Ken Park Ken Park
We all know that the white-bread cookie-cutter suburban lifestyle has its own dirty secrets, but when his camera explores the limits of this seemingly serene and ubiquitous American lifestyle, Larry Clark gives us a horrifying yet touching glimpse of what happens behind finely paved driveways and cute lawns.

The Kid Stays In the Picture The Kid Stays In the Picture
Full of Hollywood lore, wit and a dose of myth, this intimate look at the rise and fall of Hollywood legend mogul Robert Evans proves to be a fascinating documentary.

Kiki & Tiger Kiki & Tiger
Set in Germany, Kiki & Tiger follows the friendship between a Serbian and an Albanian in the late 1990's as violence in Kosovo reaches a boiling point.

Kill Bill: Volume 2 Kill Bill: Volume 2
After the martial art oriented first episode, Tarantino has clearly defined the second volume of his epic as a western whose roots are obviously in Italy but also in classic American cinema.

Kill Bill: Volume 1 Kill Bill: Volume 1
With Kill Bill, Tarantino, a movie geek par excellence, has created yet another homage to genre films, this time bringing martial arts—and spaghetti westerns—to our screens.

The Killer The Killer
The directorial debut from Cédric Anger, The Killer chronicles the intriguing relationship between an investment analyst and the man who has been sent to kill him.

Kurt Cobain: About a Son Kurt Cobain: About a Son
When music journalist Michael Azerrad interviewed Kurt Cobain, he didn't know that these long conversations would become a historical document, as the emblematic Nirvana singer would take his own life the following months.

   




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