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71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance With his signature cold, cerebral style, his long slow takes, and meticulous action, Austrian director Michael Haneke (CACHE, THE PIANO TEACHER) presents a series of isolated scenes of unrelated people that culminates in an act of sudden and senseless violence in a bank. 71 FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANCE delves into some of the prevalent…    more      Children Underground Showing the horrendous effects of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's oppressive regime, Edet Belzberg's CHILDREN UNDERGROUND is an unflinchingly brutal, eye-opening work of social commentary. Ceausescu's decision to ban contraception and abortion as a way of increasing the country's work force resulted in a generation of children born…    more