Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Dennis Miller | Gillian Armstrong | John O'May | Margo Lee | Max Cullen | Norman Erskine | oey Kennedy | Pat Evison | Ross O'Donovan
Michael says: “I watched this bizarre Australian musical after hearing about it on the Brattle’s podcast. I was intrigued because it was the second feature narrative film by the talented director Gillian Armstrong; a very bizarre follow-up to her amazing
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Director: Sebastian Siegel
Starring: Frances Fisher | Mariel Hemingway | Mena Suvari | Nick Stahl | Rebekah Graf | Stuart Townsend
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Todd Randall
Starring: Abigail Hawk | Acoryé White | Adrian Favela | Carter Redwood | Germain Arroyo | Glenn Morshower | Milo Gibson | Nicholas Delgado
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Paul Meins
Starring: Antonio de la Torre | Carmen Maura | Edward James Olmos | Francesc Orella | Jessica Marais | Paz Vega | Quim Gutiérrez
Michael says: “Family saga about a multi-generational Spanish family with a successful wine business who move their family business to Australia. The film is told in flashback, when a young man returns home to Spain and discovers that the groundskeeper
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Gregory La Cava
Starring: Alice Brady | Carole Lombard | Eugene Pallette | Gail Patrick | Jean Dixon | William Powell
Michael says: “After listening to the Brattle podcast about screwball comedies, I decided to give MY MAN GODFREY a try. Released in 1936, the country still reeling from the Great Depression, this wacky film sees scatterbrained socialite Irene Bullock befriend Godfrey,
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Bokuzen Hidari | Haruo Tanaka | Miki Odagiri | Minoru Chiaki | Shin'ichi Himori | Takashi Shimura
Michael says: “I’m on a bit of a movie binge, partly due to the Brattle Theatre’s most excellent podcast, which I should have started listening to over a year ago. But it is inspiring me to catch up on a
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Rob Gordon Bralver
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Danielle Lessovitz
Starring: Fionn Whitehead | Leyna Bloom | Louisa Krause | McCaul Lombardi | Stephen Cavalieri | William Dufault
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Michael Polish
Starring: Al Pacino | Carsten Norgaard | Marcus Rafinski | Meadow Williams | Mitch Pileggi | Sewell Whitney | Swen Temmel
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Anton Sigurdsson
Starring: Adam Dorsey | Anna Maiche | Anna Marie Dobbins | Denise Gossett | Heather Fusari | Kylie Delre
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jason William Lee
Starring: Amanda Howells | Christopher Gerard | Gigi Saul Guerrero | Karolina Benefield | Khamisa Wilsher | Valter Skarsgård
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: M.J. Bassett
Starring: Brenda Ngeso | Chris Fisher | Isabel Bassett | Jerry O'Connell | Michael Johnston | Philip Winchester | Rebecca Romijn
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Alex Noyer
Starring: Dana L. Wilson | James Jagger | Jasmin Savoy Brown | Kamia Benge | Lili Simmons | Tessa Munro | Wes McGee
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Esteban Arango
Starring: Cristian Madrigal | Diane Guerrero | Jeffrey Hans | Kali Uchis | Mateo Arias | Moises Arias | Sam Ashby | Teo Aguiar
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Anders Refn
Starring: Bodil Jørgensen | Gustav Dyekjær Giese | Jesper Christensen | Mads Reuther | Sara Viktoria Bjerregaard
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Dominic López | Isaac Piche
Starring: Francisco Oliva | Greg Grant | Jeffrey Bentley | Joe Bell | Martin Kove | Michelle Manhart | Miguel Corona | Rex Hardin
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Simon Barrett
Starring: Djouliet Amara | Ella-Rae Smith | Inanna Sarkis | Jade Michael | Madisen Beaty | Stephanie Sy | Suki Waterhouse
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.375
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Starring: Dae Al Hilali | Khadeeja Mua'th | Khalid Abdulraheem | Mila Al Zahrani | Nora Al Awad | Shafi Alharthy | Tareq Al Khaldi
Bob says: “Maryam, a doctor who works at a hospital in a small city in Saudi Arabia, is looking for ways to improve her life. She regularly deals with patients who have no respect for her and would rather be
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Director: Stephen Johnson
Starring: Callan Mulvey | Caren Pistorius | Jack Thompson | Jacob Junior Nayinggul | Ryan Corr | Simon Baker
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Will Bakke
Starring: Alejandro Rose-Garcia | Bill Wise | C. Bailey Werner | Courtney Parchman | Jacob Artist | Johanna Braddy | Stephanie Hunt
Michael says: “I’m not really sure what prompted me to watch this film, which basically tells three intertwined stories about guests at a college house party in Austin, TX. I guess I was swayed by some of the positive reviews
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