Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: Adele Haenel | Albert Delpy | Coralie Russier | Jean Dujardin
Chris says: “Not as inventive or all-out gonzo as RUBBER or WRONG, but neither of those had the weird chemistry that materializes between Jean Dujardin’s weasel-like enigma and Adele Haenel’s at first bemused, then all-in co-conspirator. So, I’m thankful Quentin
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Céline Sciamma
Starring: Adele Haenel | Luàna Bajrami | Noémie Merlant | Valeria Golino
Chris says: “Celine Sciamma’s exquisite 18th century romance between two women, an artist (Noémie Merlant) and her subject (Adèle Haenel) gains so much power from the barest essentials. Rather than pile on stylistic cues to lead the audience in a certain
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre | Luc Dardenne
Starring: Adele Haenel | Fabrizione Rongione | Jérémie Renier | Marc Zinga | Olivier Bonnaud | Olivier Gourmet
Thom says: “This Dardenne project was nominated for a Buried Treasure Award for Chlotrudis and I approached this with my usual cautiously optimistic view. These Belgian brothers have been highly lauded throughout their careers with numerous international world-class festival awards,
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Robin Campillo
Starring: Adele Haenel | Aloïse Sauvage | Antoine Reinartz | Arnaud Valois | Coralie Russier | Félix Maritaud | Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Thom says: “I distinctly thought I’d like this film much more than I actually did. I’d be a total idiot to question its sincerity or even its verisimilitude but this film about the early days of the Act-Up agitprop movement in
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Catherine Corsini
Starring: Adele Haenel | Alban Aunard | Arta Dobroshi | Clotide Hesme | Raphaël Personnaz | Rasha Bukvic | Reda Kateb
Thom says: “”I had quite like Corsini’s LEAVING (2009) and went into this with my eyes wide open and was mostly satisfied. It’s the story of a man returning from his bachelor party with two friends who runs over an
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Céline Sciamma
Starring: Adele Haenel | Louise Blachère | Pauline Acquart
Michael says: “This lovely French film dives deep into the world of adolescent girls and budding sexuality. Marie watches from the outside, while her friend Floriane, and the object of her desire, Anne, perform and compete in the world of
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