Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Brady Corbet
Starring: Adrien Brody | Felicity Jones | Guy Pearce | Joe Alwyn | Raffey Cassidy
Brett says: “The phrase ‘where do we begin?’ is sometimes an overused line to set up what all is too often an underwhelming account for such a grandiose introduction, but in reflecting on the film THE BRUTALIST, ‘where do we
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Director: John Trengove
Starring: Adrien Brody | Jesse Eisenberg | Odessa Young | Philip Ettinger | Sallieu Sesay
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Charlie Day
Starring: Adrien Brody | Charlie Day | Jason Sudeikis | Kate Beckinsale | Ken Jeong
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Paul Solet
Starring: Adrien Brody | Chandler DuPont | Glenn Fleshler | Michelle Wilson | Mykelti Williamson | Richie Merritt
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Peter Sehr
Starring: Adrien Brody | August Diehl | Charlotte Ayanna | Elizabeth Regen | Jon Seda | Liza Jessie Peterson | Pam Grier
Laura says: “German cowriter (with Marie Noelle)/director Peter Sehr gets points for trying something different, but his radical choices, incoherent storytelling and truly head-scratching ending add up to an intriguing failure. Star Adrien Brody has always been interesting to watch,
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Director: Terrence Malick
Starring: Adrien Brody | Ben Chaplin | Elias Koteas | George Clooney | Jared Leto | Jim Caviezel | John C. Reilly | John Cusack | Sean Penn | Tim Blake Nelson | Woody Harrelson
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Adrien Brody | Bill Murray | Jeff Goldblum | Owen Wilson | Ralph Fiennes | Saoirse Ronan | Tilda Swinton | Tony Revolori | Willem Dafoe
Jason says: “When trailers for THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL first started appearing a few months ago, I felt some apprehension. Not so much because I often think I like director Wes Anderson less than I do, but because a large
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Starring: Adrien Brody | Brandon McGibbon | Delphine Chanéac | Sarah Polley | Simona Maicanescu
Jason says: “SPLICE is an independent film that has been cleverly disguised as a big-studio summer movie, so a fair portion of the audience may feel uneasy as they watch it. More uneasy, that is; writer-director Vincenzo Natali isn’t just
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Adrien Brody | Mark Ruffalo | Maximilian Schell | Rachel Weisz | Rinko Kikuchi | Robbie Coltrane
Jason says: “THE BROTHERS BLOOM is a magic trick of a movie, done close-up by a magician who has not only shown that there is nothing up his sleeves, but who is in fact only wearing a vest so as
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Adrien Brody | Bryce Dallas Howard | Joaquin Phoenix
Rob says: “A purveyor of film-flammery like Michael Moore is, quite rightly, called to task when he presents a story in a lazy and disingenuous manner, and so, too, shall M. Night Shyamalan. The writer/director/producer of the epic fluke THE
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