Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.7 cats
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Alana Haim | Bill Camp | Gabby Hoffmann | Jasper Thompson | Josh O’Connor | Sterling Thompson
Diane says: “For Kelly Reichardt’s THE MASTERMIND, I’ve liked the reviews more than the movie. E.g., Reichardt ‘may never have met a genre she couldn’t meticulously deconstruct’ (Variety). Here it’s the heist movie, which is, of course, a character study.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Alana Haim | Benny Safdie | Bradley Cooper | Cooper Hoffman | Jon Peters | Maya Rudolph | Sean Penn | Tom Waits
Chris says: “Not as shaggy or wacky as INHERENT VICE but pretty damn close at times. Magnificently directed, as usual. Could’ve done without the whole Penn/Waits sequence but only if it allowed time for more Hoffman/Haim sparring–at peak moments, their
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