Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Michael Showalter
Starring: Andrew Garfield | Cherry Jones | Jessica Chastain | Mark Wystrach | Sam Jaeger | Vincent D'Onofrio
Thom says: “Director Showalter (who seems to be a Hollywood jack-of-all-trades as he has numerous credits as Director, Actor, Writer, Producer, Soundtrack, Self, & Thanks) started out with a decided disaster with the insipid THE BAXTER (2005, 1 CAT) but
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Lin-Maneul Miranda
Starring: Alexandra Shipp | Andrew Garfield | Jonathan Marc Sherman | Joshua Henry | Robin de Jesus | Vanessa Hudgens
Michael says: “I don’t want to tear apart a film that most people loved (I’m sorry Jana, I know you are one of those people) and my disdain for first-time feature film director, Lin Manuel Miranda (creator of the Broadway
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Director: Gia Coppola
Starring: Alexa Demie | Andrew Garfield | Colleen Camp | Jason Schwartzman | Johnny Knoxville | Maya Hawke | Nat Wolff
By Chris Kriofske
Rating: 4.4
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Starring: Andrew Garfield | Callie Hernandez | Riley Keough | Topher Grace
Chris says: “Given the copious bodily fluids on display throughout, I can see why A24 was sheepish to give this a wider release. David Robert Mitchell’s (IT FOLLOWS) only real flaw here is that he made a film that simply
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Starring: Andrew Garfield | Laura Dern | Michael Shannon | Noah Lomax | Tim Guinee
Chris says: “It’s no surprise that it took so long for someone to dramatize the housing mortgage crisis that brought on the 2008 recession. Although many were impacted, it’s not the most interesting subject matter for a film, unless perhaps
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Julian Jarrold
Starring: Andrew Garfield | Anthony Flanagan | David Morrissey | Jennifer Hennessey | John Henshaw | Warren Clarke
Jason says: “The RED RIDING trilogy is a daunting prospect, especially if one is inclined to see it during its brief American theatrical release as opposed to as a video on demand offering or on DVD. I’d recommend it, as
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Mark Romanek
Starring: Andrew Garfield | Carey Mulligan | Charlie Rowe | Ella Purnell | Isobel Meikle-Small | Keira Knightley
Jason says: “NEVER LET ME GO is the sort of science fiction that tends to hide its genre or go by another name – ‘speculative fiction’ or ‘slipstream’ – because it wants to associate itself with a different audience. Science
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