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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Director: Alejandro Monteverde
Starring: Bill Camp | Jim Caviezel | José Zúñiga | Kurt Fuller | Mira Sorvino
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Rebecca Hall
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård | Andre Holland | Antoinette Crowe-Legacy | Bill Camp | Gbenga Akinnagbe | Ruth Negga | Tessa Thompson
Michael says: “This assured directorial debut from actor Rebecca Hall reveals a practice that many people will be unaware. Set in 1920’s Harlem, a chance reunion of two high school friends poses moral and ethical challenges to a black woman
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Bill Pohlad
Starring: Bill Camp | Elizabeth Banks | Jake Abel | John Cusack | Paul Dano | Paul Giamatti
Jason says: “Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys made some of their best songs (and one of pop music’s greatest albums) by meticulously – indeed, maniacally – piecing small fractions together that aren’t naturally found near each other, inventing what
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Bill Camp | Dominic Cooper | Gemma Arterton | Luke Evans | Roger Allam | Tamsin Greig
Jason says: “TAMARA DREWE is an odd film, able to defy expectations even if all the audience knows going into it is its name. After all, one would expect this movie to be a showcase for Gemma Arterton as the
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