Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Chloe Sevigny | Ian Roberts | Lucy Liu | Olympia Dukakis | Sandra Oh | Shawn Ashmore | Stockard Channing
Michael says: “3 NEEDLES is Thom Fitzgerald’s A.I.D.S. epic, spanning three continents, telling three stories, and clearlyva movie that was a labor of love, in addition to clearly being a labor of high finances. In Africa, three nuns double as
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Brooke Smith | Chloe Sevigny | Jonny Lee Miller | Radha Mitchell | Will Ferrell
Janet says: “I keep dragging myself to these Woody Allen movies—mostly, at this point, to see the clothing and interior decor. The young couples in the film are decorating their upscale pads in an Anthropologie style with touches of the
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Bill Murray | Chloe Sevigny | Frances Conroy | Jeffrey Wright | Jessica Lange | Julie Delpy | Sharon Stone | Tilda Swinton
Chris says: “In Jim Jarmusch’s Cannes-winning film, Bill Murray plays Don Johnston, a weathered, aging lothario and terminal bachelor forever explaining to bemused people that his last name is Johnston with a ‘T.’ Shortly after his latest flame, Sherry (Julie
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lars Von Trier
Starring: Ben Gazzara | Blair Brown | Chloe Sevigny | Harriet Andersson | James Caan | Lauren Bacall | Nicole Kidman | Patricia Clarkson | Paul Bettany | Philip Baker Hall | Stellan Skarsgård
Ivy says: “I caught this last night at the Brattle. I am so glad I saw it on the big screen! I have felt for years that Von Trier is a talented filmmaker and DOGVILLE just reconfirms this belief. “It
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Billy Ray
Starring: Chloe Sevigny | Hank Azaria | Hayden Christensen | Melanie Lynskey | Peter Saarsgard | Rosario Dawson | Steve Zahn
Chris says: “Here’s a film that should join ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN or ABSENCE OF MALICE as required viewing for all Journalism students. SHATTERED GLASS recreates the incredible story of Stephen Glass, the young New Republic reporter whom in 1998
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Olivier Assaya
Starring: Charles Berling | Chloe Sevigny | Connie Nielsen | Gina Gershon
Michael says: “Well, the several Chlotrudis members who attended the second installment of the Sunday Eye-Opener were treated with a sneak preview of Olivier Assayas’ stylish tale of corporate cyber-espionage. Assayas, whose IRMA VEP is a cherished fave film of
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