Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Clark Johnson
Starring: Adam Beach | Christina Ricci | Christopher Walken | Luke Kirby | Martin Donovan | Peter Stebbings | Roberta Maxwell | Zach Braff
Michael says: “I’m sure many of you saw the documentary THE CORPORATION when it was released in 2004. One segment of this harrowing tale featured a lawsuit brought to bear on a Canadian farmer after he unknowingly grew and harvested
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Director: John Patrick Shanley
Starring: Christopher Walken | Danielle Ryan | Emily Blunt | Holiday Grainer | Jamie Dornan | John Hamm
By Michael Colford
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jason Bateman
Starring: Christopher Walken | Jason Bateman | Kathryn Hahn | Nicole Kidman
Michael says: “Just watched a pretty accomplished film called THE FAMILY FANG, starring Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman, directed by Bateman. This offbeat tale looks at the Fang family, led by a pair of performance artists who put their two
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Abbie Cornish | Christopher Walken | Colin Farrell | Gabourey Sidibe | Michael Pitt | Michael Stuhlberg | Sam Rockwell | Woody Harrelson
Diane says: “Acting Nom for Christopher Walken, as a gentle psychopath caring for his wife hospitalized with breast cancer. I’ve seen most of director Martin McDonagh’s plays, and his IN BRUGES, and I love his over-the-top combo of sweetness and
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Yaron Zilberman
Starring: Catherine Keener | Christopher Walken | Imogen Poots | Mark Ivanir | Phillip Seymour Hoffman | Wallace Shawn
Jason says: “A LATE QUARTET starts out with a fair amount of promise: It’s got a cast full of fine character actors, a somewhat unusual setting in the world of classical music, and a premise that is easy to grasp
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Frank Oz
Starring: Bette Midler | Christopher Walken | Faith Hill | Glenn Close | Matthew Broderick | Mike White | Nicole Kidman | Roger Bart
Bruce says: “More is certainly less. The number of giant stars in a film is inversely proportionate to the number of cats it will receive. That’s a rule of thumb I should have memorized by now. THE STEPFORD WIVES roped
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Billy Morissette
Starring: Christopher Walken | James LeGros | Kevin Corrigan | Maura Tierney
Hilary says: “I commented a bit about this film a couple of weeks ago. I agree that it never quite comes together, despite some decent performances. I particularly enjoyed Maura Tierney as the bitter ‘Lady’ to James LeGros’ Macbeth. Her
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