Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring: Daigo Yamamoto | Haruka Ayase | Kan'ichirô Satô | Nanan Seino | Rimu Kuwaki
Chris says: “Hirokazu Kore-eda’s gentle sci-fi/AI fable is perhaps the highest concept he’s forged since AFTER LIFE but he doesn’t do enough with it, utilizing it as a catalyst for a family drama without fully realizing its potential. If the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring: Haruka Ayase | Kaho | Masami Nagasawa | Ryo Kase | Ryôhei Suzuki. | Suzu Hirose | Takafumi Ikeda
Michael says: “Hirokazu Kore-eda (LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON, STILL WALKING, NOBODY KNOWS, AFTER LIFE) returns with a lovely, heartfelt portrait of three sisters who discover they have a fourth sister after their estranged father passes away. They bring her into
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kôki Mitani
Starring: Eri Fukatsu | Haruka Ayase | Kôichi Satô | Satoshi Tsumabuki | Toshiyuki Nishida
Jason says: “Let’s face it: The whole deal with gangs and movies intersecting in such a way as to cause hilarious, self-referential misunderstanding is pretty darn played out. I groaned a little just reading the description for THE MAGIC HOUR,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Funihiko Sori
Starring: Haruka Ayase | Shido Nakamura | Takao Osawa | Yôsuke Kubozuka
Jason says: “It is one of the oldest tricks in the book, despite having rather limited success, as far as I can tell: Take a franchise that has seen better days and revive it, only the new protagonist is no
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Starring: Haruka Ayase | Kazue Fukiishi | Saburô Tokitô | Seiichi Tanabe | Shinobu Terajima
Jason says: “Commercial air travel has become common enough that even those of us who do not fly very often take it for granted. We should and we shouldn’t: Life in the 21st century demands relying on complex systems that
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jae-young Kwak
Starring: Haruka Ayase | Keisuke Koide | Ken'ichi Endô | Risa Ai | Yoshikau Ebishu
Jason says: “I’m more than a bit curious how CYBORG SHE was marketed in Japan. The festival plugged it as the new film by Kwak Jaw-young, and of a piece with his with his other whimsical romantic comedies with a
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