Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.9
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Beatrice Dalle | Isabelle Huppert | Maurice Bénichou | Patrice Chéreau | Rona Hartner
Chris says: “This is one of the most unsettling films I’ve ever seen (even more so than FAHRENHEIT 9/11!). I don’t want to say too much about the plot, because it’s best going into it knowing as little as possible,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Dustin Hoffman< Lily Tomlin | Isabelle Huppert | Jason Schwartzman | Jude Law | Mark Wahlberg | Naomi Watts
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Chris says: Pretty audacious for a studio comedy, even if it’s technically an indie studio. David O. Russell’s existential romp is a love-it-or-hate-it receptacle if I ever saw one. I loved it, but I’m skeptical as to how much it’ll
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Annie Girardot | Benoît Magimel | Isabelle Huppert
Bob says: “I was part of a good-sized crowd at the Brattle last night for THE PIANO TEACHER, and came out of it finding myself pretty deeply affected. I found it odd that so many in the audience laughed so
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Claude Chabrol
Starring: Anna Mouglalis | Isabelle Huppert | Jacques Dutronc | Rodolphe Pauly
Laura says: “Septuagenarian Chabrol, long known as the French Hitchcock, knows how to utilize Huppert’s cool brand of calculation. Their seventh collaboration is both as twisty and as obvious as the black web Mika literally spins with her crochet needle.
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Catherine Deneuve | Danielle Darrieux | Emmanuelle Béart | Isabelle Huppert
Michael says: “This colorful, riotous musical is quite a romp, starring some of France’s most glamorous and notable actresses, including Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, and Fanny Ardant. “Eight women, extended family, are trapped in an estate during a
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