Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Charlie McDowell
Starring: Jason Segel | Jesse Plemons | Lily Collins | Omar Leva
Diane says: “Jesse Plemons plays the opposite of his THE POWER OF THE DOG role—an obnoxious tech billionaire who lords it over his wife and staff. In this thriller, the couple is held hostage by a disgruntled average guy. Tone varies
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Josephine Decker
Starring: Cherry Jones | Grace Kaufman | Jacques Colimon | Jason Segel | Pico Alexander
Michael says: “Apparently based on an uber-popular YA novel, the film is clumsy, beautiful, trite, and beautiful all at the same time. While it follows a formula that screams teen fiction there are some moments that work so perfectly, that
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Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Starring: Casey Affleck | Dakota Johnson | Isabella Kai | Jason Segel | John McConnell | Violet McGraw
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: James Ponsoldt
Starring: Anna Chlumsky | Jason Segel | Jesse Eisenberg | Joan Cusack | Mamie Gummer
Jason says: “There are a lot of things that can be done with David Lipsky’s interview of David Foster Wallace, and I don’t think that a movie is at the top of the list. The magazine article it was originally
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jay Duplass | Mark Duplass
Starring: Ed Helms | Evan Ross | Jason Segel | Judy Greer | Rae Dawn Chong | Steve Zissis | Susan Sarandon
Thom says: “The Duplass brothers continue to improve as filmmakers; from THE PUFFY CHAIR to BAGHEAD to CYRUS they’ve improved. This is a mostly successful independent comedy that has a good attitude and a lot of laughs. Jeff (Segel, also
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