Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.2 cats
Director: Cord Jefferson
Starring: Erika Alexander | Jeffrey Wright | John Ortiz | Leslie Uggams | Tracee Ellis Ross
Michael says: “Jeffrey Wright plays Thelonius ‘Monk’ Ellison, a distinguished academic and writer of literary fiction who decries the popular trend of best-selling books about the black experience – usually involving single moms, gangs, and police shootings – in Cord
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Director: Megan Park
Starring: Jenna Ortega | John Ortiz | Lumi Pollack | Maddie Ziegler | Niles Fitch | Will Ropp
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Paul Shoulberg
Starring: John Ortiz | Judith Light | Roberta Colindrez | TayLar | Zachary Spicer
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper | Jacki Weaver | Jennifer Lawrence | John Ortiz | Julia Stiles | Robert De Niro
Bruce says: “The buzz was great. The director is a favorite. It has heavy backing from The Weinstein Company. Will SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK live up to the hype? Happily the answer is yes. But to get the most out of
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Starring: Amy Ryan | Daphne Rubin-Vega | John Ortiz | Philip Seymour Hoffman
Michael says: “Hats off to Philip Seymour Hoffman! Not only is his directorial debut a warm, funny, brilliantly acted, gorgeously written romance, it’s also the most adept depiction of the internal lives of people I’ve seen on screen. It’s a
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