Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Starring: Chad R. Davis | David Strathairn | Jude Law | Natalie Portman | Norah Jones
Chadd says: “As I discussed my love of indie and foreign film to a woman I recently met (coincidentally, the same woman who accompanied me to see this film), I described that the process of viewing most foreign films is
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Jude Law | Juliette Binoche | Robin Wright Penn | Vera Farmiga
Bruce says: “It’s hard to image how a film with so much potential could leave one feeling totally empty but Anthony Minghella’s flat, soulless BREAKING AND ENTERING does just that. Minghella’s script is the basic problem. It is obvious where
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Director: Kerry Conran
Starring: Angelina Jolie | Giovanni Ribisi | Gwyneth Paltrow | Jude Law | Laurence Olivier | Michael Gambon
Janet says: “You’ll notice that this review is a departure from my usual style. It comes from my better and more technical half, Linc Ross.” Lincoln says: “As a film dilettante, I would not normally feel competent to review a
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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: 3.9
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Clive Owen | Jude Law | Julia Roberts | Natalie Portman
Janet says: “Just got back from the Embassy Cinema after seeing this film about a quartet of lovers who lust after and betray one another, and I’m very excited about it. I’m not a Julia fan—every time I see her
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Adam Scott | Alan Alda | Alec Baldwin | Cate Blanchett | Danny Huston | France Conroy | Gwen Stefani | Ian Holm | John C. Reilly | Jude Law | Kate Beckinsale | Leonardo DiCaprio
Bruce says: “Similar to the childhood flashbacks in RAY, THE AVIATOR attempts to explain away Howard Hughes’ drive and craziness by presenting a telltale scene from his childhood. Scorsese has chosen a moment in 1927 where Howard’s mother is washing
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Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Brendan Gleeson | Donald Sutherland | Eileen Atkins | Giovanni Ribisi | Jude Law | Kathy Baker; | Natalie Portman | Nicole Kidman | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Ray Winstone | Renée Zellweger
Chris says: “The season’s bloated literary adaptation / historical epic Oscar bait is Anthony Minghella’s first film since the similarly crafted and still underrated THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. It’s no masterpiece, but it exceeded my expectations nonetheless. Jude Law gives
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