Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jay Duplass
Starring: Cooper Raiff | David Duchovny | Hope Davis | Kaitlyn Dever | Lucy Boynton
Michael says: “Jay Duplass follows up THE BALTIMORONS with a film vaguely related in theme (dealing with grief and suicide) but completely different in tone. This is family trauma at its most intense — and that is my jam. A
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Director: Stephen Chbosky
Starring: Amandla Stenberg | Amy Adams | Ben Platt | Colton Ryan | Danny Pino | Julianne Moore | Kaitlyn Dever
Thom says: “It is difficult reviewing this film for many reasons. Certainly, there is no questioning the credentials of director Chbosky, who was responsible for the 2012 top-rated THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. DEAR EVAN HANSEN, the film, is
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Britt Poulton | Dan Madison Savage
Starring: Jim Gaffigan | Kaitlyn Dever | Olivia Colman | Thomas Mann | Walton Goggins
Julie says: “From netflix: “‘Deep in Appalachia, Pastor Lemuel Childs presides over an isolated community of Pentecostal snake handlers. As his devoted daughter Mara prepares for her wedding under the watchful eye of Hope Slaughter, Mara reveals a deadly secret
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Felix Van Groeningen
Starring: Christian Convery | Kaitlyn Dever | Maura Tierney | Oakley Bull | Steve Carrell | Timothée Chalamet
Chris says: “Another great performance from Timothée Chalamet (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME was definitely no fluke) and a good one from Steve Carell (despite him generally being better suited to comedic roles such as BATTLE OF THE SEXES). Along
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Rating: 4.9
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Starring: Brie Larson | John Gallagher | Kaitlyn Dever | Keith Stanfield | Kevin Hernandez | Rami Malek
Chris says: “On the TV series United States of Tara, Brie Larson excelled at playing a complicated teenager: initially shallow and self-absorbed, over three seasons her character convincingly grew into a somewhat wiser, if still searching young adult. Still, if
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