Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Tim Fehlbaum
Starring: Ben Chaplin | John Magaro | Leonie Benesch | Peter Sarsgaard | Zinedine Soualem
Michael says: “Straight-forward, well-made political thriller about the terrorists who took 11 Israeli participants at the Munich Olympics in 1972 hostage, and the live news coverage by ABC. I was pleased to see a terrific performance by Leonie Benesch (THE
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ilker Çatak
Starring: Anne-Kathrin Gummich | Eva Löbau | Leonard Stettnisch | Leonie Benesch | Michael Klammer
Chris says: “A junior high school is as ideal a setting as any for a taut thriller and this German film gets all the little details right as to why—in particular, a mounting, no-going-back pressure of the sort easily egged
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Christian Friedel | Ernst Jadobi | Fion Mutert | Leonie Benesch | Ulrich Tukur | Ursina Lardi
Bruce says: “Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, Michael Haneke (THE PIANO TEACHER, CACHÉ, BENNY’S VIDEO, FUNNY GAMES, THE TIME OF THE WOLF) finally gets his well deserved recognition. Not that his films are always satisfying. I cannot think
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