Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Claude Miller
Starring: Cécile de France | Julie Depardieu | Ludivine Sagnier | Mathieu Amalric | Patrick Bruel | Quentin Dubois | Valentin Vigourt
Bruce says: “Set during the Nazi occupation of France during WWII, A SECRET is a war film, a love story, a coming-of-age tale and a mystery all wrapped into one very neat package. Its main asset, among many, is the
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Julian Schnabel
Starring: Ann Consigny | Emmanuelle Seignier | Issach De Bankolé | Jean-Pierre Cassel | Marie-Josée Croze | Marina Hands | Mathieu Amalric | Max von Sydow | Patrick Chesnais
Bruce says: “Julian Schnabel suspects that Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric) was superficial and arrogant, not a particularly likeable man, before he suffered the fatal stroke that turned him into a sensitive, reflecting human being. Bauby was editor of Elle magazine
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Emmanuel Carrère
Starring: Cylia Malki | Emmanuelle Devos | Hippolyte Girardot | Mathieu Amalric | Vincent Lindon
Bruce says: “A meditation on the complexities of intimate relationships, LA MOUSTACHE is successful up to a point. One day, Marc (Vincent Lindon) asks his wife Agnès (Emmanuelle Devos) if he should shave off his moustache. She replies indifferently. When
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Starring: Catherine Deneuve | Emmanuelle Devos | Hippolyte Girardot | Jean-Paul Roussillon | Mathieu Amalric | Maurice Garrel | Nathalie Boutefeu | Noémie Lvovsky | Valentin Lelong
Chris says: “Even though it seems like a fairly conventional dialog-rich character study on the surface, this is really a strange, complex little film, if subtly so. It tells parallel stories of two ex-lovers: Nora (Emanuelle Devos) and Ismael (Mathieu
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