Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Stephen Karam
Starring: Amy Schumer | Beanie Feldstein | Jayne Houdyshell | June Squibb | Richard Jenkins | Steven Yeun
Michael says: “Family, holiday drama disguised as horror or is it horror disguised as family, holiday drama? At any rate, an aging couple drive into NYC from Scranton, to spend time with their daughter and her new boyfriend at their
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Director: John Krasinski
Starring: Anna Kendrick | Ashley Dyke | John Krasinski | Josh Groban | Margo Martindale | Randall Park | Richard Jenkins | Sharlto Copley
Vicki says: “In the comedy/drama, THE HOLLARS, John Hollar (played by director, John Krasinski) returns when his mother, Sally, ends up in the hospital following a seizure and is diagnosed with a brain tumor. As Sally, Margo Martindale holds the
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Miranda July
Starring: Da'Vine Joy Rudolph | Debra Winger | Diana Maria Riva | Evan Rachel Wood | Gina Rodriguez | Mark Ivanir | Richard Jenkins
Michael says: “Many find Miranda July’s work a little too precious, or twee. It’s definitely unique and has a certain style of its own, but I’m a big admirer of her work. Her first feature film, ME AND YOU AND
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Director: Andrew Cohn
Starring: Cameron Scott Roberts | Da'Vine Joy Randolph | Ed O'Neill | Holden Ochsenhirt | Richard Jenkins | Shane Paul McGhie
By Michael Colford
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Alan Alda | Ben Stiller | Celia Weston | George Segal | Glenn Fitzgerald | Josh Brolin | Lily Tomlin | Mary Tyler Moore | Patricia Arquette | Richard Jenkins | Téa Leoni
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Slattery
Starring: Caleb Landry Jones | Christina Hendricks | Eddie Marsan | John Turturro | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Richard Jenkins
Jason says: “There are moments, especially toward the end of GOD’S POCKET, when I wonder if John Slattery has made a Trojan Horse of a movie, giving an audience expecting an honest-but-affectionate story about earthy folks in a tough neighborhood
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Robert Redford
Starring: Anna Kendrick | Brendan Gleeson | Brit Marling | Chris Cooper | Julie Christie | Nick Nolte | Richard Jenkins | Robert Redford | Sam Elliott | Shia LaBeouf | Stanley Tucci | Stephen Root | Susan Sarandon | Terrence Howard
Jason says: “THE COMPANY YOU KEEP can play a bit like a brute-force attack at times – sure, it’s kind of slow at times and eventually the audience winds up a couple steps ahead of the protagonist, but every ten
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Josh Radnor
Starring: Allison Janney | Elizabeth Olsen | Elizabeth Reaser | Josh Radnor | Kate Burton | Richard Jenkins
Michael says: “Written, directed, and starring Josh Radnor (of TV’s ‘How I Met Your Mother’) offers a film revolved around nostalgia, and looking back at your college days as they high point of your life. Jesse (Radnor) is living an
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Drew Goddard
Starring: Anna Hutchison | Chris Hemsworth | Fran Kranz | Jesse Williams | Kristen Connolly | Richard Jenkins
Thom says: “Being a huge Josh Whedon fan (I’ve loved ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, ‘Dollhouse’, ‘Firefly’, ‘Angel’, SERENITY, & hopefully THE AVENGERS I naturally had to see this with his participation in this horror film. First rate production and clever
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Thomas McCarthy
Starring: Danai Jekesai Gurira | Haaz Sleiman | Hiam Abbass | Marian Seldes | Richard Jenkins
Michael says: “THE STATION AGENT was no fluke. Thomas McCarthy has delivered a sophomore effort that holds the possibly fleeting distinction of my favorite film of the festival so far. THE VISITOR is a ’cause’ film, focusing on the tragic
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