Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Anton Corbijn
Starring: Alexandra Maria Lara | Harry Treadaway | James Anthony Pearson | Joe Anderson | Sam Riley | Samantha Morton
Chris says: “Why did Joy Division vocalist Ian Curtis hang himself at the age of 23? Was it misery brought on by marital infidelity, an uneasy mixture of meds prescribed for his epilepsy, stress at the onset of fame, or
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Rating: 2.9 cats
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Daniel Craig | Rhys Ifans | Samantha Morton
Michael says: “What could have been fascinating and unusual turned out to be fairly pedestrian, beautifully filmed, and occasionally over-the-top. ENDURING LOVE, based on the novel by Ian McEwan, was directed by Roger Michell, whose unusual career includes such films
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Bruno Lastra | Christopher Simpson | Jeanne Balibar | Nina Fog | Om Puri | Samantha Morton | Tim Robbins | Togo Igawa
Bruce says: “The prolific Michael Winterbottom (BUTTERFLY KISS, JUDE, WELCOME TO SARAJEVO, WONDERLAND, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE and IN THIS WORLD) could never be accused of making the same film twice. Each of his works is very different from the
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Starring: Dolly Wells | Kathleen McDermott | Paul Popplewell | Ruby Milton | Samantha Morton
Peg says: “I saw this Scottish film by Lynne Ramsay at the Women’s Film Festival and thoroughly enjoyed it! “Morvern is a young woman who wakes up, or perhaps arrives home, on Christmas morning to find her boyfriend has committed
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Djimon Honsou | Emma Bolger | Paddy Considine | Samantha Morton | Sarah Bolger
Kevin says: “From Jim Sheridan, the director of IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER and MY LEFT FOOT, comes IN AMERICA, certainly one of the best films of 2003. “The film concerns a family, consisting of Johnny (Patty Considine), his
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