Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Anna Madeley | August Diehl | Devid Striesow | Hanns Zischler | Sandra Hüller
Michael says: “Beautifully shot film with terrific acting, but the story of Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika returning to Germany in 1949 after living in America for 10 years was underwhelming. Glorious closing scene. 3 1/2 cats”
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Director: Frauke Finsterwalder
Starring: Angela Winkler | Annette Badland | Anthony Calf | Sandra Hüller | Tom Rhys Harries
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Justine Triet
Starring: Antoine Reinartz | Milo Machado Graner | Samuel Theis | Sandra Hüller | Swann Arlaud
Brett says: “Justine Triet’s ANATOMY OF A FALL could be viewed as French cinema’s answer to CourtTV. While such a statement may trivialize the layers and depth therein, at its core, the premise is presented early on, and every scene
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Starring: Christian Friedel | Freya Kreutzkam | Max Beck | Ralph Herforth | Sandra Hüller
Chris says: “Filmmaker Jonathan Glazer’s first feature since 2013’s UNDER THE SKIN is just as carefully sculpted and uncompromising; however, instead of ScarJo playing an alien, you have Sandra Huller as a World War II Nazi hausfrau living (with her military
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Maria Schrader
Starring: Annika Meier | Dan Stevens | Falilou Seck | Hans Löw | Maren Eggert | Sandra Hüller | Wolfgang Hübsch
Michael says: “***SLIGHT SPOILERS*** I’m behind on my reviews, and I’m still working on my soft pandemic commitment to review all the films i see. Several weeks back, we watched I’M YOUR MAN as part of our weekly discussion. This
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Alice Winocour
Starring: Aleksey Fateev | Eva Green | Lars Eidinger | Matt Dillon | Sandra Hüller | Zélie Boulant
Diane says: “What’s more difficult—training to be an astronaut or beIng a single mother with a demanding job? Combine the two and you get something as tense as FORD V FERRARI but as intimate as HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD. “PROXIMA, which
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Director: Justine Triet
Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos | Gaspard Ulliel | Sandra Hüller | Virginie Efira
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Thomas Stuber
Starring: Franz Rogowski | Henning Peker | Peter Kurth | Sandra Hüller
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Maren Ade
Starring: Michael Wittenborn | Peter Simonischek | Sandra Hüller
Brett says: “TONI ERDMANN is a comedic drama containing a premise that might seem similar to a large number of films, but this is a film that relies on a subtle characterization and timely humor as its backbone, opposed to
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
Starring: Burghart Klaußner | Imogen Kogge | Sandra Hüller
Bruce says: “Films about illness and disability used to run the risk of being slotted into the ‘Ailment of the Week’ made-for-TV film category. That insult is mostly a thing of the past since television is now many times more
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