Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Albert Serra
Starring: Alexandre Melo | Benoît Magimel | Marc Susini | Matahi Pambrun | Pahoa Mahagafanau | Sergi Lopez
Jeff says: “PACIFICTION is billed as a thriller, but at 2.75 hours, it’s a leisurely thriller. The most thrilling sequence comes when a mob of boats, jet skis, and surfers carom down the sides of crashing, 20-foot waves off the
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Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Alex Angulo | Ariadna Gil | Doug Jones | Ivana Baquero | Manolo Solo | Maribel Verdú | Sergi Lopez
Chris says: “Anyone touched by the moment in THE WIZARD OF OZ when the film shifts from black and white into glorious color knows how effectively movies can express the startling contrast between reality and fantasy. Guillermo del Toro’s film
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Grégory Magne
Starring: Emmanuelle Devos | Grégory Montel | Gustave Kervern | Lisa Perrio | Pauline Moulène | Sergi Lopez | Zelie Rixhon
Michael says: “There’s nothing all that unique or original about Grégory Magne’s French comedy PERFUMES, but it’s quite noteworthy, and enjoyable, because it really does everything right. Guillaume is a chauffeur, whose recent traffic violations are making his boss reluctant
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Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Starring: Adriano Tardiolo | Agnese Graziani | Alba Rohrwacher | Luca Chikovani | Nicoletta Barschi | Sergi Lopez | Tommaso Ragno
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Eric Valette
Starring: Albert Dupontel | Alice Taglioni | Natacha Régnier | Serge Hazanavicius | Sergi Lopez | Stephane Debac
Jason says: “THE PREY isn’t a big summer blockbuster by American standards; for all I know, it wasn’t a big deal when it played its native France as LA PROIE two years before its American release. It is a lean,
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Arnaud Larrieu | Jean-Marie Larriue
Starring: Catherine Frot | Clotilde Hesme | Karin Viard | Mathieu Amalric | Sergi Lopez
Thom says: “It’s such a dreadful shame that my last two films at TIFF were not worth seeing. This was another apocalyptic film about a virus that’s killing the entire world population. It’s a road film about a married man
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Audrey | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Sergi Lopez | Sophie Okonedo | Tautou
Ivy says: “DIRTY PRETTY THINGS is the newest film by Stephen Frears (MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE). It is a thriller set in the world of illegal citizens in London and what they have to do in order to work, get citizenship,
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Dominik Moll
Starring: Laurent Lucas | Mathilde Seigner | Sergi Lopez
Ellen says: “I thought Sergi Lopez did a good job as Harry, but he didn’t frighten me (in a chilling psychological way) the way I thought he would. In fact that would be my general feeling toward the film. Maybe
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