Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi
Starring: Josh Hartnell | Kaho Minami | Koji Yakusho | Megan Mullally | Nick Gracer | Reiko Aylesworth | Shinobu Terajima | Shioli Katsuna
Thom says: “Back in the early days when I first embraced Film Movement when I discovered them while a volunteer worker at the Oakland Public Library, I saw all their releases I could find either at the libraries in Oakland
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Mika Ninagawa
Starring: Anne Suzuki | Ferika Sawajiri | Nao Omori | Shinobu Terajima
Kyle says: “All the definitions of ‘gonzo’ in www.urbandictionary.com have to do with pornography, except for the single simple ‘bizarre.’ It’s up to slack-jawed audiences at the end of this outrageous Japanese film to decide which applies most clearly. I
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Starring: Haruka Ayase | Kazue Fukiishi | Saburô Tokitô | Seiichi Tanabe | Shinobu Terajima
Jason says: “Commercial air travel has become common enough that even those of us who do not fly very often take it for granted. We should and we shouldn’t: Life in the 21st century demands relying on complex systems that
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Ken Takakura | Li Jiamin | Qui Lin | Shinobu Terajima | Wen Jiang
Bruce says: “China and Japan have a contentious relationship for hundreds of years, particularly in the years since Japan occupied parts of China and Taiwan in the early 20th century. Diplomatic relationships did not resume until 1972 and attitudes on
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