Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Bastián Bodenhöfer | John Malkovich | Luciano Reinoso | Sam Rockwell | Steve Buscemi
Chris says: “Rest assured, John Malkovich is as great here as the hype suggests, leaning heavily into the exquisite bitch mode only he does so well. Sam Rockwell’s nearly his equal, playing off him wonderfully with just the right amount
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Director: Tolga Karaçelik
Starring: Britt Lower | John Magaro | Steve Buscemi | Sydney Cole Alexander | Ward Horton
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jack Huston
Starring: Joe Pesci | John Magaro | Michael Pitt | Ron Perlman | Steve Buscemi
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Alex Heller
Starring: David Brown | Emily Robinson | J. Smith-Cameron | Steve Buscemi | Wyatt Oleff
By Michael Colford
Director: Steve Buscemi
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia | Carol Kane | Chloe Sevigny | Elizabeth Bracco | Mark Boone Junior | Michael Buscemi | Steve Buscemi
By Michael Colford
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Ethan Coen | Joel Coen
Starring: Frances McDormand | John Carroll Lynch | Kristin Rudrüd | Peter Stormare | Steve Buscemi | William H. Macy
Michael says: “I could say a lot of things about FARGO, all of them good, but what I most need to say is that Marge Gunderson is one of our all-time great cinematic heroes! Practical, unflappable, determined, and optimistic are
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Adam Driver | Bill Murray | Carol Kane | Chloe Sevigny | Danny Glover | Steve Buscemi | Tilda Swinton | Tom Waits
Thom says: “It would be presumptuous of me to call myself a huge Jim Jarmusch fan but he certainly has had a large number of top-rated films with me including PATERSON, ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, BROKEN FLOWERS, COFFEE & CIGARETTES,
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Armando Iannucci
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor | Michael Palin | Paddy Considine | Simon Russell Beale | Steve Buscemi
Chris says: “Excessively funny and appropriately dark, from the ‘musical emergency’ opening to the slapstick moving-of-the-body to a deliriously profane argument playing out in front of a small child. I may need a second viewing to determine whether this is
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Andrew Haigh
Starring: Amy Seimetz | Charlie Plummer | Chloe Sevigny | Steve Buscemi | Travis Fimmel
Chris says: “Expanding his palette beyond the more contained worlds of 45 YEARS and WEEKEND, English director Andrew Haigh adapts a Willy Vlautin novel for his first American feature. The protagonist, transient 16-year-old Charlie (Charlie Plummer) unexpectedly finds solace when he
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Adam Sandler | Dan Stevens | Kim Cloutier | Lynn Cohen | Melonie Diaz | Sondra James | Steve Buscemi
Kyle says: “Lower East Side New York cobbler Max Simkin (Adam Sandler) struggles to make ends meet, supporting himself and his aged mother. He rediscovers a stitching machine that has been in his family for many generations and starts using
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