Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.75
Director: Julian Schnabel
Starring: Alexander Siddig | Freida Pinto | Hiam Abbass | Vanessa Redgrave | Willem Defoe
Michael says: “Julian Schnabel, director of the acclaimed THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, tackles the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in this ambitious historical tale told from the point-of-view of an idealistic, but naive young Arab woman named Miral. In 1948, Hind
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: David Thewlis | Derek Jacobi | Edward Hogg | Helen Baxendale | Joley Richardson | Mark Rylance | Rafe Spall | Rhys Ifans | Sam Reid | Sebastian Amesto | Trystan Gravelle | Vanessa Redgrave | Xavier Samuel
Diane says: “Is this really eligible? Very Hollywood in production design, camerawork, dialogue and hair. A story of who really wrote Shakespeare’s plays (in this version, Edward Devere), amid a lot of court intrigue. “Vanessa Redgrave is wonderful as the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: James McAvoy | Keira Knightley | Romola Garai | Saoirse Ronan | Vanessa Redgrave
Sarah says: “Let me begin by saying I have not read the book the film was based upon (although it’s on my to be read list now) and I knew nothing about the film when I sat down in the
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Director: Kayvan Mashayekh
Starring: Adam Echahly | Bruno Lastra | C. Thomas Howell | Christopher Simpson | Diane Baker | Marie Espinosa | Moritz Bleibtreu | Rade Serbedzija | Vanessa Redgrave
Carolyn says: “I only read a short blurb before seeing this film, so I didn’t really know what to expect. I found the story engaging and the characters realistic, but not very developed. The depth was in the story and
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