Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Justin Chon
Starring: Alicia Vikander | Emory Cohen | Justin Chon | Linh Dan Pham | Mark O'Brien | Sydney Kowalske | Vondie Curtis-Hall
Michael says: “Is it okay to tear apart a family to uphold the law? What if the law is simply a little-known requirement to fill out some bureaucratic paperwork? That is the story Korean-American writer/director/actor Justin Chon tackles in BLUE
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: David Bruckner
Starring: Christina Jackson | David Abeles | Evan Jonigkeit | Patrick Klein | Rebecca Hall | Sarah Goldberg | Stacy Martin | Vondie Curtis-Hall
Brett says: “As fan of the underexposed and underrated anthology spookfest SOUTHBOUND, it was a no-brainer to take a seat at director David Bruckner’s latest film THE NIGHT HOUSE, especially with the notion of a major motion picture studio backing
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: John Sayles
Starring: Alfre Woodard | Angela Bassett | David Strathairn | Mary McDonnell | Nancy Mette | Nora Dunn | Sheila Kelley | Vondie Curtis-Hall
Michael says: “I can’t believe that it’s been nearly 30 years since John Sayles directed his eighth feature, the glorious PASSION FISH. Sayles was a top independent writer/director at the time, already having produced such work as MATEWAN, EIGHT MEN
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Starring: Debbie Morgan | Diahann Carroll | Ethel Ayler | Jake Smollett | Jurnee Smollett | Lynn Whitfield | Meagan Good | Samuel L. Jackson | Vondie Curtis-Hall
Philip says: “Lynn Whitfield and Samuel L. Jackson star in this Kasi Lemmons melodrama based in Louisiana during the 1950’s. This film would be a perfect double feature paired with LAKAWANNA BLUES. Lemmons channels a bit of Tennessee Williams as she
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