Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Chuan Lu
Starring: Hideo Nakaizumi | Ye Liu | Yuanyuan Gao
Toni says: “We drove up to Boston on a Friday night from RI in traffic to see the one week only CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH up at the Kendall. “Maybe it is the use of black and white to
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Wai-keuing Lau
Starring: Anthony Wong Chau-sang | Danying Feng | Liang Tian | Qi Shu | Ye Liu
Jason says: “You’ve got to sort of admire a movie like A BEAUTIFUL LIFE. It’s filled with characters that could easily be defined by how they are handicapped or burdensome, and yet it’s not a pity-baiting exercise. Well, not more
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Ye Lou
Starring: Tôru Nakamura | Ye Liu | Yuanzheng Feng | Ziyi Zhang
Bruce says: “Costume dramas are not my favorite genre especially ones such as PURPLE BUTTERFLY that have the look and feel of a Banana Republic ad. That may sound a bit harsh, but I have serious reservations as to whether
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Sijie Dai
Starring: Kun Chen | Shuangbao Wang | Xun Zhou | Ye Liu
Scot says: ” The novel of Balzac has been making the rounds of book clubs lately, so to be honest, I was kind of prepared for this to be a let down. Often, when a book or a film is
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