Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Jonathan Wysocki
Starring: Anna Grace Barlow | Danielle Kay | Megan Suri | Nick Pugliese | Nico Greetham | Zak Henri
Michael says: “I’m not sure what possessed me to watch this film. Could it have been the 100% fresh rating from the (only) 12 critics who reviewed in on Rotten Tomatoes? That might have been it, and it was probably
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Director: Dash Shaw
Starring: Alex Karpovsky | Emily Davis | Grace Zabriskie | Lake Bell | Louisa Krause | Michael Cera | Peter Stormare | Thomas Jay Ryan | Zoe Kazan
Chris says: “Not even Grace Zabriskie’s voice can erase the horror of hearing Michael Cera fake an orgasm. 2 cats“
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Alam Arkin | Elias Koteas | Ethan Hawke | Gore Vidal | Jude Law | Loren Dean | Uma Thurman
Michael says: “The premise was intriguing, and it was on a list of essential film’s to watch, but Andrew Niccol’s directorial debut, was a big loser for me. When a genetically inferior man tricks his way into a job that
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Hannah Marks
Starring: Ben Rosenfield | Hayley Law | Kelli Berglund | Matt Shively | Nik Dodani | Sofia Bryanht
Michael says: “Off to a disappointing start, actor/director Hannah Marks’ second feature explores ethical non-monogamy, a philosophy about relationships that has been growing in popularity among young folks. Unfortunately, Marks said in an interview, it’s not a philosophy that she
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Chad Hartigan
Starring: David Lennon | Jack O'Connell | Olivia Cooke | Raúl Castillo | Soko
Michael says: “Another film that started off strong, with a great premise, that really crashed and burned for me, and as time has passed, I’ve been trying to decide why this film ultimately failed for me, and I can’t quite
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Christian Bale | John Bernthal | Matt Damon
Thom says: “So it appears with age some objectivity is almost totally lost. To be up front, I have absolutely no interest in cars, car races, nor anything to do with automobiles. I understand their need and usefulness but at
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Jungyi Ceng
Jason says: “This thing was the highest-grossing movie in the world last weekend, and I’m hoping like heck that China turning out for it in large numbers doesn’t give Hollywood any ideas. It’s vaguely worrisome enough that this sort of
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Ed Pincus | Lucia Small
Thom says: “According to items I’ve been reading Ed Pincus is considered a seminal documentary film director, even so far as being called the Father of First-person Non-fiction Film. This biographical entry was made during the last period of Pincus’
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Errol Morris
Kyle says: “’We need to understand how we got to where we are.’ This fatuous comment by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is memorable only because subsequent Iraq history has made both the man and this dispiriting documentary a waste
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Joanna Newsom | Joaquin Phoenix | Josh Brolin | Katherine Waterston | Owen Wilson | Reese Witherspoon
Thom says: “Other than BOOGIE NIGHTS, which I loathed, I’ve been a fan of Paul Thomas Anderson films, although, truth-to-tell I’ve only given my highest rating to THERE WILL BE BLOOD. And there were really great parts of MAGNOLIA, PUNCH-DRUNK
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