Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Elizabeth Banks | Ellen Burstyn | James Cromwell | Jeffrey Wright | Josh Brolin | Richard Dreyfuss | Scott Glenn
Bruce says: “W. works as a conversation piece; were the film hilarious, educational or consciousness raising in any way, it would have redeeming qualities. There is no apparent reason to make such a film and no reason to see it.
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Pablo Larraín
Starring: Alfredo Castro | Amparo Noguero | Elsa Poblete | Hector Morales | Paola Lattus
Bruce says: “***Disgusting Spoilers*** “Who remembers Tony Romero? He is the character John Travolta immortalized in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, not high on my list of favorite films. It is not a particular treat to see Tony back on screen in
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Ronald Bronstein
Starring: Carmine Marino | David Sandholm | Dore Mann | Paul Grimstad
Toni says: “At 106 minutes, Ronnie Bronstein’s semi-autobiographical FROWNLAND is a real crowd splitter. He has admitted that he wants his audience to fee much pain during the screening. Therefore, he certainly has accomplished twhat we set out to do
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Caroline Suh
Bruce says: “FRONTRUNNERS is slightly more interesting than watching paint dry, a bit like reading about someone eating sushi while typing their latest entry on Facebook, a more up-to-date version for wasting time. This film follows four couples who are
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Jodie Whittaker | Leslie Phillips | Lynn Redgrave | Peter O’Toole | Richard Griffiths
Bruce says: “O’Toole plays Maurice, a well-known actor with a reputation as a womanizer, who is definitely in his twilight years. He and his friend Ian (Leslie Phillips) fret about recurring infirmities and approaching senility. Maurice occasionally stops by to
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Beth Grant | Dwayne Johnson | Justin Timberlake | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Seann William Scott
Michael says: “‘Well, that was something.’ “My words about SOUTHLAND TALES spoken to my Chlotrudis colleagues as we left the theatre. “‘Well, we saw it.’ “My final words about SOUTHLAND TALES as we broke up for the evening. “Chlotrudis members
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Pratibha Parmar
Michael says: “The Provincetown International Film Festival kicked off with a misstep with this cloying, clumsily scripted film about an Indian family living in Scotland. Nina returns to Glasgow from London for her father’s funeral after fleeing her family and
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Patrick Grandperret
Starring: Céline Sallette | Gianni Giardinelli | Hande Kodja
Bruce says: “MURDERERS (MEURTRIÈRES) is a pointless film – it’s not a character study, cautionary tale, or sociological study. It has been given the air of a mystery or possibly a thriller but it fall flat in those departments as
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Isidore Rosmarin
Bruce says: “As the camera pans over acts of violence, serene countrysides or samples of everyday life in Israel, a written paragraph prefaces each BLOOD AND TEARS chapter. Covering the battle between Israelis and Palestinians, starting with the Turkish and
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Starring: Bérangère Haubruge | Lea Bridarolli | Zoé Auclair
Michael says: “There is a lovely sense of foreboding and mystery in INNOCENCE, but the failure of the film to deliver any sort of payoff make it one of the losers of the festival. Director Lucile Hadzihalilovic is the girlfriend
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