Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Michael Gondry
Starring: Ken Magee | Patricia Arquette | Peter Dinklage | Rhys Ifans | Tim Robbins
Clinton says: “Charlie Kaufman, the writer behind the wildly inventive BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, teams up with another influential music video director, Michel Goundry, who’s visual flair has elevated Bjork’s videos to near-perfect mini-movies (MALKOVICH director Spike Jones also stepped up
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Monteith McCallum
Laura says: “I found HYBRID moving and *loved* some of the stunning black and white imagery. The score combined with the images made it very melancholic. And I never realized what cornsilk was really for!” Michael says: “Thanks to
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Anne Fontaine
Starring: Amira Casar | Charles Berling | Michel Bouquet | Natacha Régnier
Michael says: “Technically proficient and strongly acted, the downfall of Fontaine’s drama is in its detachment. Central character, Jean-Luc, is a successful doctor, with a beautiful, classy wife. When his father returns to France after living for many years in
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Richard Glatzer | Wash Westmoreland
Starring: Adina Porter | Deborah Harry | Michael Cunio | Richard Riehle. Tim Bagley | Robert Walden | Roxanne Day | Scott Gurney | Taylor Negron
Laura says: “Wash, who wrote THE FLUFFER, mines his experience in the industry to get his audience thinking about the difficulty of the work and the additional pressures porn players face maintaining personal relationships. Rebel’s like an athlete, or better
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Carlos Carrera
Starring: Ana Claudia Talancón | Damien Alcazar | Gael García Bernal | Sancho Gracia
Laura says: “Or should that title be the crimes of Father Amaro? Carlos Carrera’s pot boiler, adapted from an 1875 novel by screenwriter Vicente Lenero, is long on licentiousness and short on subtlety. While the grey shadings of Benito’s character
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Arliss Howard
Starring: Arliss Howard | Debra Winger | Paul Le Mat | Rosanna Arquette
Robin says: “BIG BAD LOVE is definitely an interesting character study of a man on a downward spiral in his life. The self-destruction is, sometimes, painful to watch but the final note of redemption cushions Leon’s long fall, giving the
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Steve Barron
Starring: Andrew Lovern | David Wilmot | Frank Kelly | Imelda Staunton | Kerry Condon | Pete Postlethwaite | Veronica Duffy
Diane says: “Ya gotta love Pete Postlethwaite, but RAT was a disappointment, especially after being billed as ‘Kafkaesque.’ In this Irish comedy about a man who turns into a rat after a trip to the pub one night, members of
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Griffin Dunne
Starring: Daniel London | Griffin Dunne | Laura Kirk | Nat DeWolf
Laura says: “Lisa Picard (cowriter Laura Kirk) is on the cusp, with a ‘small but significant’ role in ‘A Phone Call for Help,’ an upcoming TV movie starring Melissa Gilbert and past notoriety for a sexy Chex commercial that resulted
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Joel Hershman
Starring: Clive Owen | Danny Dyer | David Kelly | Helen Mirren | Warren Clarke
Michael says: “In this movie, based on a true story, a group of prisoners become championship gardeners in England. A true audience pleaser in the vein of WAKING NED DEVINE and THE FULL MONTY. Unfortunately, the film is a little
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Garry Marshall
Starring: Anne Hathaway | Heather Matarazzo | Hector Elizondo | Julie Andrews
Bruce says: “Should you suddenly find yourself having to entertain pre-teen girls, I recommend renting this film. It really isn’t a horrible film; nor is it a good one. With the exception of PRETTY WOMAN, director Garry Marshall has a
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