Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Krishna DK | Raj Nidimoru
Starring: Anand Tiwari | Kunal Khemu | Pooja Gupta | Saif Ali Khan | Vir Das
Jason says: “GO GOA GONE isn’t going to be of a whole lot of interest to serious horror movie fans unless they’re trying to fill a zombie passport of some sort and were missing a comedy from India. Otherwise, it’s
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Dror Moreh
Chris says: “This Academy Award-nominated documentary consists of interviews with six former heads of the Shin Bet (essentially the Israeli equivalent of the Secret Service), spanning the Six Day War (late 1960s) to the present. The openness and candor with
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Peter Webber
Starring: Eriko Hatsune | Isao Natsuyagi | Matthew Fox | Shohei Hino | Tommy Lee Jones | Toshiyuki Nishida
Jason says: “Under normal circumstances, I might grumble about EMPEROR being a case of keeping an interesting story and larger-than-life characters at arm’s length in favor of someone that the audience can perhaps more easily relate to. In this case,
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Starring: Alba Rohrwacher | Isabelle Huppert | Maya Sansa | Michele Riondino | Toni Servillo
Bruce says: “It is impossible to sit through DORMANT BEAUTY and not think about TALK TO HER, Pedro Almodóvar’s brilliant film about the events surrounding two women in comas. While DORMANT BEAUTY also has a similar pair – one on
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz
Chris says: “Divine was great and could unquestionably carry a film, but could Harris Glen Milstead do the same? Of course, Divine was Milstead’s outrageous drag alter-ego and left such a vivid legacy behind no one would dare argue against
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: John Roberts
Starring: Bryan Dick | Carlos Acosta | Charity Wakefield | Christopher Simpson | Eva Birthistle | Manuel de Blas
Bruce says: “The value of such films as DAY OF THE FLOWERS lies not in cinematic prowess of any sort. They help us understand the many layers of many cultures that most of us never experience firsthand. On the plus
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Lonesome Solo
Starring: Abdoul Karim Konaté | Adelaïde Ouattara | Mamadou Diomandé | Mohamed Bamba
Kyle says: “BURN IT UP DJASSA is set in the ghetto of Wassakara, Ivory Coast. Tony and his sister Ange attempt a meager survival with him selling cigarettes and her selling her body. A public confrontation leads to a sudden
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Rosser Goodman
Starring: David Wilson Page | Fay DeWitt | Jennifer Elise Cox | Joel Rush | Julie Goldman | Kate Flannery | Tyler Poelle
Thom says: “Corey appears to have it all: a wildly successful career, a caring, fun, naughty, bitchy sister, and a younger, adorable, gorgeous partner but when he wants to take his relationship to a more committed level the boyfriend freaks
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Starring: Anna Proclemer | Beppe Fiorello | Elio Germano | Margherita Buy | Massimilliano Gallo | Paola Minaccioni
Bruce says: “When directors have had multiple successes there is no reason to doubt that subsequent films will fall flat; yet that is exactly the situation with Ferzan Ozpetek. Here’s hoping that MAGNIFICENT PRESENCE lost its continuity, among other things,
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: P. David Ebersole
Thom says: “I’m hoping for better luck soon at the flickers. This is about the rise and descent of Hole drummer and her final rise from the ashes of a terrible drug addiction. She seem memorable enough with some definite
Read the review...