Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.9 cats
Director: Leos Carax
Starring: Adam Driver | Angèle | Devyn McDowell | Marion Cotillard | Natalia Lafourcade | Simon Helberg
Chris says: “ANNETTE is a tough film to wrap one’s head around and you wouldn’t expect anything less from an epic, operatic musical directed by Leos Carax (whose last film was the bonkers HOLY MOTORS) and written/composed by brothers Ron and
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Director: Regina King
Starring: Aldis Hodge | Eli Goree | Kingsley Ben-Adir | Leslie Odom Jr.
Chris says: “It has a wish-fulfillment premise probably better suited to the stage (from which it’s adapted) than the screen, but Regina King’s assured directorial debut mostly overcomes the occasionally clunky dialogue through the sheer force of its four leads,
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Rating: 2.9 cats
Director: Giovanni Zelko
Starring: Ben Youcef | Candice Coke | Harry Lennix | Josh Pence | Said Faraj | Tara Holt | Zuhair Hadad
Jason says: “It’s easy to see the kind of thriller that THE ALGERIAN’s makers want it to be, so plain on its face that the two or three actors that audiences recognize from more polished material can seem far out
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Rating: 2.9 cats
Director: Leste Chen Cheng-tao
Jason says: “When I said I’d be interested in seeing a remake of Korean comedy MISS GRANNY when I saw it at the Fantasia Festival last August, I didn’t realize that one was already shooting in China. It’s no shock
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Rating: 2.9 cats
Director: Farah Khan
Starring: Angeli Bayani | Koh Jia Ler | Tian Wen Chen | Yann Yann Yep
Jason says: “If you’ve read my reviews of Bollywood movies over the past couple of years, you’ll find a couple of patterns: Just because I enjoy them as a change of pace from the usual Hollywood fare doesn’t necessarily mean
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Rating: 2.9 cats
Director: Peter Strickland
Starring: Cosimo Fusco | Layla Amir | Susanna Cappellaro | Toby Jones | Tonia Sotiropoulou
Jason says: “BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO brought a film called AMER to mind, even though the two are spectacularly different in the way they pay tribute to Italian giallo movies. What they have in common is a deep affection for the
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Rating: 2.9 cats
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Alec Baldwin | Allison Pill | Ellen Page | Jesse Eisenberg | Judy Davis | Roberto Begnini | Woody Allen
Michael says: “Woody Allen keeps tricking me. I really haven’t seen a Woody Allen film that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed in the new millennium. Arguably, the last film of his that worked for me was CELEBRITY back in 1998 (and many
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Rating: 2.9 cats
Director: John Chuldenko
Starring: Ali Hillis | Erin Chambers | Erin Gray | John Gerbin | Kevin Linehan | Todd Grinnell
Jason says: “NESTING is a nice enough little indie comedy that does nobody any harm and has the occasional pretty decent moment. That’s a nice starting point, but the movie could use a little bit more of everything, from resources
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Rating: 2.9 cats
Starring: Brendan Fraser | Don Cheadle | Matt Dillon | Ryan Phillippe | Sandra Bullock | Thandie Newton | Tony Danza
Amanda says: “I just saw CRASH last night and I cannot stop thinking about it. Sign of: good film that you want to share (like this), bad film that you want people to avoid (I don’t know if I should
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Rating: 2.9 cats
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Daniel Craig | Rhys Ifans | Samantha Morton
Michael says: “What could have been fascinating and unusual turned out to be fairly pedestrian, beautifully filmed, and occasionally over-the-top. ENDURING LOVE, based on the novel by Ian McEwan, was directed by Roger Michell, whose unusual career includes such films
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