Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Alexander H. Browne | Christopher Browne
Diane says: “From the Boston Jewish Film Festival, this docu is about a soccer team from the Arab-Israeli town of Sakhnin in Galilee. The team, made up of Arabs, Jews and foreigners, has it ups and downs compounded by anti-Arab
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Thomas Gustafson
Starring: Judy McLane | Nathaniel David Becker | Tanner Cohen | Wendy Robie
Michael says: “Based on the short film FAIRIES (which was entered into the Chlotrudis Short Film Festival a few years ago) WERE THE WORLD MINE focuses on Timothy a young gay high school student who, after winning the role of
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Fumihiko Sori
Starring: Meisa Kuroki | Shosuke Tanihara | Yasuko Matsuyuki
Jason says: “VEXILLE has taught me not to complain about Hollywood productions that spend ‘too much’ on visual effects or expensive animation. As much as VEXILLE might have still been a mediocre action movie if an American-sized budget had been
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Laura Dunn
Bruce says: “Laura Dunn’s intentions are well placed but the film she has made – THE UNFORESEEN – does not measure up. Dunn traces the history of development in suburban Austin, Texas – in particular a beautiful natural water area
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Madonna
Starring: Eugene Hutz | Holly Weston | Richard E. Grant | Vicky McClure
Michael says: “I’m not sure what I expected from Madonna’s directorial debut, but I know the main reason why I came was because of a fairly positive review I read from the Berlin Film Festival. Had I dug a little
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Nanette Burstein
Michael says: “I was intrigued to see this documentary focusing on the lives of teens today that has been the subject of much praise and controversy on the festival circuit. Burstein spent a year immersed in an Indiana community, seeking
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: David Wain
Starring: Bobby Cannavale | Famke Janssen | Gretchen Mol | Justin Theroux | Ken Marino | Liev Schreiber | Olver Platt | Paul Rudd | Ron Silver | Winona Ryder
Michael says: “I had been looking forward to THE TEN, David Wain’s follow-up to WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, since I read about Winona Ryder playing a woman how has a relationship with a stolen ventriloquist’s dummy. THE TEN is an
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Teriq Terguia
Starring: Ahmed Benaissa | Rachid Amrani | Samira Kaddour
Bruce says: “Some suspicious activity is going on with cargo at the airport; a man is having his photo taken standing in front of a painting with fake looking palms trees; a stun gun is fired; and a girl is
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Duncan Roy
Michael says: “British director Duncan Roy got a little attention several years ago with AKA, a film about a young working class man who impersonates an aristocrat. For his latest film, Roy creates a modern adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s well-known
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Keven Undergaro
Starring: Danielle Weeks | Mitch Malem | Wayne Previdi
Jason says: “For all I know, the most amusing part of “IN THE LAND OF MERRY MISFITS won’t even be included when it finally gets whatever sort of distribution it winds up getting. The festival screening opened with a rapid-fire summarization
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