Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Valerie Buhagiar
Starring: Henry Zammit Cordina | Michela Farrugia | Natascha McElhone | Richard Clarkin | Steven Love
Chris says: “Wants to be a feminist reawakening but it’s just another transformation brought to you by hair dye (and a pigeon.) 2 cats“
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Michael Grandage
Starring: Emma Corrin | Gina McKee | Harry Styles | Linus Roache | Rupert Everett
Chris says: “My policeman has a first name, It’s H-A-R-R-Y; My policeman has a second name, It’s S-T-Y-L-E-(S); Oh, he struggles playing aloof and gay, And the adapted screenplay’s just okay, But David Dawson steals this film; He’s better in
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Dean Fleischer-Camp
Starring: Dean Fleischer-Camp | Isabella Rossellini | Jenny Slate | Joe Gabler
Vicki says: “I am definitely in the minority on this one. Most people find Jenny Slate’s voice cute and endearing. To me, it sounds like ‘nails on a chalkboard.’ That alone made me feel like running out of the theater.
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Bulle Ogier | Grégoire Colin | Issa Perica | Juliette Binoche | Vincent Lindon
Chris says: “It almost pains me to conclude that Claire Denis is not infallible after all, or perhaps Arty Soap Opera just doesn’t play to her strengths. Binoche and Lindon are both good, but when are they ever not? 2
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Richard Eyre
Starring: David Bradley | Jesse Akele | Jessica Baglow | Paul Butterworth | Ray Burnet
Brett says: “A few scenes into ALLELUJAH, it might become apparent that this could function as a stage play, and—of course—that is because it is actually based on a stage play. The film is heavily reliant upon the performances of
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Jamie Hooper
Starring: David Horovitch | Jane Lowe | Phillipa Peak | Riann Steele | Sophie Thompson | Taliyah Blair
Brett says: “With a rather forgettable title, the plot of this supernatural thriller is also at risk of being lost in the shuffle of other films in this shared horror sub-genre. Set in the 1980s with occasional flashbacks, a 30-something granddaughter
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Elise Finnerty
Starring: Elise Finnerty | Estelle Girard Parks | Jenna Rose Sander | Nathan Wallace | Samuel Dunning
Brett says: “This debut feature from director Elise Finnerty is an elevated genre film that leans into the familiar folk horror tradition of tying present to pagan pasts. As the title implies, herein lies a new take on the witchcraft
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Starring: Achouackh Abakar Souleymane | Briya Gomdigue | Hadje Fatime N'Goua | Rihane Khalil Alio | Saleh Sambo | Youssouf Djaoro
Brett says: “The film LINGUI, translated as ‘The Sacred Bond(s),’ is a culturally compelling work at the very least. It is a story of a single mother and her 15-year old daughter in Chad who are caught in a web
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Samuel Kay Forrest
Starring: Andriana Manfredi | Beatrix Michelet | Enzo de Liguoro | Ian Loughran | Javier Taboada | Jurjen van Nes | Marie Céline Yildirim | Samuel Kay Forrest
Michael says: “After appearing in a handful of shorts and supporting parts in low-budget features, actor Samuel Kay Forrest decided to produce, write, and direct his own film. In HIPBEAT, a love letter to the modern-day Berlin for young people,
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Akim Tamiroff | Anna Karina | Eddie Constantine
Michael says: “It was about 30 minutes into ALPHAVILLE when I realized I don’t think I like Godard’s films. Now I’ve only seen two, this one and BREATHLESS, so I am still open to more (BAND OF OUTSIDERS and VIVRE
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