Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Alice Englert
Starring: Alice Englert | Allistair Sewell | Ana Scotney | Ben Whishaw | Jennifer Connelly
Diane says: “My 4th film ‘at’ Sundance. I’m thinking that maybe it wasn’t a good idea for Alice Englert (daughter of our esteemed Jane Campion) to go all in as writer, director, co-lead, and composer of this mother-daughter-themed film. “Jennifer
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Luke Lorentzen
Diane says: “STILL SMALL VOICE is my second film at virtual Sundance. “I watched this doc about hospital chaplaincy because I went thru some of that training myself. Because chaplaincy training involves so much inner work (for both students and
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Rodrigo Reyes
Diane says: “Director Rodrigo Reyes uses some unorthodox methods in this doc, about a young Mexican man in California, Sansón, who is in prison without parole. Reyes, as part of his day job, served as Sansón’s court interpreter years ago.
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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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