Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.375
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Starring: Amene Moradi | Amin Maher | Kamran Adl | Mania Akbari
Ivy says: “I am slowly picking off the last of the films I need to watch for the Chlotrudis nominations and the latest film I viewed was TEN this afternoon. I truly loved this film. As an Iranian film it
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Rating: 3.375
Director: Jae-eun Jeong
Starring: Du-na Bae | Ji-young Ok | Yu-won Lee
Ivy says: “I was lucky enough to catch this on the Sundance Channel. I have seen many bad Korean films, their film industry is still trying to form an identity instead of making cut-rate Hong Kong or Japanese films and
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Rating: 3.375
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Starring: Gunnar Eyjólfsson | Hélène de Fougerolles | Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Esmé says: “THE SEA is a sort of Icelandic King Lear. An aging patriarch calls his children back from the 4 corners of Europe to give them news of what, they aren’t yet sure. He owns an antiquated fish processing
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Rating: 3.375
Director: Neil Hunter | Tom Hunsinger
Starring: Bill Nighy | Clémentine Célarié | Douglas Henshall | Tom Hollander
Peg says: “This second feature from the filmmaking team of Tom Hunsinger and Neil Hunter is every bit as intimate and gently haunting as their first, a low-budget ensemble piece called BOYFRIENDS. Now, with a larger canvas and seasoned actors,
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Rating: 3.375
Director: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Cate Blanchett | Giovanni Ribisi | Remo Girone | Stefania Rocca
Laura says: “German director Tom Tykwer has explored fate and chance in his films RUN, LOLA, RUN and THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR, falling far short of the works of the late, great Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski. Working from a
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Rating: 3.375
Director: Jan Hrebejk
Starring: Anna Siskova | Bolek Polivka | Csongor Kassai | Jaroslav Dusek
Diane says: “Expected this one to be lighter than it actually is. Ditto on the acting, cinematography, direction…. I liked the “doubling-up” effect, even though it was used many times, in scenes of drunkenness, anger, confusion. This movie was just
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