Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi | Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
Bruce says: “Although I am not a huge fan of the two Panahi films I have seen (THE WHITE BALOON and THE CIRCLE), the director’s personal story has grabbed my attention. A poster child for freedom in art and human
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Carrie Preston
Starring: Alia Shawkat | Anne Heche | Kate Rigg | Kellie Overby | Marcia DeBonis | Marylouise Burke | Miriam Shor
Bruce says: “Comparisons to BRIDESMAIDS are inevitable – another female buddy raunch film. That would be unfair. THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID is equally outrageous, but its sentiments are more genuine and its characters have greater depth. And while we’re at
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Hansal Mehta
Starring: Kay Kay Menon | Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub | Pawan Kumar | Prabhleen Sandhu | Raj Kumar Yadav | Shalini Vatsa | Vinod Rawat | Vipin Sharma | Vivek Ghamande
Bruce says: “The ticket for this film arrived in my Toronto Film Festival packet by mistake. Initially I planned to exchange it then decided to treat it as an omen. SHAHID, one of many films in a special City-to-City series
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Cho Beom-gu
Starring: Kang Ye-won | Kim Byeong-cheol | Kim In-kwon | Ko Chang-seok | Lee Min-ki | Yun Je-mun
Jason says: “QUICK is, when you get down to it, a pretty stupid action movie that tries to camouflage this fact with raw speed. The filmmakers would likely have no argument with that assessment if given it directly, just asking
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Matt O'Casey
Bruce says: “A story is told early on in QUEEN: DAYS OF OUR LIVES about catching Freddie Mercury in tears, ‘I’m not going to be a pop star……I’m going to be a legend.’ Then he was a gawky youth from
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Dustin Hoffman
Starring: Billy Connolly | Maggie Smith | Michael Gambon | Pauline Collins | Sheridan Smith | Tom Courtenay
Thom says: “Hoffman’s professional and unobtrusive direction is all that more powerful as his only other time spent behind the camera was STRAIGHT TIME (1978) that he co-directed with Ulu Grosbard. This love inspiration film takes place at a large
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Michael Walker
Starring: Annie Parisse | Cheyenne Jackson | Edward Herrmann | Eric Mabius | Josh Pais | Parker Posey | Remy Auberjonais
Chris says: “In the ‘90s, Parker Posey earned the title ‘Queen of the Indies’ simply for appearing in so many films; often, she was the sole reason for seeing one. If Michael Walker’s office comedy feels a little like a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Bavo Defurne
Starring: Ben Van den Heuvel | Eva van der Gucht | Mickey | Noor Ben Taoeut | Thomas Coumans
Thom says: “Now retired I find myself attacking more projects to fill my time from awakening until shuteye. It’s been many years since I fully embraced an LGBT Film Festival but with an old mate running the Festival I thought
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Yung Jong-bin
Starring: Choi Min-sik | Ha Jung-woo | Kim Sungkyun | Kwak Do-wan
Jason says: “NAMELESS GANGSTER: RULES OF THE TIME (BURNCHOIWAUI JUNJAENG: NABBEUNNOMDEUL JEONSUNGSHIDAE) opens, at least in this English-subtitled version, with a definition of the word ‘daebu’, which means ‘man of one’s grandfather’s generation’ – or ‘Godfather’. Give writer/director Yung Jong-bin
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Allison de Fren
Jason says: “It’s not an uncommon occurrence – you see a documentary at a film festival and there’s a Q&A afterward. Someone asks an interesting question, the director gives an interesting answer, and you’re glad you came but kind of
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