Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Shirin Nehsat | Shoja Azari
Starring: Arita Shahrzad | Mehdi Moinzadeh | Orsolya Tóth | Pegah Ferydoni | Shabnam Toloui
Michael says: “This Iranian film by first-time filmmaker Shirin Neshat was on my list of films to see in Toronto back in 2009, but I ended up missing it. Then it had a brief run at the Museum of Fine
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: David Heilbroner | Kate Davis
Bruce says: “This documentary examines the aftermath of the infamous riots which occurred on June 28, 1969 when police raided the Stonewall Tavern on Christopher Street, near Sheridan Square in New York’s Greenwich Village. The film uses a quote from
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Don Argott
Bruce says: “In 1922, rebuffed and ridiculed by art critics – the Philadelphia Inquirer in particular – and many of the wealthy Philadelphians who supported the arts, Dr. Albert Barnes hired John G. Johnson, one of the best lawyers and
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Starring: Annika Hallin | Jacob Ericksson | Lena Endre | Michael Nyqvist | Noomi Rapace | Sofia Ledarp
Jason says: “It’s somewhat apt that, in giving the novels and films in the Millennium trilogy similar titles in English-speaking parts of the world, the names given second and third wound up being phrases that essentially mean the same thing.
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Wilson Yip
Starring: Donnie Yen | Lynn Hung | Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | Simon Yam | Sui-Wong Fa | Xiaoming Huang
Jason says: “When I reviewed IP MAN last year, I was enthusiastic, comparing it to classic Shaw Brothers and ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA. As I said then, that’s pretty good company for a martial arts epic to be
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Casey Affleck
Starring: Anthony Langdon | Carey Perloff | Casey Affleck | Joaquin Phoenix | Larry McHale
Thom says: “I don’t have a clue what to make of this. Joaquin Phoenix has long been a must-see for me. I probably came to know him because of my love for his brother River. And since he was supposedly
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Julio DePietro
Starring: Aaron Yoo | Alexis Bedel | Andrew McCarthy | Anna Chlumsky | Bryan Greenberg | Scott Porter
Jason says: “Tommy Fielding (Scott Porter) is a pretty good guy, especially considering he’s a Wall Street trader. He doesn’t overindulge; he isn’t pressuring his girlfriend Beth (Alexis Bledel) to have sex even though it’s been a couple months and
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: James Ivory
Starring: Anthony Hopkins | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Hiroyuki Sanada | Laura Linney | Omar Metwally
Michael says: “I am a huge fan of Peter Cameron’s novel The City of Your Final Destination, so I was looking forward to James Ivory’s adaptation of the same name. The main story follows the journey of a young man
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jin Ho Choi
Starring: Chang-ju Lee | Cho Hyun-jae | Geon Kim | Kye Sang Yoon | Su-jeong Jo | Su-yeon Cha | Tae-hee Heo
Jason says: “It’s not hard for a prison movie to get off to a decent start. There is, after all, always a new guy coming in who needs to be shown the ropes and taught the rules. That the new
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: S. Shankar
Starring: Aishwarya Rai | Danny Denzongpa | Delhi Kumar | Karunas | Rajnikanth | Santhanam
Jason says: “ENDHIRAN is long, uneven, and like many films that attempt to be all things to all people, frequently comes off as a muddled, drawn-out mess. However, the thing about the Indian style of filmmaking – which seems to
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