Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Damian McCarthy
Starring: Adam Scott | Austin Amelio | David Wilmot | Mallory Adams | Peter Coonan
Peter says: “It’s a familiar story: A grieving, cynical novelist retreats to remote lodgings, only to become ensnared in a violent, supernatural spook session. With strong shades of 1408 and THE SHINING – even lifting an overhead car shot in homage to
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Benjamin Voisin | Denis Lavant | Pierre Lottin | Rebecca Marder | Swann Arlaud
Michael says: “Gorgeously shot and beautifully directed, this adaptation of Camus’ The Stranger is a challenging film that grapples with a way of thinking that from some viewpoints can be sociopathic. That said, some very powerful moments were well played
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jan-Ole Gerster
Starring: Dylan Torrell | Jack Farthing | Pep Ambròs | Sam Riley | Stacy Martin
Eliza says: “ISLANDS, directed by Jan-Ole Gerster, centers around Tom, a tennis coach working at an all inclusive resort in the Canary Islands. The entirety of the film is a course in numerology- From the name of the hotel Tres
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Aidan Delbis | Alicia Silverstone | Emma Stone | J. Carmen Galindez Barrera | Jesse Plemons
Diane says: “Lanthimos’ latest, about bee colony collapse (if you believe that…), is a remake of the Korean black comedy/horror SAVE THE GREEN PLANET. And it’s very good, but not for me. I don’t like having all my muscles clenched
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos | Gabin Visona | Jérôme Commandeur | Karim Leklou | Sandrine Kiberlain
Chris says: “A social media satire that might’ve seemed fresh had it come out a decade earlier, but Dupieux/Exarchopoulos is turning out to be as inspired and correct a pairing as Scorsese/De Niro (and no one has ever rocked a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jeffrey Scotti Schroeder
Starring: Brandon Wardell | David Zayas | Kareem Rahma | Mary Neely | Tim Griffin Allan
Michael says: “Well-written, well-acted (both by Mary Neely and Kareem Rahma) two-hander that follows a familiar path — two strangers meet and are forced to spend the day together walking around NYC. After initial resistance, they slowly open up to
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Nellie Kluz
Val says: “THE DELLS is a documentary about International Students on J1 Visas to the US, which place them in seasonal jobs usually over the summer months in places like resorts, theme parks, and restaurants. Having worked most of my
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Benjamin Caron
Starring: Jason Rouse | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Jennifer Lanier | Vanessa Kirby | Zack Gottsagen
Michael says: “I love a bleak film, but women in peril is getting a little overdone in movies. That said, Vanessa Kirby is so watchable, and she gives a raw, real performance trying to find $25,000 in one night in downtown
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Maud Wyler | Micha Lescot | Nine d'Urso | Nora Hamzawi | Vincent Macaigne
Michael says: “I have a bit of a fascination with films set during and dealing directly with pandemic life (AN UNFINISHED FILM being another example). In Olivier Assayas’ SUSPENDED TIME, he creates a autobiographical narrative of the confinement period, when
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Amy Berg
Diane says: “Okay, there are two well-known facts about Jeff Buckley: he had an incredible voice, and he killed himself. Okay, three: he sang the popular version of ‘Hallelujah.’ “The doc IT’S NEVER OVER by Amy Berg has been very
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