Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Michael Colford
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Chloe Moretz | Clark Gregg | Geoffrey Arend | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Zooey Deschanel
Michael says: “It’s nice to see a movie not about two people falling in love and living happily ever after, but two people embarking on a relationship that doesn’t work leaving on with a broken heart. That is the premise
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Wang Quanan
Starring: Ba'toer | Bao'lier | Nan Yu | Sen'ge
Bruce says: “Before TUYA’S MARRIAGE there were other recent films about Mongolian peasants, THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL and MONGOLIAN PING PONG. The landscape of the Mongolian steppes, harsh and stark, is surprisingly photogenic and the native attire is
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Oren Jacobs
Bruce says: “CONSTANTINE’S SWORD is an adaptation of Boston Globe columnist James Carroll’s 2001 book Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews – A History, an examination of the roots of religious hatred and violence. Carroll, also a novelist and
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Erez Tadmor | Guy Nattiv
Starring: iron Levo | Lubna Azabal
Bruce says: “Rana (Lubna Azabal) has come to Berlin for the 2006 World Cup, France against Italy. Eyal (Liron Levo) is attempting to reconnect with a former girlfriend. On a subway in Berlin these two strangers with identical back packs
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz
Bruce says: “Today William Castle is not exactly a household name although he was quite well known in his day. Labeled the B-Movie Alfred Hitchcock, he never argued that point as he reveled in a spotlight borrowed from P.T. Barnum.
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Noam Murro
Starring: Ellen Page | ennis Quaid | Sarah Jessica Parker | Thomas Haden Church
Michael says: “Surprisingly, after the tepid reviews, I rather enjoyed SMART PEOPLE. While there were a couple of schmaltzy moments, I thought the acting was outstanding. Of course, Ellen Page was super, but Dennis Quaid and Thomas Haden Church were
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Starring: Chad R. Davis | David Strathairn | Jude Law | Natalie Portman | Norah Jones
Chadd says: “As I discussed my love of indie and foreign film to a woman I recently met (coincidentally, the same woman who accompanied me to see this film), I described that the process of viewing most foreign films is
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ji-hun Kim
Starring: Ahn Sung-kee | Kim Sang-kyung | Lee Jun-ki | Lee Yo-won
Jason says: “I don’t know if mentioning the date of May 18th even without including a year has the same immediate, nearly-universal effect on South Koreans that bringing up September 11th has on Americans, but it must strike a chord
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ira Sachs
Starring: Chris Cooper | Patricia Clarkson | Pierce Brosnan | Rachel McAdams
Michael says: “Ira Sachs (FORTY SHADES OF BLUE) leaves his tested theme of outsiders living in the modern-day South and enters 1950s, northwestern suburbia to look at the domestic difficulties of marriage in MARRIED LIFE. The talented acting pair of
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Julian Schnabel
Bruce says: “Following his years with The Velvet Underground (1965-1970) and his gigantic success with ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ in 1972, Lou Reed recorded ‘Berlin’ in 1973 at the age of 29. The album was a commercial failure. He
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