Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Emily Kunstler | Sarah Kunstler
Jason says: “For most documentaries, the narrator is relatively anonymous – a reassuringly familiar celebrity voice, perhaps with some connection to the subject matter. For WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE, it is Kunstler’s youngest daughter, Emily, who made the film
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Pierre Schöller
Starring: Aure Atika | Brigitte Sy | Guillame Depardieu | Judith Chemla | Max Baissette de Malglaive | Patrick Descamps
Bruce says: “For a woman at the end of her ropes, caring for a child is not easy. Nina (Judith Chemla) is first seen navigating the backstreets of Paris trying to find a construction site where she and her five
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Sergei Dvortsevoy
Starring: Askhat Kuchencherekov | Bereke Turganbayev | Ondas Besikbasov | Samal Esljamova | Tolepbergen Baisakalov
Jeff says: “A young Kazakh man returns to the steppe after serving as a diver in the Russian navy, dreaming of his own yurt, a pretty wife, and a prosperous flock of sheep under a starry sky. Alas, the only
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Craig Johnson
Starring: Bret Loehr | Carr Thompson | Mark Duplass | Melissa Leo
Jason says: “TRUE ADOLESCENTS is a small-budgeted independent film that’s just a swift kick or two from the mainstream. Yes, the execution is mostly what one would expect from the recent wave of chatty, self-examining indie filmmakers, but the basic
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Wing-cheong Law
Starring: Miggie Siu | Samuel Pang | Simon Yam | Suet Lam
Jason says: “The popular PTU series returned to Hong Kong cinemas this January after an installment or two went direct to video. Even for folks like myself who have not seen the original or the other sequels will likely find
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: George Romero
Starring: Alan Van Sprang | Athena Karkanis | Devon Bostick | Julian Richings | Kathleen Munroe
Thom says: “Recent Canadian citizen Romero was, of course, there for the delightful Q&A. Admittedly Romero is the ‘king’ of the zombie genre, nearly inventing this horror staple. Unfortunately, nearly all his other work is lamentable, but this ‘THE REAL
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Dia Sokol
Starring: Andrew Bujalski | Donovan Baddley | Ia Hernandez | Kenya Miles | Wiley Wiggins
Jason says: “The ‘mumblecore’ generation is, perhaps, starting to get interesting. Digital video is both good and cheap enough that these movies no longer default to looking like a muddy mess. More importantly, the characters are starting to feel much
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Brant Sersen
Starring: Christopher McDonald | Dean Winters | Lea Thompson | Rachael Taylor | Thomas Middleditch
Jason says: “Apparently ‘splinterheads’ are a subset of what I’ve always thought of as ‘carnies,’ but that’s apparently like calling a sailor, Marine, or airman a ‘soldier’ – outsiders may think it’s close enough, but in actuality it’s not. Carnies
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lee Demarbre
Starring: David Hess | Jesse Buck | Michael Berryman | Ray Sager | Sasha Grey
Jason says: “The appeal of the deliberately shoddy homage continues to elude me, even when I find something to enjoy in one, as I did with SMASH CUT. Wouldn’t it be a finer tribute to take what you learned from,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Nina Paley
Starring: Debargo Sanval | Pooja Kumar | Reena Shah | Sanjiv Jhaveri
Jason says: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity. SITA SINGS THE BLUES is an extraordinary independent animated film, and while those are far from a dime a dozen, they have a tough time getting distribution and attention. Even with
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