Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Aleksei German MI
Starring: Anastasyia Sheveleva | Chulpan Khamatova | Merab Ninidze
Bruce says: “This strange film is haunting me in spite of my not particularly enjoying the viewing experience. I do not doubt the filmmaker’s talent; he appears one to watch. The problem is the story which is off-putting mostly because
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Kirby Dick
Bruce says: “Being a huge fan of Kirby Dick’s Chlotrudis award winning documentary THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED, I was rather excited about Dick’s latest film OUTRAGE whose subject is the hypocrisy of gay politicians who routinely vote against
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Rune Denstad Langlo
Starring: Celine Engebrigtsen | Kyrre Hellum | Mads Sjøgård Pettersen | Marte Aunemo | nders Baasmo Christiansen
Bruce says: “Norwegian film, if it accomplishes nothing else, documents the droll sense of humour in the land of the midnight sun. NORTH is the story of a thirty year old man who is trying to find himself by meeting
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jim Dziura
Jason says: “NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET begins provocatively, with a black man walking into a custom framing store looking to have the clothes he was wearing when he was shot framed. The man at the counter doesn’t seem to
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Andreas Schaap
Starring: Jeff Burrell | Manon Kahle | Peter Farkas | Sami Loris
Jason says: “I liked MUST LOVE DEATH well enough, but even though I’m the target audience – someone reasonably fond of both its genres and likely to laugh at the in-jokes besides – I had the same reaction that I
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Noah Buschel
Starring: Amy Ryan | Frank Wood | Linda Emond | Margaret Colin | Michael Shannon | Paul Sparks
Jason says: “THE MISSING PERSON suffers from a bit of an identity crisis, which is only fitting, as it parallels that of the main character. Its jumps between mystery and parody don’t do it many favors, even if it has
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Simon Ennis
Starring: Dov Tiefenbach | Joshua Peace | Kristen Hager | Michael Madsen | Stephen McHattie
Jason says: “YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE is a solid moron movie – the type where the lead character’s quite astounding stupidity is just balanced with his innocence in such a way that we can laugh at him while still
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Alex Descas | Bill Murray | Gael García Bernal | Hiam Abbass | Isaach De Bankolé | Tilda Swinton
Chris says: “Few films baffle me as much as this one initially did. Jim Jarmusch has always been a particularly austere auteur: his narratives tend to unfold at a zen-like pace and the films’ structures possess as much weight as the stories
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Rashid Masharawi
Starring: Areen Omari | Mohammed Bakri | Nour Zoubi
Bruce says: “For anyone who has wondered about the look and feel of Palestinian communities, LAILA’S BIRTHDAY is a perfect starting point. Filmed in the city of Ramallah, the film tracks a taxi driver during one very busy day. Ramallah is
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Raya Martin
Starring: Alessandra de Rossi | Lucero | Mika Aguilos | Tetchie Agbayani
Bruce says: “Occasionally a new director comes along who seems absolutely destined for greatness. After seeing INDEPENDENCIA, I would put Raya Martin on the list of directors to watch. Although INDEPENDENCIA is not a great film it does portend wonderful
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