Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Catherine Breillat
Starring: Asia Argento | Claude Sarraute | Fu’ad Ait Aattou | Michael Lonsdale | Roxane Mesquida | Yolande Moreau
Michael says: “A new Catherine Breillat film is always something that sparks my interest, and in her latest film, the first after the director endured a serious stroke, Breillat tries her hand at a period piece… a true costume drama
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Starring: Christian Redl | Daniel Brühl | David Kross | Paula Kalenberg | Robert Stadlober
Beth Curran says: “Based on a beloved story/myth/folktale (couldn’t quite get a bead on which) – in 15th century Germany in the midst of plague and the 30 Years War, Krabat is a homeless boy who heeds a mysterious call
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Anders Rønnow Klarlund
Starring: Lene Poulsen | Lene Tiemroth | Louise Mieritz | Poul Glargaard | Søren Fauli | Søren Pilmark
Jason says: “The fantasy the the center of HOW TO GET RID OF THE OTHERS – permanently eliminating the freeloaders who take far more from society than they give – is likely more universal than most people would care to
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: David Mackenzie
Starring: Ciarán Hinds | Claire Forlani | Jamie Bell | John Paul Lawler | Lucy Holt | Sophia Myles
Bruce says: “David Mackenzie is succeeding in bringing unconventional stories to the screen such as THE LAST GREAT WILDERNESS and YOUNG ADAM. MISTER FOE is a perfect companion piece for those earlier films. MISTER FOE is a coming-of-age tale which
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Kristian Levring
Starring: Lars Brygmann | Paprika Steen | Ulrich Thomsen
Bruce says: “Mikael (Ulrich Thomsen) is on six week leave from his job. Is he fighting boredom or depression? The answer seems apparent when his bother-in-law Frederik (Lars Brygmann) mentions that his hospital is involved in trials for a new
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