Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Bruce says: “Anyone glued to the nightly news during the saga of journalist Daniel Pearl knows the sad ending of his harrowing kidnapping story. A MIGHTY HEART is based on the writings of his wife Mariane, herself a journalist. Daniel
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Béla Tarr
Starring: Erika Bók | Gyula Pauer | István Lénárt | Miroslav Krobot | Tilda Swinton | Volker Spengler
Bruce says: “THE MAN FROM LONDON, Béla Tarr’s black and white homage to French film noir, opens with a seemingly never-ending tracking shot that takes your breath away. The camera moves from a reflection of a rope and boat in
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jorge Gaggero
Starring: Marcos Mundstock | Norma Aleandro | Norma Argentina
Bruce says: “Love/hate relationships are always good for a few laughs and LIVE-IN MAID serves that axiom well. Beba Pujol is used to having her own way. Belonging to the pampered class, Beba has never learned to pick up after
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Vincent Katz | Vivien Bittencourt
Bruce says: “If ever two unrelated film projects deserved a pairing it is KIKI SMITH: SQUATTING THE PALACE with another film about the artistic process made a few years earlier, AGNES MARTIN: WITH MY BACK TO THE WORLD. Shown together
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Arthur Dong
Michael says: “Accomplished documentarian Dong has won acclaim for his earlier films, COMING OUT UNDER FIRE, LICENSED TO KILL, and FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS. He’s back with a film that he’s been working on for 7 – 8 years, HOLLYWOOD CHINESE, a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Luis R. Vera
Starring: Adela Secall | Katty Kowaleczko | Tiago Correa
Bruce says: “It’s Patriot’s Day in Chile and the meaning of the occasion varies greatly person to person. Ostensibly Macarena’s (Adela Secall) parents have gathered the family to their country home to honor the approaching engagement of their daughter. Her
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Nicole Bettauer
Starring: Amy Hill | Bill Brochtrup | Philip Baker Hall
Jay says: “Some people really enjoy when they’re the only ones in the theater, and I can dig that, especially for a matinee where you might have come for the specific point of not dealing with the boors who can
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Georgia Lee
Starring: Elaine Kao | Freda Foh Shen | Jacqueline Kim | Tzi Ma
Bruce says: “Georgia Lee wrote and directed this enjoyable comedy about the Wongs, a dysfunctional Chinese-American family. The three Wong daughters are all going through major changes. Samantha (Jacqueline Kim), the oldest daughter, gave up a promising opportunity to study
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Adrian Brody | Amara Karan | Angelica Huston | Bill Murray | Jason Schwartzman | Owen Wilson | Waris Ahluwalia
Bruce says: “Characters in a Wes Anderson film are often smug, have an oversized sense of entitlement and lack empathy. That description fits most of the characters in THE DARJEELING LIMITED. One year after their father died, three brothers –
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Kim Massee
Starring: Diego Mestanza | Françoise Klein | Thierry Levaret
Bruce says: “COWBOY ANGELS begins with an eleven year old playing pinball in a smoky bar. We can tell it is late by the apparent drunkenness of the patrons. His mother (Françoise Klein) is at the bar, spilling her drinks
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