Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Michael Colford
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Sterlin Harjo
Starring: Casey Camp-Horinek | Jon Proudstar | Julian Ballentyne | Laura Spencer | Richard Way Whitman | Zoe Leigh Hopkins
Michael says: “After hearing some praise about the new streaming television series, RESERVATION DOGS, which director Harjo executive produced as well as wrote and directed for, I decided to dip into his 2009 film, BARKING WATER, before starting in on
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Justin Chon
Starring: Alicia Vikander | Emory Cohen | Justin Chon | Linh Dan Pham | Mark O'Brien | Sydney Kowalske | Vondie Curtis-Hall
Michael says: “Is it okay to tear apart a family to uphold the law? What if the law is simply a little-known requirement to fill out some bureaucratic paperwork? That is the story Korean-American writer/director/actor Justin Chon tackles in BLUE
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: John Waters
Starring: Channing Wilroy | Cookie Mueller | Danny Mills | David Lochary | Divine | Edith Massey | Mary Vivian Pearce | Mink Stole
Chris says: “Re-watched with John Waters’ commentary track (recorded for the 25th anniversary edition), which makes it far more bearable (though still not as fully realized as his next film, the glorious FEMALE TROUBLE.) Best revelation: on people walking out
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Alex Cox
Starring: Emilio Estevez | Fox Harris | Harry Dean Stanton | Olivia Barash Sy Richardson | Susan Barnes | Tracey Walter
Michael says: “This cult classic was released in 1984 integrating elements of punk culture, government-hidden science fiction, and urban crime to create a clever, irreverent and fun film. I suspect if I had seen it in the mid-80’s around its
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Sabrina Doyle
Starring: Dana Millican | Jena Malone | Joseph Bertót | Lynn Sher | Pablo Schreiber | Ryan Findley | Trish Egan
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Agnes Moorehead | Dorothy Comingore | Erskine Sanford | Everett Sloane | Joseph Cotten | Orson Welles | Paul Stewart | Ray Collins | Ruth Warrick
Michael says: “I have seen CITIZEN KANE before… about twenty years ago, so when it came up again in the Brattle podcast, about how it’s such a classic, in fact, probably THE classic film, and I couldn’t really remember much
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Douglas Tirola
Vicki says: “What is unique about Tirola’s extremely well-crafted documentary is that it is told through interviews, tv footage, letters, home movies and audio clips. It traces from his early life to his protesting the Vietnam War and doesn’t shy
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: David Gelb
Vicki says: “David Gelb of JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI fame now turns his camera on Wolfgang Puck. Puck began cooking for celebrities and then became a celebrity chef. We learn quite a bit about Wolfgang in this well-done profile of
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Starring: Bernie Casey | Buck Henry | Candy Clark | David Bowie | Jackson D. Kane | Rip Torn
Michael says: “On my journey to fill in gaps of my film-viewing history as triggered by mentions in the Brattle Film Podcast, I finally saw Nicolas Roeg’s THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, famously starring David Bowie in one of
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Brandon Kramer
Vicki says: “THE FIRST STEP tells the story of Van Jones’( the CNN commentator) push to pass the Prison Reform Act, not an easy task in a country so divided. The documentary takes a ‘fly on the wall’ approach which
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