Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Danielle Arbid
Starring: Laudi Arbid | Marianne Feghali | Rawia Elchab
Bruce says: “Once known as the Paris of the Middle East, Beirut was ultimately reduced to rubble by fighting that began in the mid 70’s and continued for at least a decade. People went about their business during the day;
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ramona S. Diaz
Bruce says: “Which are your most memorable glamorous First Ladies? Eva Peron, Jackie Kennedy, Dewi Sukarno, Madame Chaing-Kai-Chek? These are all women of great beauty and style, who also happened to be extremely well-educated, very intelligent and had an incredible
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Deb Ellis | Denis Meuller
Beth says: “Next up was the documentary HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN’T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN, narrated by Matt Damon (who famously included a reference to Zinn’s A History of the United States in GOOD WILL HUNTING). He’s a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Takashi Miike
Michael says: “Ah, the rollercoaster ride that is a Takashi Miike film. With his latest American release, GOZU, we have a ride that starts of slowly, if perplexing. Midway through, things have gotten downright freakish, but the pace is still
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Dustin Hoffman | Freddie Highmore | Ian Hart | Johnny Depp | Julie Christie | Kate Winslet | Radha Mitchell
Michael says: “You can feel the Miramax hand on Marc Foster’s FINDING NEVERLAND, which is a shame, although doesn’t disrupt the film all that much. One suspects that it would have had a lot of the same sentimental elements because
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Emin Toprak | Muzaffer Özdemir | Nazan Kesal | Zuhal Gencer Erkaya
Bruce says: “Mahmut (Muzaffer Ozdemir) and Yusuf (Emin Toprak ) both hail from the same mountain village. Mahmut, who is the elder by at least a dozen years, is a self-made man. He is educated, a successful photographer in both
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Starring: Aidan Quinn | Kevin Bacon | Kyra Sedgwick
Bruce says: “As demonstrated by the sensational performances of Ali Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson and Radha Mitchell in HIGH ART followed by Frances McDormand’s ultra-hip, oversexed mom in LAUREL CANYON, Lisa Cholodenko has established herself as a director who pushes women
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Nir Bergman
Starring: Daniel Magon | Eliana Magon | Maya Maron | Nitai Gaviratz | Orly Silbersatz Banai
Michael says: “If you’re looking for that last film to catch before you nominate, and your local video store has a good Foreign Film section, I highly recommend BROKEN WINGS, and Israeli film by writer/director Nir Bergman. This moving and
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Eléonore Faucher
Starring: Ariane Ascaride | Lola Naymark | Thomas Laroppe
Bruce says: “The international title for this film is A COMMON THREAD which is an English translation from the French title, BRODEUSES. With releases already planned in four countries, not to mention having played in six film festivals including Toronto
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: John Furse
Starring: Ian Hart | Linus Roache
Bruce says: “BLIND FIGHT is based on a true story about an Irish teacher, Brian Keenan, and a British journalist, John McCarthy, who were captured by Lebanese terrorists. They lived together in various cells and makeshift prisons for four and
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