Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Malia Scharf | Max Basch
Cheryl says: “This documentary is a love letter written and directed by Scharf’s daughter and as such, while thoroughly documenting the artist’s life and work, it rarely goes below the surface to show any of his flaws or critics who
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Adam Leon
Starring: Claire Buchanan | David Ajala | Lauren Colasanti | Maya Hawke | Simon Brickner | Taylor Clanton | Vanessa Kirby
Michael says: “This is a curious, nearly experimental film that rides mainly on the strength of Vanessa Kirby’s performance. In a dreamlike sojourn through a New York City night, Kirby plays Alina Reynolds, a writer of a collection of short
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Talya Lavie
Starring: Avigail Harari | Elisha Banai | Meir Suissa | Orly Silbersatz | Ran Danker | Yael Folman
Michael says: “This Israeli film joins the ranks of fun and whacky movies about everything going wrong overnight in a big city. Newlyweds arrive at their luxurious hotel suite after the reception festivities and quickly break down into a fight
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen
Chris says: “Two intertwined documentaries for the price of one, following a family of vintners in France and father-and-son cannabis farmers in Northern California. While it partially draws parallels between the two sets of subjects (in particular focusing on the
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Celeste Bell | Paul Sng
Chris says: “As the female, biracial lead singer for the British punk band X-Ray Spex, Poly Styrene was an undeniable trailblazer: self-styled and decked out in braces, she sang/shouted her own provocative lyrics and was briefly a counterculture star. This is
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Euros Lyn
Starring: Damian Lewis | Joanna Page | Karl Johnson | Nicholas Farrell | Owen Teale | Peter Davison | Siân Phillips | Toni Collette
Chris says: “Based on a true story, this film about a middle-aged Welsh woman (Toni Collette) breeding a prize-winning race horse is thoroughly predictable but considerably engaging fluff. You’ve seen all this before: the protagonist who interrupts her everyday tedium
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Clark Johnson
Starring: Adam Beach | Christina Ricci | Christopher Walken | Luke Kirby | Martin Donovan | Peter Stebbings | Roberta Maxwell | Zach Braff
Michael says: “I’m sure many of you saw the documentary THE CORPORATION when it was released in 2004. One segment of this harrowing tale featured a lawsuit brought to bear on a Canadian farmer after he unknowingly grew and harvested
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Brittany Murphy | Eminem | Evan Jones | Kim Basinger | Mekhi Phifer | Omar Benson Miller
Laura says: “”Producer Brian Grazer combines his passion for hip hop with a prestige director (Curtis Hanson, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL), a music superstar and a Rockyesque genre script for a solid commercial outing. 8 MILE isn’t a great film, but it is
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Joe Penna
Starring: Anna Kendrick | Daniel Dae Kim | Shamier Anderson | Toni Collette
Michael says: “STOWAWAY is serviceable science fiction flick about a doomed mission to Mars and the four people on board who must race against the clock to find the slimmest chances of survival. It’s what I call an ethical thriller,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Amjad Abu Alala
Starring: Bonna Khalid | Islam Mubarak | Moatasem Rashed | Mustafa Shehata | Talal Afifi
Michael says: “This audacious debut film, the first Oscar entry from Sudan, is a fable of sorts, about a young man trapped by his destiny. When Sakina present her newborn infant to the Sheikh to be named, he informs her
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