Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.7 cats
Director: Annie Baker
Starring: Elias Koteas | Julianne Nicholson | Sophie Okonedo | Will Patton | Zoe Ziegler
Michael says: “Award-winning playwright Annie Baker makes the transition from theater to film and manages to bring with her the moments that make her plays so memorable, while utilizing the language of film to maximum effect. During the summer before
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Director: Lukas Dhont
Starring: Eden Dambrine | Emilie Dequenne | Gustav De Waele | Igor van Dessel | Léa Drucker
Diane says: “The friendship of two boys disintegrates when they start a new school and are harassed for being ‘a couple.’ It’s the sadness of what follows that is the focus of CLOSE. “If you’re used to seeing gritty Belgian
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Director: Gastón Duprat | Mariano Cohn
Starring: Antonio Banderas | José Luis Gómez | Manolo Solo | Oscar Martinez | Penélope Cruz
Diane says: “A wealthy man decides to fund a movie to establish his legacy. Either that or build a bridge. With the rights to a novel in hand, his aide brings in the high-level, but artsy, director (Penelope Cruz), and
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Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Diane says: “FLEE is a 2021 animated doc about a refugee’s extended nightmare. Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen comes out of radio documentaries, and this project began as audio interviews. Rasmussen chose animation when he and his subject, a close friend
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Rating: 3.7 cats
Director: Joe Denardo | Paul Felten
Starring: Catherine Cohen | Chloe Sevigny | Christian Parenti | Eleanor Friedberger | Emily Tremaine | Scott Shepherd | Stephanie Hayes
Bob says: “Imagine what we’d get if David Lynch tried his hand at Mumblecore. I think it might be similar to SLOW MACHINE, which thematically seems to be playing with questions of identity and performance. “Stephanie, a Swedish actor living in
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Rating: 3.7 cats
Director: Laurent Cantet
Starring: Aurélien Recoing | Jean-Pierre Mangeot | Karin Viard | Serge Livrozet
Diane says: “TIME OUT (L’EMPLOI DU TEMPS), directed by Laurent Cantet, is about a manager who is fired and can’t bring himself to let his family know. Vincent drives around with his cell phone, pretending to his wife that he
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