Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Annie Girardot | Benoît Magimel | Isabelle Huppert
Bob says: “I was part of a good-sized crowd at the Brattle last night for THE PIANO TEACHER, and came out of it finding myself pretty deeply affected. I found it odd that so many in the audience laughed so
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Marlo Poras
Michael says: “The final film of our P-Town extravaganza comes from Boston filmmaker Marla Poras. Mai is a Vietnamese girl who comes to America… more specifically rural Mississippi to spend her Senior Year in High School as an exchange student.
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Rating: 3.75 cats | 3.9
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Diego Luna | Gael García Bernal | Maribel Verdú | Marta Aura
Ellen says: “I can see that MAMA might be a ‘teen movie’ because it is about teens and has those silly things that teens do – fart jokes, drinking, etc as noted by others. But, I felt these elements were
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Starring: Heather Juergensen | Jennifer Westfeldt | Scott Cohen | Tovah Feldshuh
Michael says: “Finally managed to catch up with KISSING JESSICA STEIN the other night, and found it to be perfectly charming if a mite predictable (The very first scene involving Jessica and Josh had me correctly predicting the ending.) Tovah
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Bruno Cremer | Charlotte Rampling | Jocques Nolot
Diane says: “Rampling will get a best actress nom from me. A contemplative film about a middle-aged woman dealing with the death of her husband. Rampling really is superb.” 4 cats Esme says: “UNDER THE SAND was verrrrryyyy French–which
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Starring: Emma Samuelsson | Lisa Lindgren | Michael Nyqvist | Sam Kessel
Stephen says: “While the communal life doesn’t work for everyone in this story, the thrust of the narrative comes out mostly positive, and most of the lives we see have improved because of the loosening of restraints and expectations this
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Brad Anderson
Starring: Holland Taylor | MarisaTomei | Nadia Dajani | Sean Gullette | Vincent D'Onofrio
Bob says: “I’ve been thinking about something utterly irrelevant since seeing HAPPY ACCIDENTS yesterday, so I thought I’d just throw it out there: Vincent D’Onofrio’s character is named Sam Deed, and he explains that back travelers usually have names made
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