Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Bard Barber | Scott Christopherson
Jason says: “‘Dub’ Lawrence is a disconcertingly cheerful face with which to sell the idea that the militarization of American police forces is out of hand; it’s a serious, life-and-death subject to which he has a highly personal connection, and
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Director: Joseph Sims Dennett
Jason says: “Writer/director Joseph Sims-Dennett initially seems to start out with a private eye story with the background redacted before quickly evolving into something more sinister. It’s an intense stakeout thriller, if one that leans more toward how this sort
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Director: Robert Kenner
Jason says: “The most impressive thing about MERCHANTS OF DOUBT may be the apparent lack of resignation on the part of its makers. It is, after all, a documentary that is well-researched, clear in its message, and attractively presented, but
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Director: Park Heung-sik
Jason says: “A sequel to CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON was supposed to open on Imax screens this weekend, but that seems to have fallen into some bizarre limbo. Still, as South Korea’s MEMORIES OF THE SWORD begins, one might naturally
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: David Cronenberg
Jason says: “Hollywood stories can be self-indulgent or snide, depending on what sort of axes the people making them have to grind, rarely managing to hit the sweet spot in the middle. What they seldom are, though, is extraneous, but
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Director: Dave Boyle
Jason says: “There’s a moment at the end of a lot of the really good ‘Coen-like’ movies (a description unfair to everyone involved, but one people use) where someone sits down, has a long sigh, and considers just what all
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Director: Alec Su
Jason says: “Even after reading a description of this movie that I thought might give too much away and seeing the dedication at the start, I spent a good chunk of THE LEFT EAR thinking it was going to be
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: David Zeller
Starring: Ayaka Ohnishi | David Zellner | Kanako Higashi | Mayuko Kawakita | Nathan Zellner | Nobuyuki Katsube | Rinko Kikuchi | Shirley Venard
Chris says: “A beguiling mix of Aki Kaurismaki, David Lynch and Tsai Ming-Liang’ is what I tweeted moments after leaving the theatre. Looking back now, I’m not sure that description is on point, for this film doesn’t really feel like
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Director: Ursula Dabrowsky
Jason says: “Ursula Dabrowsky directs the heck out of INNER DEMON, not just because it keeps going despite having a small cast and what seems like some tight constraints where locations and other resources are concerned, but because she pulls
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Director: Justin Weinstei | Tyler Measom
Jason says: “James ‘The Amazing’ Randi has been best-known his efforts on debunking psychics, faith healers and other frauds for so long that many associate him with that alone. Even remembering that it was his qualifications as a magician that
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