Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ellise Chappell | Himesh Patel | Lily James | Sophia Di Martino
Thom says: “Oh dear, amidst Danny Boyle’s really great films including SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, TRAINSPOTTING, 127 HOURS, & SUNSHINE there was always the stench of mediocrity in THE BEACH, A LIFE LESS ORDINARY, & TRANCE, & while YESTERDAY isn’t as bad
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Marta Barrio | Michael Towns | Rob Brydon | Steve Coogan
Chris says: “I’ll keep watching each one of these they make, knowing full well that the original remains the only essential entry. The attempt at pathos here renders it less satisfying than THE TRIP TO SPAIN, though Coogan’s bitchy summation
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Amy Jo Johnson
Starring: Anastasia Phillips | Clark Johnson | Felicity Huffman | Lauren Holly
Michael says: “TAMMY’S ALWAYS DYING isn’t very original, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad. Catherine MacDonald doesn’t live the most glamorous life. She works as a bartender at her father’s hole in the wall; her mother is an alcoholic who
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Gan Bi
Starring: Hong-Chee Li | Jue Huang | Sylvia Chang | Wei Tang
Diane says: “I watched this BI Gan film from 2018 in prep for his RESURRECTION, which won the Jury Prize at Cannes last month. “Luo Hongwu keeps dreaming of a woman from his younger days, and follows clues in search
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alma Har'el
Starring: Byron Bowers | Laura San Giacomo | Lucas Hedges | Noah Jupe | Shia LaBeouf
Chris says: “Your mileage will vary depending on what you think of therapy sessions turned into autobiographical feature films. Actor/writer Shia LeBeouf does a damning but compelling impersonation of his own father, while Noah Jupe, who plays a version of
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Chinonye Chukwu
Starring: Aldis Hodge | Alfre Woodard | LaMonica Garrett | Wendell Pierce
Michael says: “CLEMENCY is a powerful film with some great acting, but even the best of acting couldn’t quite give this film the spark it needed and honestly, deserved, to make it stand out. Alfre Woodard, always amazing, and top
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Chester
Beth says: “This film was about a great story about an important mission. It was just not an award-worthy film. The music really ruined it. In fact, the music was so bad, it pervaded the whole film, and you can’t
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Bart Freundlich
Starring: Abby Quinn | Azhy Robertson | Billy Crudup | Julianne Moore | Michelle Williams | Will Chase
Michael says: “I really want to love Bart Freundlich’s films. Not because he’s Julianne Moore’s husband, although I appreciate that he often casts her in his films, but because I loved his debut, THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS so much and
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Gavin Hood
Starring: Jeremy Northam | Katherine Kelly | Keira Knightley | Matt Smith | Matthew Goode | Ralph Fiennes
Chris says: “A fascinating story (based on actual events) told adequately; it wants to be ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN, but Keira Knightley lacks the presence of a Hoffman and the ease of a Redford. It’s even more noticeable in her
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Rating: 2 cats | 3 cats
Director: Scott A. Burns
Starring: Adam Driver | Annette Bening | Corey Stoll | Evander Duck Jr. | Jon Hamm | Michael C. Hall
Diane says: “Scott Burns’ THE REPORT, starring Adam Driver, is decidedly uncinematic, at least for the first 2/3 of the film. It’s the story of Dan Jones, a Senate Intelligence staffer who labors for years (mostly in a small secure room)
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