Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jennifer Prediger | Jess Weixler
Jason says: “Screen acting can be such a volatile way of making a living that what is probably the signature absurdity in APARTMENT TROUBLES – that a pair of roommates can both be so broke as to face eviction from
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael Johnson
Starring: Danny DeVito | Evan Ross | Isabelle Fuhrman | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Virginia Madsen
Kyle says: “ALL THE WILDERNESS is another in a very very long line of films about a troubled teenager resisting the forces of socialization, having withdrawn into a world of his own making following the suicide of his father. The
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde | Catherine Deneuve | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Chiara Mastroianni
Kyle says: “Opening Night of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s series ‘20th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema’ was Benoît Jacquot’s 3 HEARTS in its U.S. Premiere. Those who like their French films about doomed affairs of the heart intense and
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Matt Chow
Jason says: “I see a fair number of movies from Hong Kong – just about every one that plays local theaters or the festivals I attend – but I’ve still somehow managed to miss almost the entire career of Sandra
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Tom Shoval
Starring: David Cunio | Eitan Cunio | Gita Amely | Moshe Ivgy | Shirli Deshe
Kyle says: “YOUTH is the feature film debut of writer and director Tom Shoval. The fact of its co-production between Israel and Germany is attention grabbing. The title is a statement of age and experience, as well as a reference
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Mohit Suri
Starring: Remo Fernandes | Riteish Deshmukh | Shaad Randhawa | Shraddha Kapoor | Sidharth Malhotra
Jason says: “Given that uncredited Indian remakes of movies from other countries aren’t exactly uncommon, it’s not totally unfair that I went into EK VILLAIN with I SAW THE DEVIL in the back of my head; you don’t have to
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jessica Oreck
Kyle says: “THE VANQUISHING OF THE WITCH BABA YAGA sounds more interesting than it is. Baba Yaga is a horrible witch famous throughout Slavic folklore and in the works of Russian composers such as Mussorgsky and Liadov, bearing similarities to
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ramon Zürcher
Starring: Gustav Körner | Lea Draeger | Leon Alan Beiersdorf | Matthias Dittmer | Mia Kasalo | Monika Hetterle
Kyle says: “THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT is the assured feature film debut of writer/director Ramon Zürcher. The title is somewhat misleading, because the German DAS MERKWÜRDIGE KÄTZCHEN also means ‘remarkable’ or ‘noteworthy’ little cat, not our word ‘strange’ that usually
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Anja Marquardt
Kyle says: “SHE’S LOST CONTROL, a feature film debut by director Anja Marquardt, tells a tale of sex surrogates within the psychotherapy community: the elusive goal is intimacy but the process involves sex with people who are essentially strangers, often
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Signe Baumane
Jason says: “I want to champion ROCKS IN MY POCKETS; it is a striking animated film made with adults in mind, and one that tackles a difficult but important subject head-on. The world needs movies like that. The thing is,
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