Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Deepti Kakkar | Fahad Mustafa
Bruce says: “POWERLESS examines two sides of the ‘power struggle’ in Kampur, a metropolitan area of approximately three million people. Kampur has had no increase in its power supply for twenty-two years although the population has tripled during that time.
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Julia Dyer
Starring: Cody Linley | John Hawkes | Jonathon McClendon | Lydia MacKay | Molly Parker
Bruce says: “THE PLAYROOM’s sin is one of omission. There is just not enough substance. One scene in particular is revisited time after time. A voiceover is also repetitious. No doubt Julia Dyer believed repetition would reinforce the moment. That
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Kevin Schreck
Chris says: “Best known for his creative 1960s opening credit sequences (WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT?) and truly innovative work on WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?, Canadian-born, British-based animator Richard Williams would have preferred universal recognition for THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER, a
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Marcus Markou
Starring: Cosima Shaw | Frank Dillane | Georges Corraface | Georgia Groome | Stephan Dillane | Thomas Underhill
Jason says: “I was recently reminded that my grandmother reads what I write here, which may be why one of my first reactions to PAPADOPOULOS & SONS was that it would be a good movie to bring parents or grandparents
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Timothy Wheeler
Jason says: “Are you a swimmer?’ asked the man at the ticket booth who knew full well I was there because I had a season pass for this film series. I said I wasn’t, and he pointed out that even
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Norio Osada
Starring: Do-an Chau Mao | Kenji Isomura | Lan Tanh | Yusuke Kawazu
Jason says: “It’s almost certain that there have been movies made under more insane circumstances than NUMBER10 BLUES/GOODBYE SAIGON (both titles appear on-screen at once), or worthier ones made in a war zone, but that does nothing to take away
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alan Polsky | Gabe Polsky
Starring: Dalota Fanning | Emile Hirsch | Kris Kristofferson | Stephen Dorff
Jason says: “THE MOTEL LIFE isn’t quite a lot of filler packed around one great moment – it is, really, a watchable indie drama, so when the scene the audience will remember comes, they aren’t likely to weigh that bit
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: P.J. Hogan
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia | Liev Schreiber | Rebecca Gibney | Toni Collette
Kyle says: “Whether you are a potential viewer of this latest work by the director best known for MURIEL’S WEDDING depends on how open you are to a comedy about mental illness. The title refers not only to the wildly
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Amy Adams | Diane Lane | Henry Cavill | Kevin Costner | Michael Shannon | Russell Crowe
Bruce says: “I generally try not to review the big blockbusters but as a gigantic Superman fan I thought I could add my 2-cents-worth. I’ve seen SUPERMAN, SUPERMAN II, SUPERMAN III, SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE, SUPERMAN RETURNS, &
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Bille August
Starring: August Diehl | Bruno Ganz | Jack Huston | Jeremy Irons | Lena Olin | Martina Gedeck | Mélanie Laurent | Tom Courtenay
Jason says: “Sometimes, there are things that the written word can do that a film can’t. In NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON, Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) tells how certain sentences in the book at the film’s center had a profound effect
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