Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Paul Solet
Starring: Gabrielle Rose | Jordan Ladd | Malcolm Stewart | Samantha Ferris | Stephen Park
Jason says: “When a child is born in a fantastical serial, whether it be television, comics, or movie sequels, there is almost inevitably some plot twist that ages him/her rapidly, or jumps the audience forward in time, or otherwise presents
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ramen Bahrani
Starring: Diana Franco Galindo | Lane 'Roc' Williams | Mamadou Lam | Red West | Souleymane Sy Savane
Diane says: “I’m not as crazy about GOODBYE SOLO as the reviewers have been. Let’s call it THE VISITOR meets A TASTE OF CHERRY–a suicidal middle-aged white American man is thrown into the lively world of a Senegalese cab driver.
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Vladimir Kott
Starring: Aleksei Kravchenko | Alexandr Golubkov | Alexandra Tyuftey | Olga Lapshina
Bruce says: “Fedor (Aleksei Kravchenko) is a happy man. He and his partner drive large trucks from town to town, drinking vodka and picking up women. Fedor connects with various women everywhere he goes but he also appreciates the occasional
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Lucia Puenzo
Starring: Arnaldo André | Carlos Bardem | Inés Efron | Julián Doregger | Mariela Vitale | Pep Munné | Sandra Guida
Bruce says: “**Spoilers** “THE FISH CHILD is taboo director Lucia Puenzo’s follow-up to the remarkable XXY. Based on her own novel, the multilayered story unfolds with flashbacks through different periods of time, creating a jigsaw effect. The storyline is complex
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Starring: Aisling O'Sullivan | Amy Huberman | Dylan Moran | Keith Allen | Mark Doherty
Jason says: “As much as I (and most critics, I imagine) am happy to shred a movie that relies too heavily on coincidence and seemingly random events. After all, at some point, the characters should succeed based on their own
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Keith Maitland
Jason says: “My first reaction to THE EYES OF ME was ‘okay, for a movie whose natural home is local public television.’ That’s at least a bit unfair – there’s really nothing in it that would limit its appeal to
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Neil Burns
Starring: Aiden Drummond | Ben Cotton | Brian Drummond | Gokul | Jay Brazeau | Powers Boothe
Jason says: “For a movie about a great inventor, EDISON AND LEO is curiously lacking in spark. There are moments of quirky inspiration, but they’re quickly followed by fairly uninspired bits of meanness, ultimately wasting some fine animation. “George T.
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Kim Ki-Duk
Starring: Ji-a Park | Jô Odagiri | Mi-hie Jang | Na-yeong Lee | Tae-hyeon Kim
Jason says: “Although reasonable people may disagree on just what constitutes ‘good freaky’ versus ‘bad freaky,’ they will most likely acknowledge that there is a difference. Many of those familiar with the work of Korean auteur Kim Ki-duk will further
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: Anna Bonaiuto | Carlo Buccirosso | Flavio Bucci | Giulio Bosetti | Toni Servillo
Diane says: “IL DIVO is difficult for Americans to understand. One has to know the Italian political scene to appreciate who the actors are and the machinations. Reading subtitles for the Italian dialogue doesn’t leave time to catch the original
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Yoav Shamir
Bruce says: “Too often a documentary does not present an equitable view of its subject. Filmmaker Yoav Shamir seems to have gone out of his way to present a balanced view of anti-Semitism in DEFAMATION. Nonetheless, his efforts seem to
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