Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Bestor Cram
Jason says: “Johnny Cash never did time, but his name will forever be associated with California’s Folsom State Prison; a great song and a great album will do that. The Folsom Prison concert is a definitive moment in Cash’s career,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Schwert
Starring: Andrea Powell | Brian Lafontaine | Burgess Jenkins | Mark Scarboro | Tiffany Montgomery
Jason says: “IN/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS is the very definition of an average movie. No moment raises a flag – well, okay, some do, but they may be among the film’s most interesting, at least in hindsight. No actors perform poorly. No
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: David Russo
Starring: Bryan Glasow | Jay Wesley Cochran | Marshall Allman | Melissa D. Brown | S. Joe Downing
Jason says: “David Russo had a bunch of nifty ideas that he threw into THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF LITTLE DIZZLE, and they’re the kind of ideas that work as part of this sort of strange stew movie – not big
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Funihiko Sori
Starring: Haruka Ayase | Shido Nakamura | Takao Osawa | Yôsuke Kubozuka
Jason says: “It is one of the oldest tricks in the book, despite having rather limited success, as far as I can tell: Take a franchise that has seen better days and revive it, only the new protagonist is no
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Joe Dante
Starring: Bruce Dern | Chris Massoglia | Haley Bennett | Nathan Gamble | Quinn Lord | Teri Polo
Thom says: “Dante seems to be stuck in a child/scary mode with most of his feature films (GREMLINS is a good example) and while does have a fun quotient it’s not very special. Two brothers who have moved to a
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras
Starring: Alejandra Yañez | Clemira Aguayo | Cornelio Villagrán | Manuel Hernández
Thom says: “If sincerity was the byword of film art this would have been best-in-show. In this case though, the film simply lacks interest. A country family is followed as they try to get by in a changing world. Prices
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ryûichi Honda
Starring: Chiaki Kuriyama | Kenti Kashiwabara | Massao Kigawa | Muneo Okochi | Shun Masamiya
Jason says: “One of the signs of a particularly good comedy – or any sort of movie, really – is when there are funny or interesting things happening in the corners; stuff that the movie doesn’t need but which make
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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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