Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Starring: Charlotte Frogner | Evy Kasseth Røsten | Lasse Valdal | Stig Frode Henriksen | Vegar Hoel
Jason says: “DEAD SNOW doesn’t need a whole lot of reviewing. It’s the movie with the zombie Nazis, and if the mention of the phrase ‘zombie Nazis’ makes a person say ‘tell me more,’ what he really means is ‘tell
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Abbie Cornish | Ben Whishaw | Edie Martin | Kerry Fox | Paul Schneider | Thomas Sangster
Diane says: “I am not a fan of Keats, so the poetry recitation made for some sections of longueur in BRIGHT STAR. Jane Campion’s film of the poet’s romance with Fanny Brawne is very pretty, with shots that call attention
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Harrington
Starring: Clive Russell | Jonas Armstrong | Paul Blair | Romana Abercromby | Simon Bamford | Sophie Ward
Jason says: “I am not a particular fan of the horror genre. I don’t disdain it or dismiss it; I think it gets a bad reputation at times. But I am by no means an enthusiast. Last year, THE MIDNIGHT
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Paul Cotter
Starring: Benjamin Whitrow | Eileen Nicholas | Shane Taylor
Jason says: “BOMBER, when you get right down to it, is the sort of movie where one can see very clearly that if the characters just did what any normal, sane person would do, things would go pretty smoothly. That
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Stephen Soderbergh
Starring: Benicio Del Toro | Demián Bichir | Julia Ormond | Oscar Isaac | Ramon Fernandez | Rodrigo Santoro
Jason says: “At various times, Steven Soderbergh’s ambitious Che Guevera project has been described as one very long picture and as two, and I’m not sure which is how it started and which is considered the definitive experience. To further
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sacha Gervasi
Diane says: “Am I glad I saw this one! And gladder still to see Anvil’s decent sked of tour dates for the next couple of months (they’re playing in England now and will open for AC/DC in Foxborough next month).
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Maher Sabry
Starring: Ayman | Julian Gonzalez Esparza | Jwana | Mehammed Amadeus | Munir Bayyiri | Youssef El-Shareif
Bruce says: “ALL MY LIFE is billed as the first gay Egyptian film. It has been banned in Egypt which should not come as a big surprise since the film contains sex scenes that border on soft porn. Maher Sabry
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