Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Bradley Beesley | George Salisbury | Wayne Coyne
Starring: Steve Burns | Steven Drozd | Wayne Coyne
Jeff says: “My son described it as a cross between DARK STAR and ERASERHEAD. “The first human colony on Mars seems doomed. The capacitor on the main oxygen generating unit has burned out, all the spares are gone, and the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Stefan Forbes
Bruce says: “In many minds Lee Atwater remains one of the more despicable characters on the political landscape within the past several decades. Many think Atwater was Machiavellian. While that may sound damning to most people, one man claimed at
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alex Orr
Starring: Ana Chlumsky | Katie Rowlett | Marla Malcolm | Matt Hutchinson | Mike Brune
Jason says: “BLOOD CAR has an idea that has loads of potential, introduces it in witty fashion, and an ending that is just gleefully over the top. It’s also got a half hour or forty-five minutes (out of seventy-five) between
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: James Crump
Bruce says: “Robert Mapplethorpe achieved world-wide fame and notoriety in the 1980’s when his stunning black and white photographs became iconic and his reputation for being lewd, lurid and lascivious mushroomed. Little about Mapplethorpe having a partner is ever mentioned.
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Danny Glover | Jack Black | Mia Farrow | Mos Def
Carolyn says: “Moderately interesting plot to experiment with some crazy special effects. 3 cats”
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Dan Stone | Patrick Gambuti Jr.
Bruce says: “In 1986 an international ban on whaling was initiated. Most countries have honored the ban but a few – Iceland, Japan and Norway, to be specific – are continuing their whaling unapologetically. Japan found a loop hole in
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Takayuki Yakamura
Bruce says: “A number of years ago the New York Times printed a feature on New York’s most famous homeless persons. I was surprised at how many I recognized as fixtures on well traveled New York streets. YOKOHAMA MARY is
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Goran Dukic
Starring: Patrick Fugit | Shannyn Sossamon | Shea Whigham
Jeff says: “The place you go after you commit suicide resembles one of the seedier neighborhoods of Los Angeles. You might think you’re still living on earth, except there are no stars, nobody ever smiles, and your friend’s car has
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Johnny To
Starring: Louis Koo | Simon Yam | Tian-lin Wang
Bruce says: “It is not necessary to see Johnnie To’s ELECTION before seeing TRIAD ELECTION but I would strongly recommend it, particularly for anyone who plans to see both films. In TRIAD ELECTION, two years have passed since the bloodshed
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Starring: Alicja Bachleda-Curus | Cesar Ramos | Kevin Kline | Linda Edmond | Marco Pérez | Paulina Gaitan
Jay says: “TRADE plays pretty rough, which is as it should be. If it didn’t, it could easily become just a suspense story that offers a thrill of horror rather than a nasty bit of business with just enough familiar
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