Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Billy Kent
Starring: Danny DeVito | Parker Posy | Paul Rudd | Winter Ave Zoli
Chris says: “Stars a rarely-better Parker Posey as a Cleveland ad exec who has never had an orgasm, ever. A thin premise and somewhat clumsy script are enlivened by a decent cast: Paul Rudd (shlubby and nearly unrecognizable with copious
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Mary Harron
Starring: Cara Seymour | Chris Bauer | David Strathairn | Gretchen Mol | Jared Harris | John Cullum | Jonathan M. Woodward | Lili Taylor | Norman Reedus | Sarah Paulson
Michael says: “In theory, the life of Bettie Page seems like a perfect basis for a biopic. A young girl growing up in the 40’s and 50’s, Page travels from Nashville to New York to pursue her dreams of acting.
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Judy Davis | Kirsten Dunst | Marianne Faithfull
Chris says: “Had I seen MARIE ANTOINETTE ten years ago, I would have walked out the theater flushed and excited, declaring it my favorite of the year. Now, I know a little better to lavish such praise on what is
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: James Longley
Bruce says: “I would recommend this film for groups of people to see together, not so they might learn something new but as a catalyst for discussion on Iraq and its future. To adequately discuss the future one must necessarily
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sofie Fillières
Starring: Bruno Todeschini | Bulle Ogier | Emmanuelle Devos | Lambert Wilson | Michael Lonsdale
Bruce says: “This film is the story of Fontaine Leglou (Emmanuelle Devos) who is caught by surprise when the man she lives with (Bruno Todeschini) proposes marriage. Why is it so difficult to say ‘yes’ to what every woman is
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Donna Murphy | Ellen Burstyn | Hugh Jackman | Mark Margolis | Rachel Weisz | Stephen McHattie
Bruce says: “THE FOUNTAIN, a barely likeable film, is an overly ambitious opus about love and death that takes place in the past, the present and future. Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz play Isabel and Tomas in the days of
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Avril Lavigne | Bobby Cannavale | Catalina Sandino Moreno | Ethan Hawke | Greg Kinnear | Paul Dano | Wilmer Valderrama
Bruce says: “Being a fan of Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation, I was looking forward to Richard Linklater’s fictionalized version of Schlosser’s multiple exposés of the fast food industry, the Colorado meat packing industry, and the US immigration policies (or
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Bent Hamer
Starring: Adrienne Shelley | Didier Flamand | Fisher Stevens | Karen Young | Lili Taylor | Marisa Tomei | Matt Dillon
Bruce says: “Mickey Rourke fans and/or BARFLY fans should probably stay away from this film. Both BARFLY and FACTOTUM are based on the autobiographical novel penned by poet Charles Bukowski. FACTORUM traces the drinking marathons and sexual escapades of Henry/Hank
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jean-Marc Barr | Pascal Arnold
Starring: Arthur Dupont | Guillaume Baché | Lizzie Brochere
Beth says: “A French film co-directed by Jean-Marc Barr (also an actor, a la COTE D’AZUR) and Pascal Arnold, this film was about a group of beautiful but aimless French teenagers screwing around, getting high and playing in a rock
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ben Hopkins
Bruce says: “Judging the merits of a documentary can be daunting. Has the filmmaker made a focused statement? Does the film develop a mosaic based on a topic or theme? What about the truth – should the filmmaker be bound
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