Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Brian Scott Lederman
Starring: Adam LeFevre | Brian Scott Lederman | Erik Per Sullivan | Margo Martindale | Shayna Levine
Michael says: “That MO got made is something to admire, at the very least. Making a feature film is no easy thing, and even though the subject clearly means a lot to director Brian Lederman, it takes more than one
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Starring: Hermila Guedes | Maria Menezes | Zezita Matos
Bruce says: “The film starts out with a home movie of ‘The Day I Got Pregnant.’ Hermila dances around the beach with a blue blanket. She was determined to make this day ‘the happiest day of her life or die
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Seth Gordon
Michael says: “In the world of documentaries I am often left thinking, how did the filmmaker find that story? Other times I think, they really put that film together well to make it a compelling story. Seth Gordon’s THE KING
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Parvez Sharma
Michael says: “This is one of those films that I find very difficult to review. Focusing on the horrific plight of the homosexual Muslim, it’s an important film with a story that needs to be told, yet as a film
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Paul Auster
Starring: David Thewlis | Irène Jacob | Michael Imperioli
Bruce says: “Paul Auster’s The Book of Illusions is a magical work. It tells the story of Martin Frost, a man devastated by the loss of his wife and children, who returns to the living when he discovers the films
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Peter Vogt
Jay says: “It’s probably pretty easy to make a fairly entertaining documentary about Bill ‘Spaceman’ Lee: Point a camera at him, ask a question, and let him go. Repeat until out of questions or time, do a little follow-up with
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Maziar Miri
Starring: Hassan Poorshirazi | Mohammed-Reza Foroutan | Niloofar Khoshkholgh
Bruce says: “GRADUALLY (BE AHESTEGI…) is a gentle film about a couple coming to grips with personal issues that may be affecting their marriage. Mahmoud is a railroad welder who works hard and loves his wife Pari. But she has
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Patrice Leconte
Starring: Daniel Auteuil | Dany Boon | Julie Gayet
Bruce says: “During a business dinner with other successful antique dealers, the subject of friendship comes up when François Coste (Daniel Auteuil) asks his business partner Catherine (Julie Gayet) the name of the attractive woman at the other end of
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Lorraine Levy
Starring: Catherine Jacob | Marilou Berry | Pierre Arditi
Bruce says: “This coming of age story features Chlotrudis award winning actress Marilou Berry as Hannah Goldman, an ugly duckling with two older, attractive sisters. Like the character Berry played in LOOK AT ME, Hannah does not know how to
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Starring: Abbie Cornish | Cate Blanchett | Clive Owen | Geoffrey Rush | Samantha Morton | Tom Hollander
Michael says: “Who can resist Cate Blanchett, royal, imperious, hair unbound, clad in armor, riding on a white horse? Apparently not me, as I went to see ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE on opening weekend. I enjoyed ELIZABETH, one of Blanchett’s
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