Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: David Leaf | John Scheinfeld
Michael says: “The first installment of this season’s Sunday Eye-Opener began last weekend at the Brattle Theatre with a much-anticipated documentary; THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON. Directors David Leaf and John Scheinfeld, responsible for dozens of made-for-tv, biographical specials, manage
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alistair Christopher | Jonathan Hock
Bruce says: “Today’s Horatio Algers are athletes who have produced at the high school level and are perceived to have the goods that will make them stars in the big leagues. Not much of a basketball fan, even I was
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Rating: 3 cats
Starring: Aaron Eckhart | David Koechner | Katie Holmes | Maria Bello | Rob Lowe | Robert Duvall | William H. Macy
Chris says: “This satire about a slick lobbyist for the tobacco industry (perfectly embodied by Aaron Eckhart) isn’t nearly as subversive or edgy as it thinks it is. Actually, it plays like a less eccentric, dumbed-down version of I HEART
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Haskell Wexler
Bruce says: “Haskell Wexler has quite a reputation. He has won two Oscars for BOUND FOR GLORY and WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? He achieved cult status with MEDIUM COOL, a feature film using the 1968 Democratic Convention riots in
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Caroline Neal
Bruce says: “SI SOS BRUJO is a film about efforts, led by cellist Ignacio Varchausky, to preserve tango by a small group of musicians in Buenos Aires. Varchausky is determined that the great tango composers, each having their own recognizably
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Richard Glatzer | Wash Westmoreland
Starring: Chalo González | Emily Rios | Jesse Garcia
Michael says: “Sometimes a movie receives accolades and hype that makes you pause and scratch your head. QUINCEAÑERA took the audience and Jury Prizes for Best Dramatic Feature at Sundance earlier this year. It’s not that Richard Glatzer and Wash
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Im Sang-soo
Starring: Jae-ho Song | Suk-kyu Han | Yun-shik Baek
Bruce says: “It is no secret that the President of South Korea will be assassinated in THE PRESIDENT’S LAST BANG; after all we are told on screen that it is 1979 and we know the film is based on fact.
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Dominic Harari | Teresa Pelegri
Starring: Guillermo Toledo | María Botto | Marián Aguilera
Bruce says: “Leni (Marián Aguilera), a nice Jewish girl, brings her boyfriend Rafi (Guillermo Toledo) home to meet the extended family. Rafi has one major disadvantage in this household; he is Palestinian. Leni’s belly-dancing sister Tania (María Botto) is wildly
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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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