Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Chloe Sevigny | Ian Roberts | Lucy Liu | Olympia Dukakis | Sandra Oh | Shawn Ashmore | Stockard Channing
Michael says: “3 NEEDLES is Thom Fitzgerald’s A.I.D.S. epic, spanning three continents, telling three stories, and clearlyva movie that was a labor of love, in addition to clearly being a labor of high finances. In Africa, three nuns double as
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Starring: Hinano Yoshikawa | Meisa Kuroki | Shuuji Kashiwabara | Tetsuji Tamayama
Bruce says: “WHO’S CAMUS ANYWAY?, if it is ever distributed, will surely be famous for its lengthy opening shot which introduces all the many main characters and gives us the lay of the land, the land being the central courtyards
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Khyentse Norbu
Starring: Lhakpa Dorji | Sonam Lhamo | Tsewang Dandup
Beth C. says: “TRAVELLERS & MAGICIANS uses the popular ‘story-within-a-story’ method to present a character’s moral crisis within the context of other people who have gone through similar struggles. I found this film to be enjoyable and entertaining for the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: William Eggleston
Bruce says: “Robert Gordon who has worked with Eggleston for many years, edited over 30 hours of film into a 76 minute film. The footage Gordon edited is the only non-still photography that Eggleston has taken on. He passionately pursued
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Andrew Douglas
Bruce says: “SEARCHING FOR THE WRONG-EYED JESUS is an ambitious documentary from director Andrew Douglas, a film I admire more than like. The premise of the film is that poor white southerners have but two paths to take in life:
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Don Argott
Hilary says: “This docu introduces Paul Green, a Philadelphia man who runs his eponymous School of Rock Music, an after-school program for 9- to 17-year-olds. “Green, himself a frustrated musician, is by turns a nurturing and harsh teacher to his
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Rodrigo García
Starring: Holly Hunter | Kathy Baker; | Robin Wright Penn | Sissy Spacek
Bruce says: “This star-studded vehicle is divided into nine vignettes each named after the woman who is the main character. Each vignette is a stand alone short film but several characters do pop up in other vignettes. Sissy Spacek figures
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