Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Gary Winick
Starring: Aaron Stanford | Bebe Neuwirth | John Ritter | Sigourney Weaver
Clinton says: “There certainly was a lot of buzz at Sundance on this feature, helped of course by the newsmaking 4 million dollar purchase by Miramax, but this comedy left me terribly dry and even a little ticked off. Oscar
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jessie Nelson
Starring: Dakota Fanning | Dianne Weist | Michelle Pfeiffer | Sean Penn
Robin says: “Acting ranges from dependable to first-class, especially Penn and the adorable Dakota Fanning. There is bound to be comparison made to Dustin Hoffman’s portrayal of the mentally challenged Raymond in RAIN MAN and there is, sometimes during I
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Patricia Cardoso
Starring: America Ferrera | George Lopez | Ingrid Oliu | Lupe Ontiveros
Laura says: “Winning both the Audience and Special Jury Awards at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival encouraged HBO Films to release Patricia Cardoso’s crowd pleaser theatrically. While REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES suffers from an obvious and simplistic screenplay (Josefina Lopez
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Mickey Lemle
Diane says: “This ’02 docu on Baba Ram Dass has no reviews on the Chlo website, so I throw one in belatedly, because I found it worthwhile viewing. Three of us watched it, none of us knowing much about this
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sandra Nettelbeck
Starring: August Zirner | Martina Gedeck | Maxime Foerste | Sergio Castellitto
Laura says: “MOSTLY MARTHA takes its cue from every film that’s ever found a single adult suddenly become responsible for a child. The cold climate/warm climate analogies of ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS are present everywhere, from the restaurant’s name to Lina’s
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Cary Elwes | Eddie Izzard | Edward Herrmann | Jennifer Tilly | Joanna Lumley | Kirsten Dunst
Ellen says: “I was not especially excited to see this film based on the previews, but if my friends ask me to go, I’m usually game to try to expand my horizons unless I know I’ll absolutely hate something. Going
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Amanda Bynes | Amanda Detmer | Frankie Muniz | Paul Giamatti
Robin says: “BIG FAT LIAR, with its young TV stars, comic bad guy and goofy fun, is aimed squarely at the older kids/younger teen audience. With its plethora of site gags, harmless vengeance and comic antics, it should strike pay
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alberto Vendemmiati | Fabrizio Lazzaretti
Diane says: “JUNG is a cinema-verité docu about an Italian doctor, British nurse, and Italian journalist working to set up a hospital for war victims in northern Afghanistan. I had the same reaction as I did to NO MAN’S LAND:
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Anne Heche | Denzel Washington | James Woods | Robert Duvall
Robin says: “There is not a lot new to the original screenplay by James Kearns, which is the weakest aspect of the film. It is often trite, manipulative and derivative of other films, but the craftwork behind the camera and
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: Gena Rowlands | Jeff Aaron | Juliette Lewis | Uma Thurman
Michael says: “The first film we saw on Saturday was Mira Nair’s latest film, HYSTERICAL BLINDNESS. No psuedo-Bollywood, or Indian weddings here. Based on a play, this film was executive produced by and starred Uma Thurman. Thurman must have seen
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