Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Ian Gabriel
Starring: Abduragman Adams | Brendon Daniels | Jerry Mofokeng | Jezzriel Skei | Lindiwe Matshikiza
Jason says: “I must admit to not having a particular affinity for movies about gangs, and I kind of worry that being drawn to this one because it is set in South Africa rather than an American city doesn’t speak
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Babak Najafi
Starring: Dejan Cukic | Dragomir Mrsic | Fares Fares’ | Joel Kinnaman | Joel Spira | Matias Varela
Jason says: “SNABBA CASH II was released under the title EASY MONEY: HARD TO KILL in the US last week a year and a half after it played in Sweden. This choice of date and title apparently driven by a
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Bill Plympton
Starring: Alex Markowitx | Jacob Steele | Jeremy Baumann | Mike Dragovic | Sita Steele | Sophia Takal
Jason says: “CHEATIN’ is the new Bill Plympton movie, his first feature since 2008’s IDIOTS AND ANGELS, and it’s a fine demonstration that over thirty years as an independent animator, he hasn’t dulled his edge much while carving out his
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Eric Slade | Stephen Silha
Thom says: “It’s a rare film where I have a personal connection with the protagonist, no matter how small, which is the exact case here where for one semester on my way to my B.A. in Film from San Francisco
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Charles Murray
Starring: Charlayne Woodard | Elimu Nelson | Michael Beach | Omari Hardwick | Shanola Hampton | Tamala Jones
Jason says: “THINGS NEVER SAID, while it spends a lot of time on spoken word erformances, enough for it to be a major focus of the film and the way most people recommending it will describe it to others, isn’t
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Hideki Takeuchi
Starring: Aya Ueto | Hiroshi Abe | Kai Shishido | Masachika Ichimura
Thom says: “I spent a good number of Saturdays trying to learn Japanese a year or two ago, and one thing I remember about those classes is that when students mentioned they liked manga, the teacher always asked if they
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Logan Miller
Starring: Amy Madigan | Ed Harris | Eduardo Noriega | January Jones | Jason Isaacs | Stephen Root
Jason says: “Ed Harris. Western. There, that should have sold everyone… Oh, you need more? Fine. SWEETWATER (also known as SWEET VENGEANCE) is a dark, bloody Western that is both fairly traditional and over-the-top crazy, with a fairly great cast.
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Jay Chou
Starring: Eric Tsang Chi-wai | Huang Huai-chen | Huang Jun-lang | Oh Yau-lun | Song Jian-zhang | Wang Xue-qi
Jason says: “THE ROOFTOP is overstuffed, like Jay Chou had a half-dozen ideas for his 1960s Taiwanese musical project and couldn’t decide exactly which ones he wanted to use. So he threw in all of them, even if they don’t
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Kim Ki-Duk
Starring: Heo Joon-seok | Jo Jae-ryong | Jo Min-soo | Kang Eun-jin | Lee Jeong-jin | Woo Gi-hong
Thom says: “I’m still trying to figure out what happened to the career of director Kim. After SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER…AND SPRING (2003) won numerous world awards, including an award from Chlotrudis as well & I when I finally saw
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Pablo Larraín
Starring: Alfredo Castro | Antonia Zegers | Gael García Bernal | Luis Gnecco | Nestor Cantillana
Thom says: “This was a TIFF 2012 entry that I was dying to attend but they didn’t award me a slot. This film from Chile concerns itself with the plebiscite that finally overthrew the heinous Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in
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