Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.4
Director: Alexandra Kotcheff | Hannah Leder
Starring: Alexandra Kotcheff | Hannah Leder | Pepe Serna | Phil Parolisi
Michael says: “What an unexpected and delightful surprise THE PLANTERS turned out to be… a cross between something Wes Anderson cooked up and NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, with a dash of David Lynch sprinkled in. What could have been a bit precious,
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Rating: 4 cats | 4.4
Director: Bridget Savage Cole | Danielle Krudy
Starring: June Squibb | Margot Martindale | Morgan Saylor | Sophie Lowe
Michael says: “It’s often a little dicey to expect much from a regional film, especially one set in coastal Maine, rife with strong accents and the potential for caricature. Writer/director team of Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy know what
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Tom Quinn
Starring: Craig Walker | Hannah Gross | Karen Allen | Kevin J. O'Connor
Michael says: “What a lovely and beautiful film, written and directed by Tom Quinn. It’s a quiet film, with lots of moments of stillness, which is part of the point. Nora is a postal worker, who lives alone in the
Read the review...By Michael Colford
Rating: 4.4
Director: Ben Mankoff | Mark Blane
Starring: Christian Patrick | Joseph Seuffert | Mark Blane | Patricia Richardson
Michael says: “I’m usually wary when filmmakers reach out to Chlotrudis and offer to send a screener for consideration for a Chlotrudis Award. But when Mark Blane, who turns out to be the writer/director and lead actor of a new
Read the review...By Chris Kriofske
Rating: 4.4
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Starring: Andrew Garfield | Callie Hernandez | Riley Keough | Topher Grace
Chris says: “Given the copious bodily fluids on display throughout, I can see why A24 was sheepish to give this a wider release. David Robert Mitchell’s (IT FOLLOWS) only real flaw here is that he made a film that simply
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring: Ankhnyam Ragchaa | Basen Zhabu | Feng Shaofeng | Shawn Dou Xiao | Yin Zhusheng
Jason says: “I’ve got a rule of thumb that may not apply to everybody, but which has treated me fairly well: When a foreign, documentary, or otherwise limited-release movie plays on a 3D or IMAX screen usually reserved for much
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Terry Gilliam
Jason says: “I wonder if writer Pat Rushin ever thought something along the lines of ‘this script is so screwed if we don’t get Terry Gilliam’ when writing THE ZERO THEOREM. There are other directors who would dive into the
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Teller
Chris says: “This documentary from venerable magicians/entertainers/smartasses Penn and Teller initially asks whether it’s possible to recreate a Vermeer painting; by the film’s end, that question turns into why anyone would want to do so. I don’t mean that to
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: David Alford | Laruen E. Roman | Matthew Goode | Mia Wasikowska | Nicole Kidman | Peg Allen
Jason says: “With any luck, a fair number of the people seeing STOKER will do so without already being fans of director Park Chan-wook, drawn in by the nifty cast and striking previews. They’re in for a treat, because Park
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Mika Ninagawa
Starring: Anne Suzuki | Ferika Sawajiri | Nao Omori | Shinobu Terajima
Kyle says: “All the definitions of ‘gonzo’ in www.urbandictionary.com have to do with pornography, except for the single simple ‘bizarre.’ It’s up to slack-jawed audiences at the end of this outrageous Japanese film to decide which applies most clearly. I
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