Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jang Joon-hwan
Starring: Baek Yoon-shik | Hwang Jung-min | Lee Jae-yong | Lee Ju-hyeon | Shin Ha-kyun
Laks says: “I had only just seen the trailer (regrettably, because it gave faaaarrr to much away) for BUGONIA last night and was very grateful for your review soon after. I jumped straight of bed this morning and went straight
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ross McElwee
Chris says: “Given our current tendency to document just about everything (especially ourselves) with our smartphones, will younger and future generations retain a seemingly infinite treasure trove of recorded media to reference, look back on and cultivate into living histories?
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Robert Gordon
Peter says: “This archival documentary, featuring newly uncovered footage, puts you right into the middle of a truly transformative moment in music history: the origin of the Newport Folk Festival. For fans of music history, this invaluable document shows everything
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Julia Loktev
Chris says: “Someone, someday may produce a definitive film about Russia’s war on Ukraine, perhaps a historical drama or a painstakingly researched expose of the country’s corrupt government. It likely won’t be as visceral or affecting as this five-and-a-half hour
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Hal Hartley
Starring: Bill Sage | Edie Falco | Gia Crovatin | Kim Taff | Robert John Burke
Michael says: “Watching the opening scene of Hal Hartley’s latest film, Where to Land, and hearing the beautiful dialog spoken by Hartley vets, Bill Sage and Robert John Burke was so refreshing — like tasting a favorite food after 25
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Andrew Jarecki | Charlotte Kaufman
Garrett says: “THE ALABAMA SOLUTION is the latest production from Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman of Capturing The Friedmans and The Jinx. In it, the story of a poor family’s struggle for truth and justice after their son’s brutal prison murder
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mona Fastvold
Starring: Amanda Seyfried | Christopher Abbott | Lewis Pullman | Matthew Beard | Thomasin McKenzie
Brett says: “Mona Fastvold’s THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is a master class in film editing. The pace and construction is hypnotic, whether it be through the choreography and musical sections or the depictions of the actors’ portrayals with the added advantage
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: July Jung
Starring: Bae Doona | Kim Si-eun | Park Woo-young | Sim Hee-seop | Yoo Jung-ho
Michael says: “Here is a film that one our new members, Adam, tipped me off about as it is eligible but wasn’t on our site (it is now). It features Bae Doona – one of my favorite actresses, so i
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Shih-Ching Tsou
Starring: Akio Chen | Janet Tsai | Nina Ye | Shih-Yuan Ma | Teng-Hui Huang
Michael says: “Maybe slightly too many storylines, but first-time director Shih-Ching Tsou manages to weave them all together nicely. Both a family drama and a look at the general changes in culture in Taiwan — as well as a vivid
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Andrew Scott | Bobby Cannavale | Ethan Hawke | Margaret Qualley | Patrick Kennedy
Kelly says: “In a stage-play-like flow, this elegiac Richard Linklater film follows genius lyricist Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) through multiple conversations over the course of one evening. It’s occasionally brutal to watch the disease of alcoholism destroying one of America’s
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