Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Calin Peter Netzer
Starring: Bogdan Dumitrache | Florin Zamfirescu | Ilinca Goia | Luminita Gheorghiu | Natasa Raab | Vlad Ivanov
Bruce says: “Luminita Gheorghiu (4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS; 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST; THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU; BEYOND THE HILLS has to be one of the first ladies of the Romanian silver screen, yet none of her prior
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Brent Hodge
Michael says: “I’ve been watching a bunch of 2014 films on DVD or streaming this past week or so in preparation for nominations. I’m planning on doing a quick round-up of these films soon, but this latest film is the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Philippe Le Guay
Starring: Camille Japy | Fabrice Luchini | Lambert Wilson | Maya Sansa
Bruce says: “Several years back, dogged director Phillippe Le Guay travelled to the Île de Ré near La Rochelle to deliver a script to actor Fabrice Luchini who was not returning his calls. Luchini, a well-known stage actor, had a
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Hou Chi-ja
Starring: Chien Man-shu | Kai Ko | Kuo Shu-yau | Nikki Hsieh | Tsai Chen--nan
Kyle says:”A welcome respite from gangsters and ninjas, the New York premiere of this delightfully whimsical comedy is the remarkably assured work of director Hou Chi-jan, who directed the insightful documentary on Taiwanese cinema history called TAIWAN BLACK MOVIES —
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith
Starring: Antony Starr | Felicity Price | Joel Edgerton | Teresa Palmer
Jason says: “WISH YOU WERE HERE pulls off something of a neat trick, even if it doesn’t always mean to: The filmmakers might not have anticipated Joel Edgerton and Teresa Palmer getting top billing Stateside (they’ve each put on North
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Starring: Alexie Gilmore | Bryce Johnson
Jason says: “Ever since THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT kickstarted the boom in found-footage horror a decade and a half ago, there’s been a tendency to make the form ever more elaborate, until the likes of CLOVERFIELD and TROLLHUNTER are basically
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Shane Carruth
Starring: Amy Seimetz | Andrew Sensenig | Kathy Carruth | Meredith Burke | Shane Carruth | Thiago Martin
Jason says: “For all that the interconnectedness of today’s world can make it harder for something to truly take one by surprise – there’s non-stop casting news, coverage, previews, and analysis of it commercial and artistic outlook to the point
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Marcelo Lordello
Starring: Elayne de Moura | Geórgio Kokkosi | Irma Brown | Jéssica Gomes de Brito | Maria Luiza Tavares
Bruce says: “On a remote highway in northern Brazil a car pulls over and suddenly two young kids, a boy and a girl, are standing alone by the side of the road. They have not been deposited at any specific
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Josh Greenbaum
Jason says: “It feels like it’s been a while since a documentary about kids who do something well and compete to see who does it the best has worked its way into a decent number of theaters, and THE SHORT
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Goro Kishitani | Kento Nagayama | Masato Ibu | Nanako Matsushima | Takao Osawa | Tatsuya Fujiwara | Tsutomu Yamazaki
Jason says: “I thought I’d seen it all from Takashi Miike – for a guy who started out doing quick, strange, direct-to-video crime movies, he’s certainly seemed to do have done everything, from gross-out horror to whimsical adaptations of popular
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