Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Starring: Ayaka Shibutani | Hazuki Kikuchi | Hitoshi Omika | Ryô Nishikawa | Ryûji Kosaka
Chris says: “So, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, what are you doing now after all that acclaim (including the Palme D’or and an Oscar) for DRIVE MY CAR? A study of an environmental threat towards a remote community whren a corporation wants to
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Celine Song
Starring: Greta Lee | John Magaro | Leem Seung-min | Moon Seung-ah | Teo Yoo
Gil says: “The debut film from director Celine Song is definitely one of the year’s best so far and I look forward to seeing this film reach a larger audience. The film tells the story of Nora and Hae Sung,
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ivy Meeropol
Michael says: “This enlightening documentary about the tragic death of a young surfer from shark attack off the coast of Cape Cod did two major things for me. It granted me a newfound respect for the job of lifeguard, and
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Natalia Sinelnikova
Starring: Ioana Iacob | Jörg Schüttauf | Pola Geiger | Siir Eloglu | Susanne Wuest
Michael says: “A social commentary that starts off wickedly funny and gets progressively darker, even while maintaining an edge of humor. Tackling paranoia, mob mentality, fear-mongering (so relevant in today’s world), race and class, WE MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Léa Mysius
Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos | Moustapha Mbengue | Patrick Bouchitey | Sally Dramé | Swala Emati
Michael says: “For second outing as writer/director, French artiste Léa Mysius tackles mystic melodrama with largely successful results. An eight-year-old girl with supernatural smelling abilities, an forbidden romance, a tragic fire, and some time travel all add up to a filled-to-bursting
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Luc Dardenne
Starring: Alban Ukaj | Charlotte De Bruyne | Joely Mbundu | Pablo Schils | Tijmen Govaerts
Chris says: “Reassuring (if depressing) that cine-activists like the Dardenne Brothers will never run out of subjects fueling their outrage at an unjust society; this is one of their starkest and most effective critiques. 4.5 cats“
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Raine Allen-Miller
Starring: Charlie Knight | David Jonsson | Poppy Allen-Quarmby | Simon Manyonda | Vivian Oparah
Chris says: “British writer-director Raine Allen-Miller’s widely praised feature debut has all the elements a good rom-com should (sharp screenplay, appealing leads w/chemistry, plenty of laughs) but also an actual perspective that’s deeply felt in everything from the visual design
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Matt Johnson
Starring: Cary Elwes | Glenn Howerton | Jay Baruchel | Matt Johnson | Saul Rubinek
Amanda says: “BLACKBERRY is a biographical comedy-drama film that chronicles the captivating journey of Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie in Waterloo, Canada that starts in the late 1990’s. These two individuals played a pivotal role in shaping the extraordinary ascent
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Christian Petzold
Starring: Enno Trebs | Langston Uibel | Matthias Brandt | Paula Beer | Thomas Schubert
Chris says: “Two young Berliners, Leon (Thomas Schubert), a writer struggling to finish his novel and his friend Felix (Langston Uibel), a photographer, take a trip to a cabin in the woods near the Baltic Sea owned by Felix’s mother. Upon
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Colm Bairéad
Starring: Andrew Bennett | Carrie Crowley | Catherine Clinch | Kate Nic Chonaonaigh | Michael Patric
Michael says: “I went into THE QUIET GIRL with only the knowledge that it was spoken in the traditional Irish language, and the image or the young girl on the poster. I knew nothing else about it. As the film
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