Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Bill Murray | Bruce Willis | Ed Norton | Frances McDormand | Jared Gilman | Jason Schwartzman | Kara Heywood | Tilda Swinton
Chris says: “Back when I first saw THE DARJEELING LIMITED, I detected the promise of a mature, career-defining work lurking deep within, and suggested that Wes Anderson shed some of his baggage in order to locate it. I didn’t specify
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Sean Byrne
Starring: Jessica McNamee | John Brumpton | Richard Wilson | Robin McLeavy | Victoria Thaine | Xavier Samuel
Jason says: “What sort of movie is THE LOVED ONES? It’s the sort of movie where, when a carpet is lifted from the floor to reveal hinges, we in the audience are given a bit of time to ponder just
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Juan Martínez Moreno
Starring: Carlos Areces | Gorka Otxoa | Luis Zahera | Manuel Manquina | Secun de la Rosa | Tomas Cimadevilla
Jason says: “First, forget that stupid English-language title; Juan Martínez Moreno hates it (there’s no game involved) and hopes whoever picks it up in English-speaking territories just goes with LOBOS DE ARGA. Instead, focus on what a really great horror-comedy
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
Starring: Cho | Ikuko Tani | Karen Miyama | Takeo Ogawa | Toshiyuki Nishida | Yoshisada Sakaguchi
Jason says: “You can do a movie like A LETTER TO MOMO with live-action nowadays, and it’s increasingly common, but animation of the traditional variety still seems the best medium for this sort of fantastical but relaxed family entertainment: It
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard
Starring: Casper Christensen | Frank Hvam | Iben Hjejle | Marcuz Jess Petersen | Mia Lyhne | Niels Weyde
Thom says: “I might have passed on this Danish uproarious comedy that is not without a cruel, macabre streak, had it not been a free viewing and I was delightfully suprised. This was adapted from the smash Danish television series
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Yeong Sang-ho
Starring: Ben Van den Heuvel | Eva van der Gucht | Mickey | Noor Ben Taoeut | Thomas Coumans
Jason says: “Animation fans will spend a great deal of time telling the rest of the world that the medium is good for more than children’s entertainment, and will point to movies with either violent content or mature themes to
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Magnus Martens
Starring: Andreas Cappelen | Arthur Berning | Henrik Mestad | Kyrre Hellum | Mads Ousdal | Marie Blokhus
Jason says: “So, it looks like I’m going to have to start putting Jo Nesbø stuff in my Amazon basket, as any guy who comes up with the raw material for both this and HEADHUNTERS is my kind of darkly
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kirby Dick
Michael says: “Kirby Dick won the Chlotrudis Award for Best Documentary with his film THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED. Now he tackles sexual violence in the military with the same intensity and passion. This film is tough to watch,
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mia Donovan
Jason says: “Hey, festivals, I know all I really want to know about the porn industry. Really, you can stop screening docs about it and films that are set there; folks give me funny looks after I tell them what
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kôji Fukada
Starring: Bryerly Long | Eriko Ono | Haruka Saito | Hiroko Matsuda | Kanji Furutachi | Kumi Hyôdô | Tatsuya Kawamura
Thom says: “This unsentimental winner is yet one more great representative of the Film Movement visionary picks. This might well have come from the family-orientation oeuvre of an Ozu until we realize that this film will veer off into wacky
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