Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Christopher Plummer | Ewan McGregor | Goran Visnjic | Kai Lennox | Mélanie Laurent
Chris says: “BEGINNERS puts a novel twist on the coming out narrative: this time, it’s the father, 75-year-old Hal (Christopher Plummer) who tells his son Oliver (Ewan McGregor) that he’s gay. Neither played for farce nor melodrama, the relatively painless
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Nicols Winding Refn
Starring: Alexander Morton | Callum Mitchell | Ewan Stewart | Gary Lewis | Jamie Sives | Mads Mikkelsen
Thom says: “Charming Mads Mikkelsen was present for the Q&A after the viewing and he regaled us with stories about how hard it was to work with director Refn. This existential, religious, even metaphysical film is about a group of
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Julie Taymor
Starring: Alan Cumming | Amber Tamblyn | David Straithairn | Helen Mirren | James Franco | Kate Mara | Treat Williams
Jason says: “As THE TEMPEST opens in cinemas after a certain amount of delay (the Walt Disney Company spent much of the past year or so trying to figure out what to do with Miramax Pictures, holding it in limbo),
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Bill Camp | Dominic Cooper | Gemma Arterton | Luke Evans | Roger Allam | Tamsin Greig
Jason says: “TAMARA DREWE is an odd film, able to defy expectations even if all the audience knows going into it is its name. After all, one would expect this movie to be a showcase for Gemma Arterton as the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Julian Jarrold
Starring: Andrew Garfield | Anthony Flanagan | David Morrissey | Jennifer Hennessey | John Henshaw | Warren Clarke
Jason says: “The RED RIDING trilogy is a daunting prospect, especially if one is inclined to see it during its brief American theatrical release as opposed to as a video on demand offering or on DVD. I’d recommend it, as
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Simon Rumley
Starring: Amanda Fuller | Jon Michael Davis | Marc Senter | Nick Ashy Holden | Noah Taylor | Patrick Crovo
Jason says: “RED WHITE & BLUE takes its time messing the audience up. Even the big event that pulls everything together takes a few scenes to really sink in, as we connect just what’s been going on with a growing
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Starring: Aaron Eckhart | Dianne Wiest | Miles Teller | Nicole Kidman | Sandra Oh | Tammy Blanchard
Ibad says: “I managed to catch this in theaters the other night before going home for the holidays. I don’t have a full length review or anything, but I figured a few scattered thoughts might be of interest to people
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Rebecca Miller
Starring: Alan Arkin | Blake Lively | Julianne Moore | Keanu Reaves | Maria Bello | Robin Weigert | Robin Wright Penn | Winona Ryder
Michael says: “Rebecca Miller’s THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE came and went in theatres with barely a notice, which is unfortunate, because it’s a beautifully crafted film with sharp writing and terrific performances from the likes of Robin Wright
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Meghan Eckman
Jason says: “Most documentary features that get any sort of play beyond local public television do because not only are they generally well-made, but they have important subject matter; someone programming a film festival or a boutique movie house decides
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Jason says: “NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS doesn’t initially look remarkable; indeed, midway through it, it appears slight of frame but bloated by music videos; interesting, but trying to be two things and doing neither well. But it eventually
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