Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Bohdan Sláma
Starring: Ladislav Sedivý | Marek Daniel | Pavel Liska | Tereza Vorísková | Zuzana Bydzovdká
Bruce says: “**SPOILERS** “THE COUNTRY TEACHER is a lovely film about a young gay teacher who escapes to the countryside to avoid confronting his sexuality. As we all know, relocating usually means packing up one’s problems and carrying them to
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Danièle Thompsoni
Starring: Blanca Li | Christopher Thompson | Danny Boon | Emmanuelle Seigner | Karin Viard | Laurent Stocker | Marina Fois | Marina Hands | Patrick Bruel | Patrick Chesnais | Pierre Arditi
Bruce says: “Like her last film, AVENUE MONTAIGNE (aka ORCHESTRA SEATS), Danièle Thompson’s creates many characters all of whom interact with one another. In CHANGE OF PLANS they all get a chance to come together early on so they can
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Paul King
Starring: Edward Hogg | Simon Farnaby | Verónica Echegui
Thom says: “This collage of a film has tremendous parts that raise the stakes of success. An agoraphobic man goes off on a fantasy search for the meaning of life from inside his domicile with his best friend (what an
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Lars Von Trier
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg | Willem Defoe
Thom says: “I’m flat out going to warn you, without giving away any plot details, do not see this film if you are the tiniest bit disturbed by graphic torture scenes. It comes very close to being the most despairing
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jean Mach | Nicolas Alberny
Starring: Ahlima Mhamdi | Alain Azerot | Eloïssa Florez | Matthew Géczy | Robert William Bradford
Jason says: “The ‘virtual country’ has been a favorite device of science fiction authors for a while now. The idea is that an online community would grow large and organized (and, perhaps, wealthy) enough to be more of a player
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Lucia Puenzo
Starring: Carolina Pelleritti | Germán Palacios | Inés Efron | Martín Piroyansky | Ricardo Darín | Valeria Bertuccelli
Bruce says: “In film, difficult subject matter is always a favorite domain of mine providing it is in good hands. With XXY, director Lucia Puenzo – daughter of Luis Puenxo whose THE OFFICIAL STORY is perhaps the most famous film
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Céline Sciamma
Starring: Adele Haenel | Louise Blachère | Pauline Acquart
Michael says: “This lovely French film dives deep into the world of adolescent girls and budding sexuality. Marie watches from the outside, while her friend Floriane, and the object of her desire, Anne, perform and compete in the world of
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Chris Messina | Javier Bardem | Patricia Clarkson | Penélope Cruz | Rebecca Hall | Scarlett Johansson
Bruce says: “Two girls are invited to Barcelona to spend July and August with friends Judy and Mark Nash (Patricia Clarkson and Kevin Dunn). Vicky (Rebecca Hall), whose fiancée is staying behind in New York, is working on a thesis
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Christina Clausen
Bruce says: “It is hard to believe that a simple kid from an ordinary all-American middle class family in Kutztown, PA could be considered one of the great artists of his time. Keith Haring visually defined his generation ,creating a
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Chris Eigeman
Starring: Famke Janssen | Jaymie Doman | Matt Ross | Rip Torn
Jason says: “When talking to people waiting in line for TURN THE RIVER and at other screenings over the weekend, a certain consensus emerged: We loved Famke Janssen, but couldn’t name very many movies she was in that were very
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