Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Aaron Katz
Starring: Cris Lankenau | Erin Fisher | Sarah Hellman
Michael says: “Since it didn’t win the John Cassavetes Award at the Indie Spirits, but I did get to see director Aaron Katz, who I got to chat with, on TV, I thought I should review the film QUIET CITY
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mike E. Kaplan
Bruce says: “Although NEVER APOLOGIZE has a documentary label, it is a screen adaptation of Malcolm McDowell’s one-man show that originated on stage. Wearing a tuxedo jacket, an open white shirt and baggy jeans, McDowell, a raconteur par excellence, enthralls
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Etgar Keret | Shira Geffen
Starring: Gera Sandler | Ilanit Ben Yaakov | Ma-nenita De Latorre | Nikol Leidman | Noa Knoller | Sarah Adler
Michael says: “JELLYFISH won the Golden Camera, and the Screenwriter’s Award at Cannes earlier this year. Now it comes to Toronto, and in a couple of months, the Boston Jewish Film Festival co-presented by Chlotrudis! I didn’t know what to
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kongdej Jaturanrasamee
Starring: Kiatkamol Lata | Supakson Chaimongkol
Jason says: “When you’re born with a third arm, losing your tailor is far more traumatic than losing your girlfriend. “At least, that’s the impression one gets from Kwan Traithep (Kiatkamol Latha) at the start of HANDLE ME WITH CARE.
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Starring: Ayami Kakiuchi | Mitsuki Tanimora | Mitsutaka Itakura | Riisa Naka | Takuya Ishida
Jason says: “Yasutaka Tsutsui’s novel The Girl Who Leapt Through Time has been made into a movie twice before, and I must admit that I’m curious to see at least one of them – there are apparently connections with the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Starring: Fang Song | Hippolyte Girardot | Juliette Binoche | Simon Iteanu
Chris says: “A few years back, Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien traveled to Japan to make CAFÉ LUMIÈRE, a charming, languid tribute to one of that country’s greatest filmmakers, Yasujiro Ozu. In this, his first non-Asian effort, he has crafted the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Anne Sundberg | Ricki Stern
Bruce says: “Based on Naomi Wolf’s book of the same name, filmmakers Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg have chosen to present the material to the viewer as a series of Wolf’s lectures and interviews as well as gathering the opinions
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Cheick Fantamady Camara
Starring: Alex Ogou | Moussa Keita | Tella Kpomahou
Bruce says: “Many films from Africa today are focusing on the heavy weight an average African must bear – the combined weight of tradition, politics and religion. CLOUDS OVER CONAKRY is a superb black comedy about the cultural complexities engulfing
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jennifer Venditti
Michael says: “Jennifer Venditti’s feature debut emerged from a short film she cast called BUGCRUSH. When looking for some high school extras in a small town in Maine, she met Billy, a precocious, geeky, high school outcast and knew instantly
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ian McCrudden | Robbie Cavolina
Bruce says: “Anita O’Day was somewhat of a national treasure in her time. What a shame that today so few people are familiar with her music. O’Day’s remarkable career began in 1936 while still a teenager and continued to her
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