Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Eric Steel
Bruce says: “The Golden Gate Bridge is a majestic beauty. Filmmaker Eric Steel captures the gorgeous orangey-red structure (it’s not really gold at all) from many angles. As the film begins he familiarizes his audience with all the activities on
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Juan Pablo Rebella | Pablo Stoll
Starring: Andrés Pazos | Jorge Bolani | Mirella Pascual
Michael says: “Several of us watched Buried Treasure nominee WHISKY the other night, and now that a few days have passed, it has really grown on me. Deadpan humor in the style of Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki, yet with an
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mark Dornford-May
Starring: Andile Tshoni | Lungelwa Blou | Pauline Malefane
Michael says: “There have been many film versions of Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen, but U-CARMEN EKHAYELITSHA must certainly be one of the most vivid, enthralling, and satisfying to date. Director Dornford-May first presented this African Carmen on stage with the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring: Ayru Kitaura | Hiei Kimura | You | YûyaYagira
Michael says: “Eschewing the dreamlike mystery of DISTANCE and MABOROSI, and the mystical backdrop of AFTER LIFE, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda grounds his latest film in the harsh realities of modern day. Akira is the protagonist, a pre-teen, the oldest
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Miranda July
Starring: Carlie Westerman | John Hawkes | Miranda July | Tracy Wright
Bruce says: “Miranda July’s ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW is the delightful film chosen to open the new Independent Film Center in New York on the site of the old Waverly Theater. July’s career has included video and
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Thom Andersen
Chris says: “Home to Hollywood, sprawling metropolis Los Angeles is the most photographed city in the world. Thom Andersen’s equally sprawling, ambitious documentary uses this little factoid as a jumping off point to explore not only how filmmakers have portrayed
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Agnès Jaoui
Starring: Agnès Jaoui | Jean-Pierre Bacri | Keine Bouhiza | Marilou Berri | Virginie Desarnauts
Michael says: “Agnès Jaoui is a talented actress. She is also a talented director and screenwriter! LOOK AT ME is the sixth film she has co-written with her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri (who also stars in LOOK AT ME) and the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Luis Mandoki
Starring: Carlos Padilla | Gustavo Muñoz | José María Yazpik | Leonor Varela | Ofelia Medina
Bruce says: “INNOCENT VOICES gets my vote for the best cinematography in 2005. From the opening scene of the solders’ footsteps in the rain, it is clear this film will be a visual treat. The night scenes, particularly the frightening
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Yvan Attal
Starring: Alain Chabat | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Yvan Attal
Hilary says: “Writer/director/actor Yvan Attal and real-life wife Charlotte Gainsbourg (stars of 2002 Chlotrudis-eligible MY WIFE IS AN ACTRESS) team up again as Vincent and Gabrielle, a couple struggling with marriage, family life, fidelity, and identity. Vincent spends much time
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Alain Corneau
Starring: Kaori Tsuji | Sylvie Testud | Taro Suwa
Bruce says: “Social satire is tricky business and I, more often than not, find it distasteful. Not so in the case of FEAR AND TREMBLING a wonderful satire of the clash between Japanese corporate culture and the shocking ‘western’ behavior
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