Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Majid Majidi
Starring: Hossein Abedini | Mohammad Amir Naji | Zahra Bahrami
Diane says: “Another gem from Majid Majidi, director of my fave THE COLOR OF PARADISE. “Lateef, a clownish young Iranian construction worker, changes his ways when he discovers who his nemesis–an Afghani boy who took his job–really is. Lateef jeopardizes
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Spike Jonze
Starring: Cara Seymour | Chris Cooper | Meryl Streep | Nicholas Cage | Tilda Swinton
Mary W. says: “ADAPTATION had a lot of laughs but definitely all in the flip meandering mode so that after a time the one-note characters- ‘Charlie Kaufman’ (Nicholas Cage) and ‘Susan Orlean’ (Meryl Steep) begin to wear thin. I never
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Ethan Hawke | Julie Delpy | Lorelei Linklater | Trevor Jack Brooks | Wiley Wiggins
Diane says: “Janet and I loved WAKING LIFE The effect of digitally painting over film is beautiful. In this movie, a mélange of 50 characters impart wisdom to a dreamer. While one review I read said that WAKING LIFE is
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Rating: 4.5 cats | 4.6
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Sun Honglei | Zhang Ziyi | Zhao Yeulin | Zheng Hao
Diane says: “I really didn’t like this movie. I thought I had a good handle on the Chinese way of seeing things, but I found this meaningless. Maybe what wasn’t there was meant to be more meaningful than what was:
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Neil Slavin
Starring: David Paymer | Laura Dern | Meat Loaf Aday | William H. Macy
Kevin says: “Speaking of an impressive debut–here’s one for you. Riveting, elegant, brilliantly performed by William H. Macy and Laura Dern. The dialogue is crisp and performed with a perfectly mannered style that matches the over-stylized production values. Reproduces the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Audrey Tautou | Mathieu Kassovitz | Rufus
Bob says: “AMÉLIE, AMÉLIE, AMÉLIE. What can we say about AMÉLIE? “Well, we can talk about how it answers the questions that were raised by the complete fiasco that was ALIEN RESURRECTION: was it that Jeunet was no longer working
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