Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Deepa Mehta
Starring: Bruce Greenwood | Emilia Fox | Jackie Burroughs | Kristen Thomsen
Michael says: “Catching up on my Canadian films, this romance directed by Deepa Mehta (WATER; FIRE) was adapted from a novel by the talented Carol Shields. It played the Toronto International Film Festival in 2003, and was released in Canada
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Brendan Fraser | Do Thi Hai Yen | MichaelCaine
Bob says: “I dont know in general, Id say I liked this one. My main problems with it were the following two items: “Frasers character was not very believable. I thought that worked well for him, oddly enough, for most
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Michael says: “If 2003 isn’t the ‘Year of the Documentary’ I don’t know what is. Film Movement’s OT: OUR TOWN is a worthy addition to the many outstanding documentaries released this summer. It’s playing at the Coolidge Corner, and I
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Susanne Bier
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen | Nikolaj Lie Kaas | Paprika Steen | Sonja Richter | Stine Bjerregaard
Michael says: “You’d think, after ARARAT and WHALE RIDER, that Peg and I have diametrically opposed viewpoints when it comes to films. Not so! Scot and I watched the screener for the Danish film, OPEN HEARTS over the weekend, and
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Caroline Link
Starring: Juliane Köhler | Karoline Eckertz | Lea Kurka | Matthias Habich | Merab Ninidze | Regine Zimmermann | Sidede Onyulo
Michael says: “NOWHERE IN AFRICA is a true epic, telling the tale of a Jewish family’s flight from Nazi occupied Germany to Africa. Walter Redlich travels to a farm in Africa to prepare the way for his wife and daughter.
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Bruce Sweeney
Starring: Benjamin Ratner | Frida Betrani | Molly Parker | Tom Scholte | Vincent Gale
Michael says: “Once again, a smart, funny, well-made Canadian film misses out on U.S. theatrical distribution, and is released direct-to-video. Bruce Sweeney’s LAST WEDDING was quite the buzz-worthy film two years ago at the Toronto Film Festival. Fortunately, I was
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Kanji Tsuda | Kayoko Shibata | Megumi Okina | Misa Uehara | Misaki Ito | Shuri Matsuda | Yui Ichikawa | Yukako Kukuri
Ivy says: “Ned and I responded to the creepy, psychological fear raised by this ghost story thriller. The premise of the film is that when people are wrongly killed their spirits want revenge. This revenge isn’t just left focused on
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jun'ichi Satô
Starring: Mei Oshitani | Shinnosuke Furumoto
Michael says: “Sunday afternoon at the Boston Fantastic Film Festival found me catching two Japanese movies about a couple of very different beasts. First up was the family anime film, JUNKERS COME HERE. Junkers is a special dog, a cute
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Gaspar Noé
Starring: Albert Dupontel | Jo Prestia | Monica Bellucci | Vincent Cassel
Esme says: “Okay, holy Christ, IRREVERSIBLE was b r u t a l. If you can survive the first couple of scenes (incredibly, it gets gentler, sweeter and lighter as it goes backwards), this is a really interesting movie. I
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Vadim Perelman
Starring: Ben Kingsley | Frances Fisher | Jennifer Connelly | Jonathon Ahdout | Ron Eldard | Shohreh Aghdashloo
Diane says: “I’m on a mainstream roll! HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG is a five-cat book, and here not reduced too awfully much in its film version. Ben Kingsley is perfect as Colonel Behrani, the exiled Iranian trying to recoup
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