Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Edward Yang
Starring: Elaine Jin | Issey Ogata | Jonathan Chang | Kelly Lee | Wu Nien Jen
Diane says: YI YI by Edward Yang is a Taiwanese AMERICAN BEAUTY. Members of a middle-class family go through changes, in isolation from each other (startlingly oblivious to each other’s crises, just like in this year’s novel The Bee Season).
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Ann Miller | Justin Theroux | Laura Harring | Naomi Watts
Bob says: “I think MULHOLLAND D. brings Lynch back, at least part way, to the dark obsessions of his earlier work: we are affected by (and in return, we affect) forces no one can understand, our hidden fears have real
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Fereshteh Sadr Orfani | Maryiam Palvin Almani | Nargess Mamizadeh
Diane says: “I finally saw THE CIRCLE, and think it’s excellent. The way the story slides from one woman to another is great, and I loved the constant close-ups, and the cinematography in general. I had to laugh to myself:
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