Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Marilyn Agrelo
Chris says: “As with the Fred Rogers doc WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR, it’s near-impossible for me to be critical of one about SESAME STREET, another program I watched religiously when I was very young. Just its opening credits montage of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Naomi Kawase
Starring: Aju Makita | Arata Iura | Hiroko Nakajima | Hiromi Nagasaku | Ren Komai | Reo Sato | Takato Tanaka | Tetsu Hirahara
Michael says: “There’s something about a mother that stirs up emotions. A mother fighting for her child is a force to be reckoned with. In TRUE MOTHERS, Japanese director Naomi Kawase gently and thoughtfully explores the conflict between two women and
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Allison Janney | Bobby Cannavale | Bojana Novakovic | Caitlin Carver | Julianne Nicholson | Margot Robbie | Paul Walter Hauser | Sebastian Stan
Michael says: “Anyone who was an adult in the early 90’s remembers the story of Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, but who knows the real story? I was an avid figure skating viewer during those years, and was quite familiar
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lois Patiño
Starring: Ana Marra | Carmen Martínez | Pilar Rodlos | Rubio de Camelle
Michael says: “I caught up with one of Bruce’s favorite film festivals virtually this year, as Lincoln Center presented New Directors/New Films. Here is the first of several films I managed to watch. “The Galacian coast featured in RED MOON
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: John Carroll Lynch
Starring: Barry Shabaka Henley | Beth Grant | David Lynch | Ed Begley Jr. | Harry Dean Stanton | James Darren | Ron Livingston | Tom Skerritt | Yvonne Huff
Chris says: “No denying that the late Harry Dean Stanton was a rare breed of actor or that few nonagenarians are as deserving of an end-of-life vehicle than him. And this is full of unforgettable images and moments, from Stanton’s around-the-house
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Starring: Alex Sharp | Eddie Redmayne | Frank Langella | Jeremy Strong | John Carroll Lynch | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Mark Rylance | Sacha Baron Cohen | Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Philip says: “Aaron Sorkin’s (The West Wing) THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 fictionalizes the ‘1969 trial of seven defendants charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the countercultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Aiyana Goodfellow | Daniel Francis | Jairaj Varsani | Josette Simon | Kenyah Sandy | Naomi Ackie | Ryan Masher | Sharlene Whyte | Tamara Lawrance
Part of the Small Axe Amazon Prime series. Michael says: “Steve McQueen makes a fairly notable change in the fifth film of his SMALL AXE series, focusing on a 12-year-old boy, and surrounding him largely with women. The shift in
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alexander Nanau
Chris says: “Can’t remember the last film (or documentary, no less) where I gasped or whispered ‘wow…’ out loud so many times. This alarming level of corruption took place in Romania, but it could also all too easily happen here
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ross Stewart | Tomm Moore
Starring: Eva Whittaker | Honor Kneafsey | Jon Tenny | Maria Doyle Kennedy | Sean Bean | Simon McBurney | Tommy Tiernan
Chris says: “This Irish animated feature, co-directed by Tomm Moore (THE SECRET OF KELLS) and Ross Stewart, is a gorgeous, 2D-drawn fantasy set in 17th century Kilkenny, centered around a conflict between the townspeople and a wolfpack. Our young protagonist
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Gershwyn Eustache Jnr | Jack Lowdenm Sam Spruell | Letitia Wright | Malachi Kirby | Nathaniel Martello-White | Rochenda Sandall | Shaun Parkes
Part of the Small Axe Amazon Prime series. Michael says: “The first film of McQueen’s SMALL AXE series explores the landmark 1971 trial that exposed anti-black racism by the London police. When Frank Crichlow opened his restaurant, Mangrove, to serve
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