Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Michael Colford
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dong-hoon Baek
Starring: Hyeon-ho Heo | Ja-Hyeon Chu | Jin Goo | Jin-Ki Baek | Kook-jin Han
Jason says: “Looking at the cast list for LE GRAND CHEF 2: KIMCHI BATTLE should raise some alarms; the main couple from the first film has been recast and a completely new character has first billing. Given that the plot
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Starring: Chisa Bandai | J. David Brimmer | Masao Agawa | Romy Beckman
Jason says: “MAI MAI MIRACLE is charming. It’s a nostalgic memoir about growing up as free-range kids, but we can use all the good ones we can get before we run out of people who grew up that way. Nicely
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Aisling Chin-Yee | Chase Joynt
Chris says: “Billy Tipton, a jazz musician born as a woman who presented himself to the world as a man, is obviously an intriguing subject for a documentary, but it’s actually only a part of this one. NO ORDINARY MAN
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jeff Orlowski
Michael says: “Workshopped at the Sundance Institute, this whistle-blowing documentary about the social media industry was picked up by Netflix. While not all that surprising for anyone who’s paying attention, it’s still pretty chilling as it paints a picture of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Makoto Nagahisa
Starring: Keita Ninomiya | Kuranosuke Sasaki | Mondo Okumura | Rinko Kikuchi | Satoshi Mizuno | Sena Nakajima
Michael says: “The one-line synopsis on the Internet Movie Database for WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES states, ‘Four Japanese orphans form a rock band.’ While that statement is a fact, it barely scratches the surface of this fun, colorful, frankly, insane
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: David Gulpilil | Frederick Parslow | Nandjiwarra Amagula | Olivia Hamnett | Richard Chamberlain | Vivean Gray
Michael says: “There’s something about a Peter Weir film that appeals to me… even if I don’t like the film overall. Case in point: I’m not a fan of DEAD POET’S SOCIETY in the least, but I can’t deny the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Daniel Cockburn
Starring: Anand Rajaram | Nadia Capone | Nadia Litz | R.D. Reid | Tracy Wright
Michael says: “I was reading a negative review of TRIGGER, Bruce McDonald’s spiritual sequel to HARD CORE LOGO, starring Molly Parker and Tracy Wright, when a line caught my eye. Paraphrased, it something to the effect of while TRIGGER was
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: James Lebrecht | Nicole Newnham
Michael says: “I often wonder about the genesis of documentaries and how the decision to make a film about a certain subject must be nerve-wracking. Not every story is compelling, no matter how much shooting and editing the filmmaker does.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alexa Kinigopoulos | Stephen Kinigopoulos
Starring: Belle Shickle | Caroline Coleman | Emily Peachey | Judith Hoag | Rick Kain
Michael says: “Speaking of troubled families, the Simon sisters have got troubles in spades. With their mother killed in a car accident about a year past, Belle, Rachel, and Jessa, along with their dad, Rick, are still dealing with grief
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Miia Tervo
Starring: Amir Escandari | Chike Ohanwe | Elá Yildirim | Hannu-Pekka Björkman | Mimosa Willamo
Michael says: “AURORA is a quirky, Finnish romantic-comedy. I guess it’s considered a romantic comedy because there’s romance, and there’s humor, but there’s a fair bit of coping with grief (one of my favorite things to explore in art) and
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