Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Roman Griffin Davis | Sam Rockwell | Scarlett Johansson | Taika Waititi | Thomasin McKenzie
Thom says: “Again, too much information in my head, for I went into this well-received film supposing I was unfamiliar with director Waititi (from New Zealand) but research proved I’ve already seen all of his feature-length movies: EAGLE vs SHARK
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Christopher Morris
Starring: Andrel McPherson | Anna Kendrick | Marchánt Davis | Miles Robbins
Michael says: “A harmless, and somewhat delusional preacher who has created a farm to help support the project in Miami ends up involved with a bizarre plot by the FBI to create a terrorist situation in order to stop it.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Rachel Tunnard
Starring: Brett Goldstein | Eileen Davies | Jodie Whittaker | Lorraine Ashbourne | Rachael Deering
Michael says: “Here’s a beautiful and sad movie about a woman about to turn 30, who can’t move on with her life after her twin brother dies. She has taken up residence in the shed at the bottom of her mother’s
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nia DaCosta
Starring: James Badge Dale | Lance Reddick | Lily James | Luke Kirby | Tessa Thompson
Ivy says: “This film is a revelation! A woman-directed, modern, feminist western set in North Dakota starring Tessa Thompson and Lily James. I really don’t want to tell you more. It is one of my favorite films of the year and
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Karyn Kusama
Starring: Bradley Whitford | Nicole Kidman | Scott McNairy | Sebastian Stan | Tatiana Maslany | Toby Kebbell
Michael says: “Karyn Kusama’s latest film got a bit of a tiny buzz when it was released, around the possibility of Oscar notice because of Nicole Kidman’s strung-out, driven, and totally unglamorous portrayal of Detective Bell, wracked with guilt and
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Keith Behrman
Starring: Darren Mann | Josh Wiggins | Kyle MacLachlan | Maria Bello | Niamh Wilson | Taylor Hickson
Michael says: “Okay, what a surprise “I’m on a mission to get my 25 eligible films in, and I’m just coming down with a cold, so I’m not feeling great. So I wanted a movie that was relatively short and
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Antonio Banderas | Asier Etxeandia | César Vicente | Julieta Serrano | Leonardo Sbaraglia | Nora Navas
Chris says: “Doesn’t contain the giddy highs of Almodovar’s best and feels scattered like much of his post-VOLVER output; however, while definitely a mature work, it’s not boring like JULIETA, and the widespread praise for Antonio Banderas’ affecting, multifaceted performance
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alejandro Landes
Starring: Julian Geraldo | Julianne Nicholson | Karen Quintero | Laura Castrillón | Sofia Buenaventura
Chris says: “Crazier than FITZCARRALDO. The less one knows going in, the better. Last act meanders a bit, but this is highly recommended for fans of apocalyptic art cinema, Mica Levi scores and Julianne Nicholson. 4 cats“
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Deborah S. Esquenazi
Thom says: “I might be rating this a trifle high but I’m a sucker for these wrongful convictions of innocent people movies ever since the 3rd in the PARADISE LOST series almost was made my FILM-OF-THE-YEAR in 2011 before finally
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Desiree Akhavan
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz | Dalton Harrod | Kerry Butler | McCabe Slye | Quinn Shephard | Sasha Lane | Steven Hauck
Chris says: “APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR is one of the better directorial feature debuts of this decade; for her follow-up, Desiree Akhavan eschews the earlier film’s explicit biographical feel (she also starred in it) for an adaptation of Emily Danforth’s novel about
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