Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ruba Nadda
Kyle says: “OCTOBER GALE is a cracking little drama with a perfect dramatic arc in both narrative and character development. It is confined to a tiny private island near Toronto owned by widow Helen (Patricia Clarkson), who travels alone to
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Jason says: “I enjoyed NOWHERE GIRL but I must admit to a sneaking suspicion that the filmmakers wind up saying less than they mean to even as they do so in singular, intriguing ways. Or is that simply criticizing the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hal Hartley
Chris says: “Hal Hartley’s gotten the whole gang back together to complete a trilogy also comprised of HENRY FOOL (1997) and FAY GRIM (2006): Thomas Jay Ryan, Parker Posey and James Urbaniak all reprise their now iconic (in indie film
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bill Condon
Jaso says: “One of the interesting things about Sherlock Holmes is that, for as much as he is one of the most iconic and well-defined characters ever created, he rarely subsumes an actor playing the role – for as fine
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Fanny Sadiney | Stephen Belber
Michael says: “I just enjoyed an odd little movie called MATCH written and directed by Stephen Belber (who wrote Richard Linklater’s TAPE). It stars Patrick Stewart, as a famed ballet dancer and choreographer, who now lives a solitary existence teaching
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ridley Scott
Thom says: “This entertaining sci-fi thriller reminded me a bit of 2013 multi-Oscar box office boffo returns GRAVITY, which was an original screen play. THE MARTIAN was adapted from Andy Weir’s bestselling novel. While this newish, Oscar-nominated film made less
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Larry Clark
Kyle says: “Maverick writer/director Larry Clark received an award from the Rome Film Festival in 2012 for MARFA GIRL, which has since made sporadic appearances at various international film festivals, before finally making its DVD and Netflix debuts in the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: David Gordon Green
Jason says: “David Gordon Green seems to make movies in spurts-first some noteworthy independent dramas, then some crude studio comedies. Now, a year after doing JOE and reminding audiences that, yeah, Nicholas Cage can act a little when he decides
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Pedro Pablo Ibarra
Jason says: “There are a lot of romantic comedies that start from from premises as ludicrous as that of A LA MALA, but few of them do as well in selling that starting point. It’s a goofy little thing, but
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Peng San-yuan
Jason says: “There is an unabashed simplicity to LOST AND LOVE that might often be called deceptive by those who might want to praise the film, especially if its early stumbling didn’t quite click with those viewers. That may not
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