Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Adrian Garcia Bogliano
Starring: Ethan Embry | Lance Guest | Nick Damici | Rutanya Alda | Tina Louise | Tom Noonan
Jason says: “As soon as he or she sees Nick Damici in this movie, blind but still a gruff former soldier, about to be placed in a retirement community, even the jaded moviegoer may smile a bit. It’s not the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Starring: Benicio Del Toro | Gina McKee | Mathieu Amalric | Michelle Thrush | Misty Upham
Jason says: “Early on in JIMMY P., a character apologizes for the way he tells, and it’s a bit of an odd moment, as he’s not the one whose manner of speech is likely to give a modern audience pause.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Riad Sattouf
Jason says: “The fact that the satire in JACKY IN THE KINGDOM OF WOMEN so often seems silly rather than particularly cutting might just be the most damning indictment of entrenched gender roles that there is; the whole thing seems
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nabil Ayouch
Starring: Abdelhakim Rachi | Abdelilah Rachid | Ahmed El Idrissi Amrani | Hamza Souidek
Lorraine says: “Keep an eye out for HORSES OF GOD. Beautifully made examination of fictional young men based on events leading up to the 2003 suicide bombings in Casablanca. Beautifully shot. Strong performances. Sure handed directing that does not take
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Daniel Patrick Carbone
Starring: Chris Kies | Christina Starbuck | Colm O'Leary | Nathan Varnson | Ryan Jones | Thomas Cruz
Jason says: “Dead things appear early on in HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES, as three kids poking around an abandoned building find a dead bird and do not exactly treat it with respect. It’s a good starting point for writer/director Daniel
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ryotaro Makihara
Starring: Shinpachi Tsuji | Tamio Oki | Yoko Hikasa | Yoshimasa Hosoya
Jason says: “I know some folks who will dismiss HAL because it’s animated (and from Japan – the characters even have big eyes!) but might otherwise seek out the humanistic flavor of science fiction it represents. It’s a nifty little
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Adam Wingard
Starring: Brendan Meyer | Dan Stevens | Lance Reddick | Leland Orser | Maika Monroe | Sheila Kelly
Jason says: “Initially, THE GUEST almost seemed like a step back for the team of writer Simon Barrett and director Adam Wingard. It introduced pleasant enough cast and set up a kind of familiar ‘stranger in the house is more
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Stuart Murdoch
Starring: Emily Browning | Hannah Murray | Olly Alexander | Pierre Boulanger
Jason says: “GOD HELP THE GIRL is hardly the first time someone has taken a set of songs with an existing strong narrative and made a movie out of them, and as such not the first to demonstrate that slavish
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lee Jae-kyu
Starring: Cho Jung-seok | Han Ji-min | Hyun-bin | Jung Jae-young | Park Sung-woong | Song Young-chang
Jason says: “Palace intrigue stories, no matter what the culture, tend to develop over time, playing out in subtle ways requiring either inner monologues or exposition that doesn’t necessarily fit well into a movie. There are good ones, but it’s
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Chiemi Karasawa
Bruce says: “Elaine Stritch has always maintained a ‘take no prisoners’attitude throughout her career so it is no surprise that she agreed to make this documentary with a caveat: ‘I don’t want this to be a fluff piece. It’s got
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