Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jennifer Grausman | Sam Cullman
Jason says: “One of the neat things about ART AND CRAFT is that it hints at a number of different angles to an already-interesting story, acknowledging that it is all but impossible to fit the entirety of a tale of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Freida Lee Mock
Bruce says: “As a former co-worker of Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill was sent a questionnaire regarding her experience working with Clarence Thomas. She answered the questions truthfully, documenting what we now call sexual harassment. Unexpectedly, Hill was summoned to Washington
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Starring: Hamish Linklater | James Earl Jones | Melissa Leo | Mila Kunis | Peter Dinklage | Robin Williams
Thom says: “After having some knowledge of Phil Alden Robinson’s work after seeing FIELD OF DREAMS, SNEAKERS, & THE SUM OF ALL FEARS, I still wasn’t certain what to expect. Certainly Robin Williams’s participation edged it into rental territory, so
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Declan Lowney
Starring: Colm Meaney | Karl Theobold | Monica Dolan | Nigel Lindsay | Steve Coogan | Tim Key
Jason says: “Based on the original British name for this movie (‘ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA’), I expected it to be doing more – for instance, for there to be some sort of subplot about Partridge and his kids. Fortunately, that’s
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nancy Buirski
Bruce says: “Some legends are more obscure than others: obscure to the public eye, that is. Tanaquil Le Clercq is a case in point. Hardly a household name among those who do not follow dance all that closely, Le Clercq
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kim Han-min
Starring: Cho Jin-woong | Choi Min-sik | Jin Goo | Kim Myung-gon | Lee Jung-hyun | Seung-ryong Ryu
Jason says: “Let’s be honest about THE ADMIRAL: ROARING CURRENTS (‘Myeongryang – Huiori Bada’ in the original Korean, and apparently sometimes only either half of the English title is used): Roughly 95% of why people buy a ticket is for
Read the review...By Michael Colford
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Catherine Breillat
Starring: Christophe Sermet | Fred Lebelge | Isabelle Huppert | Kool Shen | Laurence Ursino | Ronald Leclerq
Michael says: “The latest from Catherine Breillat is once again a fascinating fictional version of Breillat’s actual life. As in SEX IS COMEDY, where Breillat recreated the filming of a particular scene from FAT GIRL, ABUSE OF WEAKNESS stars Isabelle
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard
Jason says: “I swear I’ve heard of the Department Q books from somewhere, even though I haven’t really been keeping up on detective fiction as much as I’d like. If they’re going to keep cranking out movies this good in
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ursula Long
Jason says: “9-MAN was the second film at the festival built around Chinese-American themes and it turns out to be an excellent pairing with THE SEARCH FOR GENERAL TSO: Where TSO mainly concerned itself with history and adaptation, this movie
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Joe Swanberg
Starring: Adam Wingard | Caroline White | Helen Rogers | Mike Brune | Simon Barrett | Sophia Takal
Jason says: “How prolific is independent filmmaker Joe Swanberg? His latest movie (as a director) started showing up on the festival circuit before his prior one hit theaters, and DRINKING BUDDIES wasn’t nearly as slow in moving through the system
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