Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sebastian Hofmann
Starring: Alberto Trujillo | Hugo Albores | Lourdes Trueba
Jason says: “HALLEY will be classified a horror movie by many, what with it centering on a representative of the living dead, but in some ways its hold on that genre is just a couple of fingertips at the end
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kim Loo-ho
Starring: Cha Tae-hyun | Ko Chang-seok | Lee Chae-young | Min Hyo-rin | Oh Ji-ho | Shin Jung-keun
Jason says: “For all the noir, caper, and pulp material I’ve consumed in my life, I don’t know how many times I’ve ever actually heard someone refer to the jewels they were looking to steal as ‘ice’, and I don’t
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Vlad Yudin
Thom says: “This Chlotrudis offering far out-met my expectations which is always a thrill for this inveterate viewer. Of course I’d seen PUMPING IRON (1977) back in the day, & was surprised probably as anyone at the continued career &
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Herman Yau
Starring: Anita Yuen Wing-yee | Anthony Wong Chau-sang | Gillian Chung Yan-tung | Jordan Chan Siu-chun | Timmy Hung Tin-ming | Xiong Xin Xin
Kyle says: “The North American premiere of IP MAN: THE FINAL FIGHT, the second Hong Kong film about Ip Man directed by Herman Yau to be screened at the New York Asian Film Festival, contrasts both narratively and stylistically with
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tom O'Brien
Starring: Alexie Gilmore | Chris Messina | Natalie Gold | Rich Sommer | Sarah Paulson | Tom O'Brien
Jason says: “If you’re going to go through a time of self-doubt or regret, you could find worse surroundings than Fairhaven, Mass. It’s got the kind of snow dirt and smoke don’t seem to stick to, there are good friends
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alan Brennan
Starring: Aoife duffin | David Morrissey | Jenn Murray | John Lynn | Rafe Spall | Rory Keenan
Jason says: “You wouldn’t think a genre as hyphenated as the indie-sci-fi-romantic-comedy would have enough entries to have staples, but ‘boy thinks he’s alien/time traveler/robot, making the girl who thinks he’s otherwise sweet uncomfortable’ pops up a fair amount. It
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Matthew Johnson
Starring: Alen Deli | Krista Madison | Matthew Johnson | Owen Williams | Shailene Garnett
Jason says: “Idle question: When seeing a film about bullying – whether or not it leads to school shootings or not – is it considered a success on the part of the film makers or evidence that I’m a horrible
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ann Shin
Jason says: “THE DEFECTOR is a documentary adventure of sorts – it embeds the filmmakers and audience in a situation that has very real danger as things happen, rather than having the filmmakers dig up what they can later. Sure,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Starring: Denis O'Hare | Jaerd Leto | Jennifer Garner | Kevin Rankin | Matthew McConaughey | Steve Zahn
Chris says: “On paper, this scans as a calculated attempt by Matthew McConaughey to complete his multi-film rehabilitation from rom-com leading man joke to well-respected, award-winning Actor. However, from the instant you see him startlingly emaciated as Ron Woodruff, you
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Robert Redford
Starring: Anna Kendrick | Brendan Gleeson | Brit Marling | Chris Cooper | Julie Christie | Nick Nolte | Richard Jenkins | Robert Redford | Sam Elliott | Shia LaBeouf | Stanley Tucci | Stephen Root | Susan Sarandon | Terrence Howard
Jason says: “THE COMPANY YOU KEEP can play a bit like a brute-force attack at times – sure, it’s kind of slow at times and eventually the audience winds up a couple steps ahead of the protagonist, but every ten
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