Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Asif Kapadia
Diane says: “SENNA, a doc about Brazilian race car driver Ayrton Senna, is well-paced and has some pathos, but it isn’t very deep. One thing that makes it enjoyable is that Senna is awfully handsome. He was the pride of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lucas Belvaux
Starring: Alex Descas | André Marcon | Anne Consigny | Françoise Fabian | Michel Voïta | Yvan Attal
Michael says: “I was excited to get the opportunity to see RAPT, the latest directorial effort from Chlotrudis Award winner (and past guest) Lucas Belvaux at the Boston French Film Festival this past weekend. RAPT is a political thriller starring
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Caroline Bottaro
Starring: Alexandra Gentil | FrancisRenaud | Kevin Kline | Sandrine Bonnaire | Valérie Lagrange
Jason says: “There should be more chess movies, although there are probably more than I think because I just haven’t gotten around to seeing many (I remember Siskel & Ebert raving about FRESH, but I missed it). It’s a game
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Wing-cheong Law
Starring: Anthony Wong Chau-sang | Candy Lo | Janice Man | Maggie Cheung Ho-Yee | Richie Ren
Jason says: “PUNISHED levels with the audience pretty quickly, opening with two scenes that don’t say everything but make it clear that this movie is less about resolutions than the process of getting there. Later on, it spells out just
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Wim Wenders
Bruce says: “For twenty years Wim Wenders and Pina Bausch planned on making this documentary. Wenders could not get started on the project because he could not figure out how to put her choreography on film. Finally, he decided to
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nicolás Goldbart
Starring: Daniel Hendler | Federico Luppi | Jazmin Stuart | Yayo Guridi
Jason says: “In most zombie/contagion movies, the point where the tension really cranks up is when, after braving the various horrors to get to what should be a safe place, the characters discover that the greatest danger isn’t out there;
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Xavier Beauvois
Starring: Lambert Wilson | Michael Lonsdale | Olivier Rabourdin | Philippe Laudenbach
Diane says: “I had avoided this one for quite a while because I thought it would be trite. But no! Based on the true story of French monks in Algeria in the late 1990s, much of the film covers the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jeong-beom Lee
Starring: Bin Won | Hyo-seo Kim | Sae-ron Kim | Seong-oh Kim | Thanayong Wongtrakul
Jason says: “One thing that I’ve noticed from reviewing Korean movies is that action movies are fairly likely to have the same person credited as writing and directing, whereas in Hollywood (and elsewhere) there will be many more names in
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jim Kohlberg
Starring: Cara Seymour | J.K. Simmons | Julia Ormond | Lou Taylor Pucci | Mia Maestro | Tammy Blanchard
Jason says: “As near as I can tell, J.K. Simmons has never had a starring role in the movies or on television. He’s been part of ensembles, and stolen scenes in supporting parts, but being the first guy listed in
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Qasim Basir
Starring: Danny Glover | Dorian Missick | Evan Ross | Nia Long | RogerGuenveur Smith | Summer Bishil
Jason says: “MOOZ-LUM opens with ‘based on actual events,’ and it does wind up feeling like the sort of the sort of movie that such a label gets applied to. It’s well-observed and at times fascinatingly authentic, but also clearly
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