Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Xan Aranda
Chris says: “If you’ve ever seen Andrew Bird live, you can understand why anyone would want to make a film about him. A singer, songwriter and classically trained multi-instrumentalist (most notably on violin and guitar), Bird has gradually harvested a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mads Brügger
Jason says: “More than with most documentaries, I find myself in a bind when watching something like THE AMBASSADOR. The part of me that goes to the movies for a good story winds up in conflict with the part that
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Rodrigo García
Starring: Aaron Johnson | Brendan Gleeson | Glen Close | Janet McTeer | Mia Wasikowska
Thom says: “There’s already serious Oscar talk for Glenn Close as Best Actress of 2011 & I wouldn’t make a big stink if she won. I’ve always like Glenn Close and she’s quite good here. But the problem with her
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Yousry Nasrallah
Starring: Bassem Samra | Menna Shalabi | Nahed El Sebaï | Salah Abdallah
Bruce says: “Having seen Yousry Nasrallah’s earlier films THE AQUARIUM and SCHEHERAZADE: TELL ME A STORY, I now know what to expect. His films tell multiple stories, usually involving clashes between classes, religious groups and the old and new Egypt.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Akiyoshi Naako | Hiroki Narimiya | Mirei Kiritani | Rei Dan | Ryo Ishibashi | Takumi Saito
Jason says: “I’ve never played the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney video game, but I gather it’s just as deeply silly as Takashi Miike’s adaptation, which I submit must be a good thing. I also suggest that it’s quite possible that
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Julie Delpy
Starring: Albert Delpy | Alexandre Nahon | Alexia Landeau | Chris Rock | Dylan Baker | Julie Delpy | Kate Burton
Jason says: “Sequels to independent films that didn’t really break out are kind of odd things; the audience is as much those who heard the first movie was pretty good as the people who loved it, so even more than
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: John Carney | Kieran Carney
Starring: David Murray | David Pearse | Janice Byrne | Rory Keenan | Simon Delaney
Jason says: “If ZONAD ever started to make a lick of sense for even one second, it probably wouldn’t work. Fortunately, filmmakers John & Kieran Carney are well aware of that, and while they have managed to put something resembling
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Laura Israel
Jason says: “WINDFALL was not quite the movie I expected to see. The usual narrative about wind power here in Eastern Massachusetts involves liberals who support green energy until it threatens to become a part of their expensive sea views,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Anne Makepeace
Jason says: “A few years ago, one of the documentaries that played IFFBoston (on, I believe, the same screen at roughly the same time) was a film by the name of THE LINGUISTS, about linguists seeking out dying languages before
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Chen Jin
Starring: Degang Guo | Enhe Feng | Hao Hao | Huang Haibing | Yunwei He | Zige Fang
Jason says:”THE WARRING STATES is the sort of movie that, for one reason or another, only China seems to make: The period melodrama about the clash of nations and individuals, with playful comedy existing side-by-side with romance and horrible betrayal.
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