Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Aron Gaudet
Jason says: “I was, perhaps, a little hard on THE WAY WE GET BY when I first got out of it. It’s like that, sometimes, when you’re at a festival and really want to see one movie, can’t get in,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Matt Tyrnauer
Bruce says: “There are several things many people might not know about Valentino. The first that comes to mind is that Valentino is his first name not his surname, which is Garavani. Another thing is that Valentino is basically a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Amy Morton | Anna Kendrick | George Clooney | J.K. Simmons | Jason Bateman | Melanie Lynskey | Vera Farmiga
Thom says: “Reitman has done a few seriously lauded films including JUNO and THANK YOU FOR SMOKING. & yes I’m thrilled to see him using must-see Simmons once again, albeit, in a small role. For many reasons, I suppose, it’s
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jonathan Parker
Starring: Adam Goldberg | Eion Bailey | Lucy Punch | Marley Shelton | Vinnie Jones | Zak Orth
Jason says: “It is easy to make fun of the art world, especially those on the edge (or fringe, depending on how you feel about it). It’s a little harder to do it well; just because something is mockable doesn’t
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: James Mottern
Starring: Benjamin Bratt | Jimmy Bennett | Joey Lauren Adams | Michelle Monaghan | Nathan Fillion
Jason says: “TRUCKER is a working-class drama, and that may be a factor in why it didn’t get released on more screens. Dig into it a little, and it’s similar to Up in the Air – a story about a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: So Yong Kim
Starring: Chae Gil Byung | Hee-yeon Kim | Jung Gil Ja | Kim Mi Jung | Mi-hyang Kim | Shin Hyun Je
Diane says: “TREELESS MOUNTAIN is a Korean film about two little girls whose mother dumps them with relatives. The seven- and five-year-old leads (no acting experience) are just extraordinary, as is American director So Yong Kim for bringing out these
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Joon-ho Bong | Leos Carax | Michel Gondry
Starring: Ayako Fujitani | Ayumi Ito | Denis Lavant | Jean-François Balmer | Julie Dreyfus | Ryo Kase | Teruyuki Kagawa | Yû Aoi
Jason says: “Typically, anthology films like TOKYO! will focus on looking at a subject, whether that be an idea or (as in recent projects like PARIS, JE T’AIME) a city from multiple angles to see it as a whole, generally
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Matthew Newton
Starring: Alex Dimitriades | Brendan Cowell | Ewen Leslie | Matthew Newton | Tina Bursil | Toby Schmitz
Jason says: “One night is just enough time. It’s enough time to fall in love (or out of it), enough time to get into trouble, and enough time to come to a decision. A lot can change in one night,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Andrew Thomas Hunt
Starring: Christian Baco | Frank J. Zupancic | John Tokatlidis | Laura McLean | Patricia Stasiak | Shera Bechard
Jason says: “SWEET KARMA is an ‘avenging angel’ movie with all the fat boiled off. The filmmakers know why people are seeing this movie – a hot girl killing bad men in a cool, righteous fury. And even though it’s
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: J. J. Abrams
Starring: Bruce Greenwood | Chris Pine | Eric Bana | Karl Urban | Leonard Nimoy | Zachary Quinto | Zoe Saldana
Diane says: “Awesome. I grew up with STAR TREK and found this film very satisfying. Impressed with art director’s restraint in keeping the futuristic look developed in the 1960s, and with the graphics of the black holes. Nice touch to
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