Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Matthew Robinson | Ricky Gervais
Starring: Edward Norton | Fionnula Flanagan | Jeffrey Tambor | Jennifer Garner | Ricky Gervais | Rob Lowe | Tina Fey
Thom says: “I’m a huge Ricky Gervais fan from back-in-the-day when he made a giant splash with his two television (UK) hits ‘THE OFFICE’ & ‘EXTRAS.’ His first starring role in American films was GHOST TOWN and it was lots
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Satoshi Miki
Starring: Keiko Matsuzaka | Kumiko Aso | Morio Kazama | Ryo Kase
Jason says: “I watch/review a fairly broad range of films, and when people ask, I generally say that I approach all of them the same way, and try to treat them the same regardless of origin or genre or style.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Megumi Sasaki
Jason says: “Herbert and Dorothy Vogel are a treasure, and most people will likely decide that’s the case just from hearing about the couple, without the need for a movie to convince them. They’re a working-class couple that managed to
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Starring: Haruka Ayase | Kazue Fukiishi | Saburô Tokitô | Seiichi Tanabe | Shinobu Terajima
Jason says: “Commercial air travel has become common enough that even those of us who do not fly very often take it for granted. We should and we shouldn’t: Life in the 21st century demands relying on complex systems that
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Stephen Soderbergh
Starring: Benicio Del Toro | Catalina Sandino Moreno | Demián Bichir | Franka Potente | Rodrigo Santoro
Jason says: “As Part One did, CHE: PART TWO opens with a geography lesson, this time showing us the landlocked nation of Bolivia. We’re also given a text scroll telling us that Che Guevera suddenly disappeared from Cuba in the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Matteo Garrone
Starring: Gianfelice Imparato | Italo Renda | Marco Macor | Salvatore Abruzzese | Salvatore Cantalupo | Salvatore Ruocco | Simone Sacchettino | Siro Petrone | Vincenzo Altamura | Vincenzo Fabricino
Bruce says: “With all the hype over GOMORRAH, I expected one extreme or another. To my surprise it was a decent, slice-of-life film that provides some insight into the Cammora, Naples’ equivalent of the Mafia. Naples has become a world
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ho Choi
Starring: Kwang-ho Hong | Min-a Shin | Min-cheol Choi | Seung-woo Cho | Seung-wu Cha
Jason says: “What does a classic rock & roll movie need? A new sound. Rebellion against authority. Strife within the band. A girl. Clubs. Maybe a writer. And, of course, music that rocks, even if a generation has passed since
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mai Iskander
Jason says: “Mai Iskander has made a fine documentary in GARBAGE DREAMS, the type that is about people first, and does a fine job of being issue-oriented without hammering away at buzzwords like ‘globalizatioN.’ For all that, I must admit
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Adam Del Deo | James D. Stern
Bruce says: “Anyone who loves the theatre will probably like this enjoyable, yet not altogether satisfactory, film. EVERY LITTLE STEP follows the audition and casting process for a 2006 Broadway revival of ‘A Chorus Line.’ When the producers decided to
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Geoffrey Smith
Michael says: “Geoffrey Smith’s documentary THE ENGLISH SURGEON is a surprisingly powerful and effective film offering a glimpse into the life of English neurosurgeon Henry Marsh who travels to the Ukraine to help his colleague Igor Kurilets struggling to help
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