Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Costa-Gravas
Starring: Juliane Köhler | Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos | Riccardo Scamarcio | Ulrich Tukur
Bruce says: “Costsa-Gavras’s reputation as a master filmmaker was made in 1969 with the dazzling Z, a film about totalitarian rule in Greece. His stance on fascist rule was amplified with STATE OF SIEGE and MISSING, the two politically charged
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Stephan Elliott
Starring: Ben Barnes | Colin Firth | Jessica Biel | Katherine Parkinson | Kimberley Nixon | Kris Marshall | Kristin Scott Thomas
Bruce says: “Noel Coward’s magnificent plays have been source material for the screen since films were silent. In fact, the only other English speaking version of EASY VIRTUE was made by Alfred Hitchcock in 1928 (a Spanish version appeared on
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Christian Molina
Starring: Belén Fabra | Geraldine Chaplin | Leonardo Sbaraglia | Llum Barrera
Jason says: “DIARY OF A NYMPHOMANIAC is a bit of an anti-romance. In most movies, the main character is led along the path which shows that sex without True Love is ultimately empty, whereas in this one, pretty much every
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kyoung-mi Lee
Starring: Eun-jin Bang | Hyo-jin Kong | Jong-hyeok Lee | Seong-woo Bae | Woo Seo | Woo-seul-hye Hwang
Jason says: “There’s a lesson to be learned from CRUSH AND BLUSH, perhaps several. The first is that if you had a rough time in high school, it might not be a great idea to go back there unless you
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ester Rots
Starring: Chris Borowski | Rifka Lodeizen | Wim Opbrouck
Bruce says: “Ester Rots has accomplished the rarity of making a film that is not altogether likable but strangely satisfying. The conflict lies with her protagonist. Marieke (Rifka Lodeizen) is a woman in crisis. Her long term relationship (whether lover,
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Cameron Diaz | Celia Weston | Frank Langella | James Marsden | Sam Oz Stone
Michael says: “After the brilliance of Richard Kelly’s debut film DONNIE DARKO, then the crash and burn excess of his follow-up SOUTHLAND TALES, expectations were high for his third outing, and his first studio-backed project, THE BOX. Add to that
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Richard Parry
Jason says: “Robert King does not give the impression of a great war photographer when we first see him in BLOOD TRAIL. In 1990s Sarajevo, he’s walking around a war zone like a naive kid; in 2007 Tennessee, we watch
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Robert D. Siegel
Starring: Gino Cafarelli | Kevin Corrigan | Marcia Jean Kurtz | Matt Servitto | Michael Rapaport | Patton Oswalt
Diane says: “Hey, I thought this was going to be a nice, sweet movie, but it was very stressful! (I also had the idea that it was a documentary.) Patton Oswalt gives a fine perf as Giants fan Paul, whose
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kyu-Dong Min
Starring: Ah-in Yu | Jae-wook Kim | Ji-ho Choi | Ji-hun Ju
Jason says: “Part of what makes seeing foreign popular cinema fun is that the genre barriers often aren’t quite in the same place, so while what you see is mostly familiar, it can quickly go to unexpected places. Seldom has
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Starring: Ahmad Mehranfar | Golshifteh Farahani | Mani Haghighi | Marila Zare’I | Peyman Moaadi | Rana Azadvar | Saber Abbar | Shahab Hosseini | Taraneh Alidoosti
Bruce says: “ABOUT ELLY is gathering laurels on more the one continent. Director Asghar Farhadi won directorial award at the Berlin Film Festival earlier in 2009 and the film recently won the Best Picture award at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Read the review...