Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Petr Lom
Jason says: “LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT is somewhat difficult to review as a film because it does its job so well. It is trying to give the audience a snapshot of the relationship Iran has with its populist president, and
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Phil Claydon
Starring: James Corden | Mathew Horne | MyAnna Buring | Paul McGann | Silvia Colloca | Vira Filatova
Jason says: “As you might expect, the title came first with LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS Unlike a lot of high-concept movies, it delivers on that title, both literally – there are vampires, they are lesbians, and our heroes are going
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Clark Lyda | Jesse Lyda
Jason says: “THE LEAST OF THESE is maybe not a rarity as far as documentaries go, but it does seem unusually focused. The way things were being run at the T. Don Hutto detention facility offers the filmmakers plenty of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Starring: Daniela Valentine | Diego Cataño | Hector Herrera | Juan Carlos Lara II | Olda López | Yemil Sefani
Bruce says: “When a director makes a big splash with a debut film, the follow-up film is under greater scrutiny than normal. Fernando Eimbcke’s DUCK SEASON is a case in point. The good news is that LAKE TAHOE, his follow-up
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Adrzej Wajda
Starring: Andrzej Chyra | Artur Zmijewski | Danuta Stenka | Jan Englert | Maja Ostaszewska
Jason says: “The title of KATYN refers to a place name and an event, one which looms large in modern Poland’s history, but the film holds the actual event in reserve. It’s too big, after all, putting Katyn at it’s
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Emma Franz
Jason says: “INTANGIBLE ASSET NUMBER 82 seems to have become a fascinating movie almost by accident. Certainly directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn would have covered much of the same material if things had gone according to plan, but when
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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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