Teaching audiences to view films actively
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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tatia Rosenthal
Starring: Joel Edgerton | Josef Ber | Leon Ford | Tom Budge
Jason says: “Movies made up of a group of intersecting stories often get downright peculiar. After all, one of the basic ideas is that the people passing in and out of our lives that we think of as background lead
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jia Zhangke
Starring: Jianbin Chen | Joan Chen | Liping Lu | Tao Zhao
Bruce says: “Years from now there is no doubt in my mind that Jia ZhangKe will be considered one of the great documentarians of the great Chinese migration from a planned economy to a market-driven economy. 24 CITY is a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tim McCanlies
Starring: Cody Kasch | Devin Ratray | Leonardo Nam | Mika Boorem | Tyler Francavilla
Jason says: “Writer/Director Tim McCanlies described THE 2 BOBS as his attempt to do a Kevin Smith movie, which is funny since Smith most recently released his attempt at a Judd Apatow movie. Depending how you define that, he’s either
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