Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Brillante Mendoza
Starring: Cherry Pie Picache | Eugene Domingo | Jiro Manio | Kier Segundo
Bruce says: “Brillante Mendoza completed six feature films within a three year period, 2005-2007. He is working at a speed not seen since the salad days of Fassbinder although, age-wise, Mendoza (age 48) is about two decades behind Fassbinder (who
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jeremy Thomas
Starring: Elle May | Jaden Holle | Jeremy Thomas | John Knight | Katie Webber
Jason says: “It is a bit worrisome when, prior to a festival screening, the director is offering what can seem like excuses or explanations – they had less money than the short film that precedes it, but it is long
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Basil Harris | Calvin Reeder | Jeanette Maus | Sean Nelson
Jason says: “I suppose it speaks well of me and the people I know that I’ve never had a friendship end like in the beginning of MY EFFORTLESS BRILLIANCE. Sure, there’s a long list of people I’ve fallen out of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Fatih Akin
Starring: Baki Davrak | Hanna Schygulla | Nurgül Yesilçay | Nursel Köse | Patrycia Ziolkowska | Tuncel Kurtiz
Michael says: “Fatih Akin made a bit of a splash a few years ago with his film HEAD-ON. The director was born in Germany from a Turkish heritage, and his films, at least the two I have seen, take place
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Starring: Amy Adams | Meryl Streep | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Viola Davis
Michael says: “It’s probably a good thing that playwright John Patrick Shanley wrote and directed the movie adaptation of his acclaimed play Doubt. While another filmmaker might have made a better movie, Shanley’s film certainly recaptures the power and drama
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Toa Fraser
Starring: Bryan Brown | Jeremy Northam | Judy Parfitt | Peter O'Toole | Sam Neill
Beth Curran says: “This charmer of a film showcases the sublime skills of Jeremy Northam, Peter O’Toole and Sam Neill. Set in 1900s England, a man (Northam) decides to liven up his regular Thursday visits to his eccentric set in
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: Hie-jin Choi | Rain | u-jeong Lim
Jason says: “Even with the recent success of Bong Joon-ha’s THE HOST and popularity of Kim Ji-woon’s THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE WEIRD on the festival circuit, Park Chan-Wook is likely still the best-known Korean filmmaker outside his native
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Starring: August Diehl | Devid Striesow | Karl Markovics
Philip says: “Austria’s first Oscar win for Best Foreign Language Film, DIE FÄLSCHER (THE COUNTERFEITERS) proves to be a complicated exercise on prisoner ethics in the midst of the Holocaust horror. All kinds of questions arise in this film regarding
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Kitty Zhang Yugi | Lei Huang | Stephen Chow
Julie says: “I thought CJ7 was a lovely movie. I highly recommend it. I believe it was mentioned during the nominations committee. Has Chlotrudis ever had a category for comedy? This along with PING PONG PLAYA would have been great
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Joel Hopkins
Starring: Dustin Hoffman | Eileen Atkins | Emma Thompson | Kathy Baker; | Liane Balaban
Jason says: “Looking at the seven-year gap in Joel Hopkins’s filmography makes me glad that, as much as I like movies, I’m not trying to make them. After all, JUMP TOMORROW had to have been considered something of a success
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