Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Yesim Ustaoglu
Starring: Derya Alabora | Onur Ünsal | Osman Sonant | Ovül Avkiran | Tsilla Chelton
Bruce says: “Nesrin’s husband thinks she is frigid. Nesrin’s son Murat is truant and so detached from reality he seems suicidal. He thinks his mother is controlling. Nesrin’s sister Güzin, a professional single woman, has a destructive relationship going. Their
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Aure Atika | Bérénice Bejo | Jean Dujardin | Philippe Lefebvre
Jason says: “Before CASINO ROYALE was made into a big, modern movie with Daniel Craig, there were persistent rumors about Quentin Tarantino wanting to take a crack at it, but having it take place in the Cold War period when
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nina Davenport
Michael says: “When Liev Schreiber saw an MTV profile shortly after the fall of Baghdad about Muthana, a young Iraqi who yearned to be a filmmaker, he was touched by the challenges the charismatic young man faced. Schreiber was about
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Amei Wallach | Marion Cajori
Bruce says: “Films about artists often fall short because the filmmaker does not know how to balance the personal life of the artist with the product he or she has created. The two universes seem not to even intersect in
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sam Garbarski
Starring: Dorka Gryllus | Jenny Agutter | Kevin Bishop | Marianne Faithfull | Miki Manojlovic | Siobhan Hewlett
Bruce says: “**Spoilers** “It is impossible to write about IRINA PALM without including spoilers. There is no question that this is a film best to see without knowing anything about it. Well, that is, unless you are put off by
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bill Plympton
Jason says: “IDIOTS AND ANGELS is Bill Plympton’s new film. For fans of the artist and many animation enthusiasts, this bit of information is all that really needs to be said when it comes down to deciding whether or not
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Zak Penn
Starring: Cheryl Hines | Chris Parnell | David Cross | Dennis Farina | Richard Kind | Werner Herzog | Woody Harrelson
Michael says: “After mining the mock-documentary genre for some laughs, Zak Penn, known for writing blockbuster, superhero flicks, tackles the improvisational comedy genre a la Christopher Guest with fairly amusing results. THE GRAND gives us a comedic look into the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Abdel Kechiche
Starring: Abdelhamid Aktouche | Bouraouïa Marzouk | Farida Benkhetache | Habib Boufares | Hafsia Herzi
Bruce says: “THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN won top awards (Best Film, Best Director, Best Writing) at the Césars, the French equivalent of the Academy Awards. Writer/Director Abdel Kechiche was born in Tunisia but was raised in the south of
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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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