Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tony Kaye
Chris says: “I can’t think of a more difficult topic for a documentary to tackle than abortion. In his first feature since AMERICAN HISTORY X, director Tony Kaye dives head first into the debate over abortion, examining it from seemingly
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Stanley Nelson
Michael says: “Most of us probably remember the late 70’s when Jim Jones and the People’s Temple committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. Now director Stanley Nelson has put together a documentary about the People’s Temple that tries to focus
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ho-Cheung Pang
Starring: Chapman To | Isabella Leong | Josie Ho
Jason says: “It’s easy to say what ISABELLA is about – a middle-aged man coming to terms with the daughter he never knew he had – although it’s a little more difficult to nail down the specific plot, especially while
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sean Penn
Starring: Catherine Keener | Emile Hirsch | Jena Malone | Marcia Gay Harden | William Hurt
Hilary says: ” Sean Penn’s latest directorial & screenwriting effort, INTO THE WILD, is an adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s book of the same name. WILD is the true story of an idealistic new college grad, Christopher McCandless, who travels around
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bong Joon-Ho
Starring: Du-na Bae | Hie-bong Byeon | Kang-hoSong
Jeff says: “In the year 2000, an overly compulsive American doctor on a U.S. military base in Korea orders his Korean employee to pour hundreds of bottles of formaldehyde down a drain, directly into Seoul’s Han River. On a bright,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Gary Hustwit
Bruce says: “In 1957 Edward Alfred Hoffman invented a new typeface. Originally called Neue Haas Grotesk it is now the most ubiquitous of all typefaces, known throughout the world at Helvetica. Post-war European design in the 1950’s was centered on
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Asger Leth | Milos Loncarevi
Jay says: “According to the information presented at the start of this film, the Cité Soleil section of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is considered the most dangerous place in the world by the United Nations. The poorest section of the poorest
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Michel Kammoun
Starring: Elie Mitri | Issam Bou Khaled | Michel El Hourany
Bruce says: “Beirut was once known as the Paris of the Middle East. Now, partly in ruins, Beirut is missing the tourists but the joie de vive still survives. FALAFEL explores the city through the wanderings of three friends during
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Johnnie To
Starring: Anthony Wong Chau-sang | Francis Ng | Josie Ho | Nick Cheung | Simon Yam
Michael says: “One of the things I love about the Chlotrudis/Brattle co-presented Sunday Eye Opener series is that it gives me the opportunity to see films I would never select on my own. Johnnie To’s EXILED is one such film.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Rodrigo Moerno
Starring: Cristina Villamor | Julio Chávez | Osmar Núñez
Bruce says: “Custodio translates as bodyguard in English. Ruben (Julio Chávez) is a personal bodyguard for the Planning Minister (Osmar Núñez) in the Argentine government. The Minister is a social animal – weaving work and pleasure as he darts from
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