Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bill Haney
Jason says: “Everything we eat and use, it seems, has some sort of despicable behavior involved at some point in the supply chain. Why should sugar be any different? At least in documenting this, THE PRICE OF SUGAR is also able
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Chris Metzler | Jeff Springer
Michael says: “Sometimes documentary filmmakers will stumble across a subject that’s just so flat out weird, or fascinating that half the battle of making an interesting film is won right there. Filmmakers Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer have done just
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Ananda Everingham | Apinya Sakuljaroensuk | Lalita Panyopas | Phorntip Papanai | Pornwut Sarasin
Chris says: “PLOY, the latest from Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, initially seems worlds away from LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE: it follows a couple checking into Bangkok hotel and is all rendered in washed out earth tones and barely audible ambient music
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven
Starring: Marijke Pinoy | Nand Buyl | Viviane De Muynck
Bruce says: “This film is a rarity because it features a central character that is not particularly likeable yet his story is funny and illustrative of a major problem facing communities worldwide – what to do with the aged. “Lucien
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Geun-shik Jo
Starring: Byung-hun Lee | Hae-eun Lee | Se-eun Lee | Su-Ae
Jason says: “The late 1960s were a tumultuous time in Korea’s history (but what part of the 20th Century wasn’t?). That’s a non factor through much of ONCE IN A SUMMER, which is a likable if kind of lightweight romance…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: John Carney
Starring: Danuse Ktrestova | Glen Hansard | Markéta Irglová
Bruce says: “Curious how such a film could become a critic’s darling. Using two non-professional actors John Carney tells a story about songwriters who meet on the streets of Dublin and connect in more ways than one. Or do they?
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Martial Fougeron
Starring: Nathalie Baye | Olivier Gourmet | Victor Sévaux
Bruce says: “**Spoilers** “Nathalie Baye is billed as ‘cast against type’ in MY SON. One wonders who might have been the right type for the psychotic nightmare of a mother, other than Isabelle Huppert, of course. Ms. Baye proves that
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: James D. Scurlock
Bruce says: “MAXED OUT is the first film I’ve been able to see at the Chlotrudis sponsored Sunday Eye Opener series at the Brattle Theater. MAXED OUT is not the film I had thought it would be. Judging by its
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Vivien Lesnik Weisman
Bruce says: “This documentary film is an excellent primer for understanding issues of Cubans exiles, particularly those in South Florida. The title refers to the subject of the film Max Lesnik, a former resident of Havana, Cuba, and now a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Yôji Yamada
Starring: Mitsugoro Bando | Rei Dan | Takuya Kimura
Jason says: “As Yôji Yamada’s samurai dramas have become bigger and bigger hits in their native Japan, their American distribution has shrank. This is a real shame, because all three (THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI, THE HIDDEN BLADE, and now LOVE AND
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