Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ryan Fleck
Starring: Karen Clinton | Matt Kerr | Shareeka Epps
Chris says: “I wish our short film festival received more entries like this somber, subtle, soulful sketch about a 12 year-old girl and one of her teachers. Everything is delicately nuanced and left open; if the filmmakers succeed in expanding
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Masaaki Tezuka
Starring: Katsuya Onizuka | Miho Yoshioka | Noboru Kaneko
Michael says: “I am filled with Mothra love! While not quite as strong as the epic GODZILLA, MOTHRA, KING GHIDORAH: ALL-OUT GIANT MONSTER ATTACK!, this penultimate entry into the Godzilla cannon is fun (it even includes the Mothra fairies again,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bob Smeaton
Robert says: “Historically overshadowed by Woodstock is the series of rock shows that toured Canada by train in 1970. The brainchild of promoters Ken Walker and Thor Eaton, the shows featured acts like Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead and The
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Starring: Giovanna Mezzogiorno | Massimo Girotti | Raoul Bova
Bruce says: “Ferzan Ozpetek keeps growing with each film; first STEAM, then HIS SECRET LIFE and now FACING WINDOWS. I’ve felt each of his films has had problems which get in the way of achieving anything resembling perfection. Perfection, however,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Benoît Cohen
Starring: Laurence Côte | Mathieu Demy | Romane Bohringer
Georgette says: “NOS ENFANTS CHÉRIS was a light romantic comedy about three couples who spend a vacation together in the South of France. As the movie goes on it’s obvious that there is much shared history and much that still
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Xavier Giannoli
Starring: Catherine Salviat | Julian Bouvard | Laura Smet | Marie Denarnaud | Maurice Antoni | Nicolas Duvauchelle
Bruce says: “EAGER BODIES is an uncomfortable film to watch yet I can’t get it out of my mind. Charlotte (Laura Smet) is twenty and not feeling well. When she goes to the doctor he performs routine tests. The doctor
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lars Von Trier
Starring: Ben Gazzara | Blair Brown | Chloe Sevigny | Harriet Andersson | James Caan | Lauren Bacall | Nicole Kidman | Patricia Clarkson | Paul Bettany | Philip Baker Hall | Stellan Skarsgård
Ivy says: “I caught this last night at the Brattle. I am so glad I saw it on the big screen! I have felt for years that Von Trier is a talented filmmaker and DOGVILLE just reconfirms this belief. “It
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ondi Timoner
Chris says: “This frenzied documentary is worthy of the hype lavished upon it. A chronicle of seven years in the lives of two bands (The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre) who start out as friends and end up
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Rick McKay
Michael says: “How delightful it was to take a break from the political docs of recent weeks to take a look at a bit of arts history. BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN YEARS is an entertaining look at the 40’s & 50’s
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ross McAlwee
Chris says: “If you’re familiar with documentarian Ross McElwee’s earlier films (SHERMAN’S MARCH, TIME INDEFINITE), watching this one is like fondly catching up with an old friend. The latest, long-awaited chapter in his series of autobiographical cinematic memoirs, BRIGHT LEAVES
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