Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Paul Greengrass
Bruce says: “ATTENTION, SPOILERS. “Jason Bourne is a wanted man. Trained by the CIA to be a hit man, he can’t escape his past. Although he remembers very little about his one and only CIA assignment, his dreams are offering
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Ethan Hawke | Julie Delpy
Chris says: “When I first heard that Richard Linklater was making a sequel to BEFORE SUNRISE, I thought, ‘What a terrible idea.’ I remember finding the first film pleasant, but not particularly wanting to sit through it again (whereas I
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Gonzalo Justiniano
Starring: Eduardo Barril | Juan Falcón | Manuela Martelli | Ricardo Fernandez | Sergio Hernández
Bruce says: “Kathy (Manuela Martelli) is fourteen. Her father (Eduardo Barril) is in prison, her mother (Lorene Prieto) is giving in to the sexual demands of her employer to keep her job and make ends meet, and her brother (Felipe
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Shinji Aramaki
Starring: Ai Kobayashi | Jûrôta Kosugi | Yuki Matsuoka
Michael says: “APPLESEED is a action-packed anime film in the science fiction genre. Based on the comic by Masamune Shirow (GHOST IN THE SHELL), APPLESEED takes place on earth, far in the future, where much of the planet is involved
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Al Pacino | Ben Shenkman | Emma Thompson | Jeffrey Wright | Justin Kirk | Mary Louise Parker | Meryl Streep
Michael says: “Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning play was adapted into a 6-hour HBO miniseries a couple years ago, with stunning results. Kudos to Mike Nichols and Kushner for doing a splendid job adapting the stage play to the screen. “I
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