Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Austin Chick
Starring: Kathleen Robertson | Mark Ruffalo | Maya Stange | Patra Wright
Phred says: “Occasionally when you leave a movie theater, you get a feeling of tremendous satisfaction. That’s the case for me with XX/XY. “The film opens with a young man running into the same beautiful girl twice, the second time
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tol
Starring: Beatrice Dalle | Hisayo Mochizuki | Shinji Takeda | Takeshi Katô
Michael says: “How can you not love a film that’s a bizarre melding of Hello Kitty, YELLOW SUBMARINE, ‘Betty Boop,’ and an indictment against consumerism and religion all at the same time? TAMALA 2010 : A PUNK CAT IN OUTER
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: François Ozon
Starring: Charles Dance | Charlotte Rampling | Ludivine Sagnier
Bob G. says: “30 minutes into SWIMMING POOL you find yourself unavoidably engaged, much to your chagrin, given the lack of physical screen action. There’s not a lot going on here, at least on the surface, but Charlotte Rampling and
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Annmarie Fulton | Martin Compston | William Ruane
Michael says: “British filmmaker Ken Loach released two films in 2003, both woefully underseen. I hope to catch up with THE NAVIGATORS later this weekend, but I caught his more recent film SWEET SIXTEEN, on DVD this morning. “Loach’s usual
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mark Moskowitz
Michael says: “2003’s string of outstanding documentaries continues with Mark Moskowitz’s powerful rumination on literature and its effect on our lives. In the early 70’s Moskowitz read a review in the NYT Book Review of Dow Mossman’s first novel, The
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jonas Åkerlund
Starring: Jason Schwartzman | John Leguizamo | Mena Suvari | Patrick Fugit
Emily and Greg say: “We saw this at a midnight screening in Toronto, and it was probably the best celebrity studded night. All the stars of the film came out – Mickey Rourke, looking like a plastic rebel-rocker in black
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