Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Alejandro Landes
Starring: Jarlinsson Ramirez | Porfirio Ramirez | Yor Jasbleidy Santos
Bruce says: “PORFIRIO is a fictionalization of a story about a man who is the only known disabled person in a wheelchair to hijack an airplane. Porfirio was shot by police under suspicious circumstances; for years he tried to get
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Starring: Dylan McDermott | Emma Watson | Ezra Miller | Logan Lerman | Mae Whitman | Nina Dobrev
Scot says: “I wept through the film to an embarrassing degree, but I recall also doing so reading the book. That said, I my two caveats are that the cast is a bit too pretty, though fine actors. And that
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: David Oyelowo | John Cusack | Macy Gray | Matthew McConaughey | Nicole Kidman | Scott Glenn | Zac Efron
Thom says: “I’m a huge fan of Lee Daniels and following SHADOWBOXER & PRECIOUS I was excited about seeing this and it was every bit as thrilling as I expected. It’s clear after all three films that Daniel’s is turning
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Gael Morel
Starring: Beatrice Dalle | Didier Flamand | Dimitri Durdaine | Ludovic Berthillot | Malik Issolah | Stéphane Rideau
Thom says: “I had expected to become a huge fan of Director Morel after 3 DANCING SLAVES (2004) but an earlier & later offering (FULL SPEED (1996) & APRES LUI (2007)) proved more problematic. So this was a thrilling surprise
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Starring: Cho Jae-hyun | Kim Kyung-suk | Lee Kwan-hun | Na Tae-joo | Petchtai Wongkamiao | Ye Ji-won
Jason says: “THE KICK is frickin’ truth in advertising, living up to its title in every way it can. Not only does it feature more or less non-stop martial arts action, but it’s a kick – light, pure fun that
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Anka Sasnal | Wilhelm Sasnai
Starring: Agnieszka Podsiadli | Dawid Wolski | Elzbieta Okupska | Jerzy Lapinski | Marcin Czarnik | Piotr Nowak
Bruce says: “****SPOILERS**** “This seems to be the season for wonderful, beautifully made films that cannot be recommended for everyone. Sparse in dialogue IT LOOKS PRETTY FROM A DISTANCE brings to mind disparate fare such as HUKKLE; GOODBYE, DRAGON INN;
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Eric Toledano | Olivier Nakache
Starring: Anne Le Ny | Audrey Fleurot | Christian Ameri | Clotide Mollet | Dorothée Brière | François Cluzet | Omar Sy
Bruce says: “THE INTOUCHABLES has been a box office sensation in France. It also has received high enough ratings to currently rank #78 on IMDb’s top 250 films. Fortunately I knew very little about the film beforehand so I arrived
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Graham McTavish | Ian McKellen | James Nesbitt | Ken Stott | Martin Freeman | Richard Armitage
Thom says: “No special reason to review this blockbuster, other than to say I was thrilled while watching it other than the too long beginning when trying to persuade Bilbo Baggins to join the quest of 13 dwarves along with
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Matthew Heineman | Susan Frömke
Julie says: “Well done doc that puts the obvious altogether in one nice package. It is obvious but somehow not to the current U.S. medical system. I hope that the next 4 years might see more change in this direction.
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Matthew Gordon
Starring: Casey Brown | John Alex Nunner | Joice Baldwin | Patrick Rutherford | William Ruffin
Thom says: “The extraordinary Film Movement series comes through with another winner here and just in time to be included in the Coming-of-Age extravaganza offered by dear Chlotrudis. Anyone seeing this one would be the first to agree. Having already
Read the review...