Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Steve James
Diane says: “This docu about former gang members who work as peacemakers in Chicago is inspirational and sobering. The film follows three violence ‘interrupters’ who work for CeaseFire over the course of a year. They’re very different from each other
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Starring: Duncan MacNeil | Eilidh Rankin | Jean-Claude Donda | Raymond Mearns
Jason says: “At first, THE ILLUSIONIST looks amazingly simple and sweet – two kind people, perhaps not used to having their generosity returned, are lucky enough to find each other and create a life together. To say more may perhaps
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Marshall Curry | Sam Cullman
Julie says: “Thought this one was very intriguing and well done- although the story pissed me off-you’ll see what I mean- One of my top docs somewhere between 4 3/4 and 5 cats”
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Sang-soo Im
Starring: Do-yeon Jeon | Ji-young Park | Jung-Jae Lee | Seo-Hyeon Ahn | Woo Seo | Yeo-jong Yun
Jason says: “The original version of THE HOUSEMAID is widely considered a classic of Korean cinema, the sort of thing one doesn’t remake lightly. For that film’s fiftieth anniversary, though, that’s what Im Sang-soo did, although it’s the sort of
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: David Sigal
Bruce says: “Cities have a way of defining themselves, adding up pieces the wholes of which greatly surpass the sums of their parts. FLORENT: QUEEN OF THE MEAT MARKET presents a case in point. Florent was not just another restaurant;
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Chris Metzler | Lev Anderson
Thom says: “This film was a real find but it shouldn’t have been. Co-director Metzler had also co-directed one of my favorite documentaries PLAGUES AND PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA (2004) with Jeff Springer & I had shamefully forgotten that
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jee-woon Kim
Starring: Byung-hun Lee | Gook-hwan Jeon | Ho-jin Jeon | Min-sik Choi | San-ha Oh | Yoon-seo Kim
Jason says: “A colleague of mine described Kim Ji-woon’s last film, THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD, as an attempt to make an action movie with nothing but the Good Parts. Kim brings that same attitude to I SAW THE
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: Amara Miller | BeauBridges | George Clooney | Nick Krause | Shailene Woodley
Jason says: “THE DESCENDANTS is, I suppose, a movie about trust and responsibility, although I’m not getting very far trying to boil it down to parallel situations and easy lessons. That’s okay, though; this lets director Alexander Payne put a
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Travis Betz
Starring: Dustin Fasching | Rose McKinnon | Sarah Lassez
Jason says: “Films like Travis Betz’s THE DEAD INSIDE are some of my favorites to write about. Not so much the genre – although, let’s face it, you don’t pass up a chance to write up singing zombies – but
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Starring: Eduard Fernández | Guillermo Estrella | Hanaa Bouchaib | Javier Bardem | Maricel Álvarez
Thom says: “I have no idea why it took me so long to see this cinematic gem. The film was nominated for best Foreign Film in the 2010 Oscar race, Javier Bardem is always a mesmerizing actor, & I’ve become
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