Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Brendan Gleeson | ColinFarrell | Ralph Fiennes
Toni says: “IN BRUGES is a very unique dark comedy directed by Martin McDonagh who won the Academy Award in 2005 for his Live Action Short, SIX SHOOTER. I say it is very unique because it has some incredibly funny
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Kevin Rafferty
Diane says: “Yes, it is a last-year’s movie…. I see that there were no Chlotrudis reviews posted. Folks, you gotta see it. I avoided it until now because it’s about, you know, football. Luckily I was urged to see it
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Ben Kingsley | Deborah Harry | Dennis Hopper | Patricia Clarkson | Penélope Cruz | Peter Sarsgaard
Michael says: “I missed ELEGY in the theatre last year, and was able to catch up with it on Blu-Ray this morning. It firmly propels Isabel Coixet into that category of talented filmmakers whose films I will not miss. Never
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Starring: Fan Liao | Hanyu Zhang | Jun Hu | Yuan Wenkang
Jason says: “One probably wouldn’t name a war movie RETREAT!, although that’s what the assembly call of the film’s title means – fall back and regroup. There is, after all, a time for soldiers to be fierce and a time
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Cristian Mungiu
Starring: Alexandru Potocean | Anamaria Marinca | Laura Vasiliu | Vlad Ivanov
Bruce says: “4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, AND 2 DAYS paints a vivid picture of what life in Romania was like in 1987. Covering a period of about twenty four hours, the bleakness of Ceausescu’s Romania is craftily conveyed by superb
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Starring: Chen Shiang-Chyi | Lee Kang-Sheng | Yang Kuei-mei
Michael says: “Tsai Ming-Liang’s THE WAYWARD CLOUD, is a sequel of sorts to the brilliant WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? It was a brilliant film, but definitely not quite what I was expecting. THE WAYWARD CLOUD is a sweetly subversive,
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Dong-hun Choi
Starring: Hye-su Kim | Seung-woo Cho | Yun-shik Baek
Jason says: “It’s probably not a good idea to try to learn about a game by seeing a movie about it. Based upon THE WAR OF FLOWER (aka TAZZA: THE HIGH ROLLERS), I’m dumbfounded at the idea that hwatu could
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Adrienne Shelly
Starring: Adrienne Shelly | Cheryl Hines | Jeremy Sisto | Keri Russell | Nathan Fillion
Michael says: “How can you review WAITRESS without thinking about the tragic circumstances surrounding writer/director Adrienne Shelly’s demise? It is a testament to Shelly’s talents, particularly as a writer, that WAITRESS is a delightful film that rises above the harsh
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Starring: Chen Shiang-Chyi | Lee Kang-Sheng | Norman Atun | Pearlly Chua
Bruce says: “In my opinion, there is no director making more visually stunning films than Tsai Ming-liang. I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE is a smashing example of a true master at work . Invariably, each scene in his new
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jessica Yu
Michael says: “I’ve been looking forward to seeing PROTAGONIST since I read about it a couple of months before it played at the Independent Film Festival of Boston last April. Unfortunately I missed it at the IFFB, but I got
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