Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Pat O'Neill
Starring: Kane Crawford | Lilia Barsegian | William Lewis
Bruce says: “THE DECAY OF FICTION is an original. In spirit, it is more akin to GOODBYE, DRAGON INN than any other film that comes to mind; the films of Guy Maddin are closest in style. It is impossible to
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Hamid Rahmanian
Starring: Hosein Yari | Maryam Amirjallali | Zabi Afshar
Bruce says: “DAY BREAK (DAME SOBH is the film’s Persian title) is the film I most liked at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Happily, I have noticed that DAY BREAK and FAMILIA (my favorite film from the 2005 Toronto International
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Julián Hernández
Starring: Alejandro Rojo | Fernando Arroyo | Miguel Á Hoppe
Bruce says: “BROKEN SKY is not a film that seduces its audience with flashy tricks or devices. It is a film that forces the viewer to do all the work, to discover its rhythm and fall in step. For those
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Ian Inaba
Bruce says: “Sponsored by the Guerilla News Network AMERICAN BLACKOUT is a film that every person should see. That is not very likely since many distributors have already backed out of deals at the last moment. In an age where
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Doug Block
Bruce says: “**Spoilers** “The idea of seeing someone else’s home movies may be appealing if the ‘someone else’ is a good friend, but much less so if the films belong to a stranger. There are exceptions such as TARNATION and
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Michael Apted
Bruce says: “Tony is a kid from the East End, once a rough-and-tumble section of London, now home to many immigrants from Africa and Asia. Jackie, Sue and Lynn hail from similar backgrounds. Simon and Paul were living in a
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Paula Yates
Bruce says: “As political documentaries go STATE OF FEAR is absolutely compelling and nearly perfect. Using the twenty year reign of terror in Peru from 1980-2000, director Pamela Yates explores how terrorism in Peru led to the erosion of democracy.
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Louise Archambault
Starring: Juliette Gosselin | Macha Grenon | Sylvie Moreau
Bruce says: “The human body contains 50 million cells and each one of those cells contains the genetic code of our heritage. It is certain that DNA determines things like hair color and the size of the foot. FAMILIA wonders
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Amanda Micheli
Bruce says: “DOUBLE DARE is the story of two stunt women at different points in their career. Jeannie Epper at the age of 62 is the doyenne of Hollywood stuntwomen. Everyone knows and respects her. She has paid her dues
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
Starring: Adriana Asti | Alessio Boni | Luigi Lo Cascio
Chris says: “Originally produced for (but never shown on) Italian television, director Marco Tullio Giordana’s six hour miniseries has a cinematic sweep and scope makes it translate successfully as a theatrical release. “Split into three-hour halves, the first part opens
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