Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Paul Harrill
Starring: Atheena Firzzell | Christopher Ward | David Cale | Jim Gaffigan | Josh Wiggins | Marin Ireland | Michael Hampton | Rhoda Griffis
Michael says: “I just finished watching a film that I so thoroughly enjoyed, and that moved me to tears at the end, and when thinking back, I’m not sure why. The film has a great premise that could promise chilling
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Don McKellar
Starring: Arsinée Khanjian | Callum Keith Rennie | David Cronenberg | Don McKellar | Geneviève Bujold | Jackie Burroughs | Roberta Maxwell | Robin Gammell | Sandra Oh | Sarah Polley | Tracy Wright
Michael says: “Dare I say it? Don McKellar has created the most Canadian of apcalyptic movies. I mean that 100% as a compliment, because LAST NIGHT is one of my favorite films of all time. The world is going to
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Chris Leavins | Joel S. Keller | Kerry Fox | Peter MacNeill | Sarah Polley | Seana McKenna | Troy Veinotte
Michael says: “Thom Fitzgerald’s debut feature is a visual and emotional feat, exploring memory, and that old adage, you can’t go home again. William had a tough adolescence, obese, gay, living in rural, conservative Nova Scotia, but he managed to survive
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Ethan Coen | Joel Coen
Starring: Frances McDormand | John Carroll Lynch | Kristin Rudrüd | Peter Stormare | Steve Buscemi | William H. Macy
Michael says: “I could say a lot of things about FARGO, all of them good, but what I most need to say is that Marge Gunderson is one of our all-time great cinematic heroes! Practical, unflappable, determined, and optimistic are
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Hettie Macdonald
Starring: Ben Daniels | Glen Berry | Linda Henry | Scott Neal | Tameka Empson
Philip says: “Hettie Macdonald’s 1996 adaptation of Jonathan Harvey’s stage play, BEAUTIFUL THING continues its reign as the best gay male coming out film ever. Harvey penned the screenplay which along with an outstanding cast make BEAUTIFUL THING a perennial
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Rating: 4.5 cats | 5 cats
Director: Darius Marder
Starring: Mathieu Amalric | Olivia Cooke | Paul Raci | Riz Ahmed
Michael says: “I have taken to watching films without really finding out too much about them first. Usually it’s one or two sentences from the synopsis, and I’ll make up my mind. SOUND OF METAL came as a big surprise,
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Chloé Zhao
Starring: David Straithairn | Frances McDormand | Gay DeForest | Linda May | Patricia Grier | Swankie
Chris says: “Already a lot of hype for this one and much of it is justified—if anything, it’s an advance on Chloe Zhao’s last film, THE RIDER, and not necessarily because she’s now working with an Oscar-winning actress (though McDormand
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Starring: Anamaria Marinca | James Nesbitt | Liam Neeson
Toni says: “First, I really think it is a shame that FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN was not distributed better in the United States. Considering, it was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel of DOWNFALL fame and was written by Guy Hibbert, an
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Maite Alberdi
Thom says: “This is Chile’s entry into the 2021 Best Foreign Film competition for the Academy Awards (that hoary, old extravaganza). Moreover, the film is my choice for Best Documentary for 2020. I have to honestly admit I’m not a
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Aleksa Gajic | Nebojsa Andric | Stevan Djordjevic
Starring: Jelisaveta 'Seka' Sablic | Nebojsa Glogovac | Petar Kralj | Sanda Knezevic
Jason says: “Early on in TECHNOTISE: EDIT & I, the Edit of the title offhandedly mentions that one of her pet robots is named ‘Otomo’, a reference that is apt for all that it is obvious: Like the famed Japanese
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