Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jan Komasa
Starring: Aleksandra Konieczna | Bartosz Bielenia | Eliza Rycembel | Tomasz Zietek
Diane says: “I saw CORPUS CHRISTI, a Polish film from Film Movement, online via my local theater. Nom’ed for Best International Film for the Oscars, it’s about a young man who leaves juvenile prison and takes on a new identity
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Liz Garbus
Starring: Amy Ryan | Gabriel Byrne | Lola Kirke | Thomasin McKenzie
Michael says: “LOST GIRLS is based on true events surrounding the Long Island serial killer investigation in 2010. Mari Gilbert, a single mother, embarks on her own investigation when her eldest daughter goes missing and the police prove to be
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Ladj Ly
Starring: Alexis Manenti | Damien Bonnard | Djebril Zonga | Issa Perica
Thom says: “Over the many years of my life I have seen a few classic films about disenfranchised children trying to exist in the cruel inner cities of the world. How can one ever forget LOS OLVIDADOS, PIXOTE, LA HAINE,
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Céline Sciamma
Starring: Adele Haenel | Luàna Bajrami | Noémie Merlant | Valeria Golino
Chris says: “Celine Sciamma’s exquisite 18th century romance between two women, an artist (Noémie Merlant) and her subject (Adèle Haenel) gains so much power from the barest essentials. Rather than pile on stylistic cues to lead the audience in a certain
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Lila Avilés
Starring: Agustina Quinci | Gabriela Cartol | Teresa Sánchez
Beth C. says: “THE CHAMBERMAID is the ideal choice for a buried treasure nominee! This film was amazing, well directed, well acted, very interesting from beginning to end. 5 cats“
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Starring: Hye-jin Jan | Ji-so Jung | Kang-ho Song | Myeong-hoon Park | Seo-joon Park | So-dam Park | Sun-kyun Lee | Woo-sik Choi | Yeo-jeong Jo
Thom says: “Director Bong Joon Ho has been the darling of international film festivals for years with his varied, dazzling, & inventive stories and techniques. Since the super-fun monster film THE HOST (2006) he’s directed the superb MOTHER (2009), SNOWPIERCER
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Starring: Dome Karukoski | Jörn Donner | Kati Outinen | Sakari Kuosmanen | Sherwan Haji | Tommi Corpela | Tommi Eronen | Ville Virtanen
Thom says: “Aki Kaurismäki has long been one of my TOP 10 Living Directors and this film richly adds to his glamorous acclaim. His top rated films include: CRIME & PUNISHMENT (1983), ARIEL (1988), THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL (1990), La Vie
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: André Téchiné
Starring: Alexis Loret | Corentin Fila | Jean Fornerod | Kacey Mottet Klein | Mama Prassinos | Sandrine Kiberlain | Vanessa Duran
Thom says: “To know that this is Techine’s 29th film recognizes that this he’s indeed a major French film director as he’s used many of the best in the business for his productions that have won quite a few awards.
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi
Starring: Josh Hartnell | Kaho Minami | Koji Yakusho | Megan Mullally | Nick Gracer | Reiko Aylesworth | Shinobu Terajima | Shioli Katsuna
Thom says: “Back in the early days when I first embraced Film Movement when I discovered them while a volunteer worker at the Oakland Public Library, I saw all their releases I could find either at the libraries in Oakland
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Bing Liu
Chris says: “Man, this movie… it just *wrecked* me, even though it’s not necessarily a tragedy (while still covering a lot of sensitive stuff). It captures both the euphoria and turmoil (and every emotion in between) of everyday life via
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