Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Andre Gregory | Emily Cass McDonnell | Jeff Biehl | Julie Hagerty | Larry Pine | Lisa Joyce | Wallace Shawn
Jason says: “Like a lot of people, I tend to have this vague knowledge that Wallace Shawn is more than the guy with the funny voice and the odd face, that he’s a playwright and an actor who has been
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Anna Deavere Smith | Anne Hathaway | Bill Irwin | Debra Winger | Mather Zickel | Rosemarie DeWitt
Michael says: “Jonathan Demme is a little too self-indulgent for my tastes for his dogmaesque attempt in RACHEL GETTING MARRIED. Ann Hathaway plays Kym, a young woman taking a break from rehab to attend her sister’s wedding. She will be
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Denzel Washington | Jon Voight | Kimberly Elisa | Liev Schreiber | Meryl Streep
Bruce says: “A brave move it was to remake the 1964 classic THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. How can a film compete with a predecessor that starred Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra and Janet Leigh? Answer: cast Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jonathan Demme
Michael says: “THE AGRONOMIST is a fascinating documentary by Jonathan Demme, examining the life of Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist Jean Dominique. More of a portrait (as Ned so adeptly noted) than a documentary, Demme’s film traces Dominique’s
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