Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.7 cats
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Alana Haim | Bill Camp | Gabby Hoffmann | Jasper Thompson | Josh O’Connor | Sterling Thompson
Diane says: “For Kelly Reichardt’s THE MASTERMIND, I’ve liked the reviews more than the movie. E.g., Reichardt ‘may never have met a genre she couldn’t meticulously deconstruct’ (Variety). Here it’s the heist movie, which is, of course, a character study.
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: André 3000 | Hong Chau | Lauren Lakis | Michelle Williams | Todd-o-Phonic Todd
Diane says: “Kelly Reichardt’s latest, starring Michelle Williams as a closed-up ceramic artist, satirizes the art school scene perfectly, from funky clothing and cheese-heavy gallery openings to parent-child competition and every kind of crafts class. (I saw it with my
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: John Magaro | Orion Lee | Rene Auberjonois | Toby Jones
Chris says: “Throughout Kelly Reichardt’s latest film, I couldn’t help but detect motifs from across her oeuvre. It’s set in the 19th century along the Oregon Trail like MEEK’S CUTOFF, the focus is on a friendship between two men reminiscent
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: James Le Gros | Jared Harris | Kristen Stewart | Laura Dern | LilyGladstone | Michelle Williams
Michael says: “I haven’t seen all of Kelly Reichardt’s films, but CERTAIN WOMEN is the fourth, and the most fully realized in a string of strong films including OLD JOY, WENDY & LUCY, and MEEKS’ CUTOFF. Based on a collection
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Alia Shawkat | Dakota Fanning | Jesse Eisenberg | Katherine Waterston | Peter Sarsgaard
Chris says: “One phrase my professors repeated throughout film school was ‘show, don’t tell.’ Seems like a pretty obvious tenet until you consider how many filmmakers do exactly the opposite, from Hollywood hacks to indie auteurs. Watching this film, I
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Bruce Greenwood | Michelle Wiliams | Paul Dano | Shirley Henderson | Will Patton | Zoe Kazan
Jason says: “Why don’t you want to see this movie at the end of a long day? Because it is frequently boring, and seeing it in that condition will exacerbate this. Reducing it to simply that one adjective is tremendously
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Michelle Williams | Wally Dalton | Will Patton
Bruce says: “Kelly Reichardt from the looks of things is the modern chronicler of quiet desperation. WENDY AND LUCY is similar in many ways to her critically acclaimed earlier work, OLD JOY. The story is sparse, almost non-existent. There are
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Daniel London | Tanya Smith | Will Oldham
Chris says: “Mark (Daniel London) and Kurt (cult folk-rocker Will Oldham) were once close friends; now both in their mid-30s, they’ve grown apart as friends often do. Mark has a career and a partner and is about to become a
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