Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Debbie Honeywood | Katie Proctor | Kris Hitchen | Rhys Stone
Diane says: “A nuclear family in Newcastle, England takes a beating in the latest from director Ken Loach (82 years old!). In the first scene, Dad signs on as an independent contractor for a delivery company—already enough to start this
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Gary Maitland | John Henshaw | Paul Brannigan | Scott Kyle | Siobhan Reilly | William Ruane
Jeff says: “Ken Loach takes a page from the Bill Forsyth playbook in this small story of redemption. “We first meet Robbie (Paul Brannigan) in a Glasgow courtroom listening to a solicitor argue before the judge that despite his thuggish
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Cillian Murphy | Liam Cunningham | Padraic Delaney
Beth says: “Ken Loach directing Cillian Murphy, about the lead up to and the start of the Irish Civil War in the 20’s. I really liked this film, and give it 4 cats, however, I have to put a large
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Annmarie Fulton | Martin Compston | William Ruane
Michael says: “British filmmaker Ken Loach released two films in 2003, both woefully underseen. I hope to catch up with THE NAVIGATORS later this weekend, but I caught his more recent film SWEET SIXTEEN, on DVD this morning. “Loach’s usual
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu | Amos Gitai | Claude Lelouch | Danis Tanovic | Idrissa Ouedraogo | Ken Loach | Mira Nair | Samira Makhmalbaf | Sean Penn | Shohei Imamura | Youssef Chahine
Starring: Dzana Pinjo | Emmanuelle Laborit | Ernest Borgnine | Jérôme Horry | Kapil Bawa | Keren Mor | Kumiko Aso | Lionel Zizréel Guire | Liron Levo | Maryam Karimi | Nour El-Sherif | Taleb Adlah | Tomorô Taguchi | Vladimir Vega
Laura says: “This outstanding omnibus is a French production featuring a short film from 11 global filmmakers. Their only guidelines were that the film be a reflection on 9/11 and that it be 11 minutes, 9 seconds and 1 frame
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Dean Andrews | Joe Duttine | Steve Huison | Thomas Craig
Peg says: “THE NAVIGATORS, directed by Ken Loach, is a fictional story of an all-too-real situation: the deregulation and increasingly-private ownership of the railway system in Great Britain. The script was written by a former railway employee, Rob Dawber, who
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Adrien Brody | Elpidia Carrillo | Jack McGee | Monica Rivas | Pilar Padilla
Michael says: “This impressive film by British director Ken Loach hits pretty hard. Two Latina sisters work as janitors in L.A. When the possibility of unionization comes up, alliances are torn apart and secrets uprooted, but in the end, family
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