Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Deborah Strang | Gaby Hoffmann | Jaboukie Young-White | Joaquin Phoenix | Molly Webster | Scoot McNairy | Woody Norman
Brett says: “Director Mike Mills is up to Mike Mills things once again with another A24 home-run in C’MON C’MON. Show up for the enthralling dialogue, stay for the emotional tug-of-wars (yes, plural), and leave with a lump in your
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Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Alison Elliott | Billy Crudup | Elle Fanning | Greta Gerwig | Lucas Jade Zumann | nnette Bening | Thea Gill | Vitaly Andrew LeBeau
Hilary says: “Annette Bening plays Dorothea, a child of the Depression navigating the ever-changing world of 1979 as a divorced, atypically older mother of a teenager, willfully single, and working in a male-dominated profession. She is raising her teenage son,
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Christopher Plummer | Ewan McGregor | Goran Visnjic | Kai Lennox | Mélanie Laurent
Chris says: “BEGINNERS puts a novel twist on the coming out narrative: this time, it’s the father, 75-year-old Hal (Christopher Plummer) who tells his son Oliver (Ewan McGregor) that he’s gay. Neither played for farce nor melodrama, the relatively painless
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Benjamin Bratt | Keanu Reeves | Lou Taylor Pucci | Tilda Swinton | Vincent D'Onofrio
Michael says: “Mike Mills’ THUMBSUCKER is a coming-of-age film that features some terrific performances but doesn’t really say anything new. Justin is a senior in high school who still sucks his thumb when he is stressed. He’s on the debate
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