…(with some actors handling this task better than others). What superficially appears to be a film about male/female relationships is actually a comment on our global relationships in this post…
Read the review...Family Romance, LLC (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Ishii Yuichi | Mahiro Tanimoto | Miki Fujimaki | Takashi Nakatani
…producer Roc Murin and Yuichi Ishii here: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2017/11/paying-for-fake-friends-and-family/545060/ “P.S. Herzog feels strongly that people should read books—more than watch films, and he wants to be remembered for the books he’s…
Read the review...Sal (2013)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: James Franco
Starring: James Franco | Jim Parrack | Raymond T. Williams | Trevor Neuhoff | Val Lauren | Vince Jolivette
…— which can be seen in an insufferably misguided interview with actor Val Lauren by Jeremy Kinser on November 1 for www.queerty.com. “James Franco’s Golden Globe Award-winning performance as JAMES…
Read the review...Helter Skelter (2013)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.4
Director: Mika Ninagawa
Starring: Anne Suzuki | Ferika Sawajiri | Nao Omori | Shinobu Terajima
Kyle says: “All the definitions of ‘gonzo’ in www.urbandictionary.com have to do with pornography, except for the single simple ‘bizarre.’ It’s up to slack-jawed audiences at the end of this…
Read the review...Wuthering Heights (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring: Amy Wren | James Howson | Kaya Scodelario | Nicola Burley | Oliver Milburn | Paul Hilton | Steve Evets
Thom says: “Here’s a wild & woolly, down & dirty reading of the classic Emily Bronte novel. www.us.imdb.com lists some 16 versions of the tragic romance so there was no…
Read the review...The Ides of March (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: George Clooney
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood; Marisa Tomei | George Clooney | Jennifer Ehle | Paul Giamatti | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Ryan Gosling
…negative portrait of American politics but this ranks among the best of the genre. Clooney has done himself proud. I had an uproarious time skimming through www.us.imdb.com comments especially when…
Read the review...You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Anthony Hopkins | Antonio Banderas | Gemma Jones | Josh Brolin | Naomi Watts | Pauline Collins
…my blog a few weeks ago (http://www.jaysmovieblog.com/2010/11/this-week-in-tickets-25-october-2010-to.html), though I didn’t copy it here because it’s not a full review and not totally about the movie itself, but the upshot is…
Read the review...Winter’s Bone (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Debra Granik
Starring: Dale Dickey | Jennifer Lawrence | John Hawkes | Kevin Breznehan | Lauren Sweetser | Shelley Waggener
…BONE the best film so far in 2010. The average rating on www.us.imdb.com of the film is 8.3, also a high rating. So off I went to the film last…
Read the review...Boxing Gym (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Frederick Wiseman
…in the background–this isn’t about antagonism and winning; it’s about discipline and enjoyment. That’s the kind of place gym owner Richard Lord makes it. Check it out at http://www.lordsboxing.com/ 3…
Read the review...Up (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Bob Peterson | Pete Docter
Starring: Bob Peterson | Christopher Plummer | Delroy Lindo | Edward Asner | Jordan Nagai
…Don’t get me started on the controversy on www.imdb.com about whether the film is a dream sequence or not. I mean, who cares, as if animation is about reality! I…
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