Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Sean Baker
Starring: James Ransone | Karren Karagulian | Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | Mickey O’Hagan | Mya Taylor
…my best friends, girl. So girl if you’re out there reading this. And if you’re not afraid of crazy trans girls combing the streets of LA in search of revenge,…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Zak Penn
Starring: Kitana Baker | Werner Herzog | Zak Penn
…lead ‘character’ is the always intriguing Werner Herzog, and it breathes life into a certain tricky genre, revealing a surprising complexity where so many other attempts have fallen flat.” …
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Starring: Anna Cobb | Michael J Rogers
…and the appropriate tone to encapsulate modern culture’s mysterious world of ever-evolving roleplay and identity search. Just as a kid from the mid-20th century might be scolded from parents or…
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Fernanda Valadez
Starring: David Illescas | Juan Jesús Varela | Mercedes Hernández
…the alarming numbers of Mexican immigrants who never make it to our soil when attempting to cross the southern border. It follows Magdelena (Mercedes Hernandez) in search of her son…
Read the review...…the director’s stated commitment to allowing the actors to inhabit the space and get comfortable with one another in a way that shines through in the final cut. Next on…
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Jamie Hooper
Starring: David Horovitch | Jane Lowe | Phillipa Peak | Riann Steele | Sophie Thompson | Taliyah Blair
…the ailing woman. A mysterious presence tied to the granddaughter’s childhood and a family secret begins to manifest, and the search for answers ensues. “The entire plot of this one…
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Rating: 4.9
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
…market in movie tickets — are making a movie to commemorate their extermination of the communists. This bone-chilling journey into the heart of darkness includes observations such as, ‘If you…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Starring: Annette Bening | Josh Hutcherson | Julianne Moore | Mark Ruffalo | Mia Wasikowska | Yaya DaCosta
…a ground-breaking film, even in its mainstream sensibility. It will be a huge testament to Cholodenko if this film goes on to much commercial success, and I wish it well…
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Rating: 3.25
…all over it. The obvious parallels to Kerouac’s On the Road highlight how much depth it lacks in comparison. And worst, it occasionally lapses into sentimental mush, especially in a…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Starring: Alexander Beyer | Bibiana Beglau | Harald Schrott | Martin Wuttke | Nadja Uhl | Richard Kropf
…evil, makes for an interesting study of a world little known.” For Robin’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/thelegendofrita.htm” Scot says: “Lord knows, I don’t mind a talk-y film. This one though,…
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