Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Marshall Curry
…drivers come from. Make all the jokes about stock car racing being about putting one’s foot to the floor and occasionally turning left, but driving a race car is a…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Cheick Fantamady Camara
Starring: Alex Ogou | Moussa Keita | Tella Kpomahou
…is a superb black comedy about the cultural complexities engulfing Bangali and Kesso, a young couple in Guinea, the capital of which is Conakry. “Bangali, known by his nickname BB,…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Darryl Hannah | David Carradine | Uma Thurman
…any other members of her wedding party. That is so sad. Come to think of it, she was an assassin by profession. How sad is that? “On a popular website,…
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…however suggest people head out to see one of the many new films opening this week! If anyone wants to organize a Monday night outing, feel free to send a…
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Director: Yang Woo-seok
Starring: Jung Won-joong | Kim Young-ae | Kwak Do-won | Siwan | Song Kang-ho
Jason says: “THE ATTORNEY made its way to the United States rather quickly after its box-office success in South Korea, taking just a month and a half to cross the…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alain Resnais
Starring: AndrΓ© Dussolier | Anne Consigny | Emanuelle Devos | Mathieu Amalric | Sabine AzΓ©ma
…HAPPENSTANCE, the Audrey Tatou vehicle prior to her success with AMELIE, LES HERBES FOLLES examines serendipity from the outside, looking in. LES HERBES FOLLES begins with a shot of the…
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Rating: 0 cats
Director: Tim McCann
Starring: Britt Robertson | Dodie Brown | Nick Krause | Ryan Lee | Sam Trammell | Todd McLaren
…that the dead title character talks, and that I prefer my talking rabbits as comedic (HARVEY) or cosmic (DONNIE DARKO in either its original release or the extended Director’s Cut)….
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jonathan Paley | Ross Finkel | Trevor Martin
…as commodities and have rigged the system in their favor. The parallel narratives in the second half are interesting examples of people on both sides trying to game the system,…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Amanda Seyfried | Julianne Moore | Liam Neeson | Max Thieriot | Nina Dobrey
…to a marriage. Atom Egoyan has been in a minor creative slump and CLOE marks the return of a master to the level of filmmaking his fans have come to…
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Louie Psihoyos
…Psihoyos combines some breathtaking footage of the dolphins, and creates a compelling, albeit horrifying documentary that is sure to anger many. 4 ½ cats” Beth Caldwell says: “Similar to…
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