Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.2 cats
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Alain Chabat | Aurélia Petit | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Gael García Bernal | Miou-Miou | Sacha Bourdo
…a wise choice for his resume, literally a showcase for demonstrating his ability to communicate an intense vulnerability. No sex symbol here, his role as Stéphane reveals his nerdy, needy,…
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Harry Moses
Bruce says: “This film is a perfect companion piece for WHO GETS TO CALL IT ART?, a film that explains how Henry Geldzahler became a power broker for the contemporary…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Yoav Shamir
…Doug Pray’s ART & COPY focuses on the good ads, whether you measure that by artistic merit or commercial success. Those looking for an examination of the rightness and wrongness…
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Brooklyn Sudano | Roger Ross Williams
…study with a blush-worthy and enthralling stage show depiction of Summer to set the tone. Coupled with this initial set of starting imagery, the first one-third of the film offers…
Read the review...…Kurasmaki – The Finnish master of deadpan comedy tackles a forties-style romantic comedy, complete with a sweeping score, and dramatic scene cuts and makes it his own. Our two leads,…
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Alex Thompson | Kelly O'Sullivan
Starring: Dolly De Leon | Hanna Dworkin | Katherine Mallen Kupferer | Keith Kupferer | Tara Mallen
…Alex Thompson’s love and personal connection to community theater shine through their fresh spin on a community theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet. I heartily enjoyed the character performances of…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Amy Jo Johnson
Starring: Anastasia Phillips | Clark Johnson | Felicity Huffman | Lauren Holly
…success… at anything… the most she can muster is the fantasy that she might appear one day on the cheesy talk show that makes successes out of sad sacks who’ve…
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Starring: António Fonseca | Carol Duarte | Flávia Gusmão | Julia Stockler
…her fingers are dancing. She dreams of studying at a conservatory in Vienna, a perfectly reasonable dream, given her talent. Her impetuous older sister runs off early with her lover…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lucio Castro
Starring: Juan Barberini | Mia Maestro | Ramon Pujol
Chris says: “Lucio Castro’s first feature kicks off with ten-to-fifteen dialogue-free minutes; it may well put some viewers to sleep (like the man sitting behind me in the theater, barely…
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Starring: Ah-in Yoo | Jong-seo Jun | Seong-kun Mun | Seung-ho Choi | Soo-Kyung Kim | Steven Yeun
…mysterious narrative as he falls hard for Hae-mi’s peculiar and free spirited personality after a random encounter reconnects the two former school acquaintances at the beginning of the film. Even…
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