Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.4
Director: Todd Field
Starring: Marisa Tomei | Sissy Spacek | Tom Wilkinson
…actor Todd Field (the piano player in EYES WIDE SHUT.)” 5 cats For Laura’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/inthebedroom.htm” Michael says: “IN THE BEDROOM is an amazing directorial debut from actor…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
…politicos, both. It has more intelligence in its telling than anything I’ve seen out of Hollywood for months.” 3 1/2 cats For Robin’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/lumumba.htm” Lumumba (France;Germany;Belgium;Haiti/115min.)…
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Starring: Anson Mount | Eliza Dushku | Frances McDormand | James Franco | Patty LuPone | Robert DeNiro | William Forsythe
…is along for the ride, so to speak, to introduce…well, I’m not sure what he introduces, except to represent vague menace and violence.” 3 cats For Robin’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/citybythesea.htm“…
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Bob Peterson | Pete Docter
Starring: Bob Peterson | Christopher Plummer | Delroy Lindo | Edward Asner | Jordan Nagai
…but three friends insisted I see it & I’m glad they did for the film is truly enchanting. Don’t get me started on the controversy on www.imdb.com about whether the…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Brett Morgen
…here if you care to read RE the roots of the film: https://www.cambridgeday.com/2022/09/15/moonage-daydream-theres-a-starman-waiting-on-the-screen/. “The filmmaking is quite energetic/emblematic and it’s great to see Bowie’s other artistic endeavors, but I feel…
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Jordan Tetewsky | Joshua Pikovsky
Starring: Avram Tetewsky | Betsey Brown | Hannah Lee Thompson | Peter Cole | Roger Mancusi
…her time. As you start watching you may think things seem a bit familiar in more ways than one…… “No spoilers in this trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16375578/ 4.78 cats” …
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson
Starring: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir | Jóhann Sigurðarson | Jörundur Ragnarsson | Juan Camillo Roman Estrada
…and both the co-writer, Ólafur Egilsson, and DP, Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson, were on our Headtrip jury (versus Heartstrings). http://mergingartsproductions.com/Film/SSS/2019/Judges.aspx?Program=2 https://spoileralertradio.libsyn.com/bergsteinnbjorgulfsson https://spoileralertradio.libsyn.com/olafuregilsson“ Julie says: “I give this 4.8 cats. Many funny moments…
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Ondi Timoner
…and his then-girlfriend, moved in together, wired their home with multiple cameras (including one in the toilet pointing up) and began to broadcast their complete lives at weliveinpublic.com. By the…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Olivier Assaya
Starring: Charles Berling | Chloe Sevigny | Connie Nielsen | Gina Gershon
…starznaked.com; sexslavelaracroft.com; and the porno piece-de-la-resistance hellfireclub.com. Hellfire is different from the others. Virtual reality is involved. As a picture of a woman chained to a bedspring comes onscreen along…
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Starring: Andy Garcia | Beth Grant | Charlie Plummer | Molly Parker | Taylor Russell | Walton Goggins
…Plummer (from Chlotrudis-nominated LEAN ON PETE) handles Adam very well, capturing the needed high-school rom-com lead vibe, but also not overdoing it when it comes to portraying his mental illness….
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