Teaching audiences to view films actively
…voice in American cinema. Perry Williams is a talented young artist working and studying in New York. Art world success is knocking at his door, but Perry is afraid of…
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Rating: 3.6
Director: Majid Majidi
Starring: Hamid Aghazi | Kamran Dehgha | Maryam Akbari | Mohammad Amir Naji | Neshat Nazari | Schabnam Akhlaghi
…from any political or religious concerns. The largely non-professional cast plays well with the trained lead. This is a Chlotrudis screener, so everyone can see it for free. Director Majidi…
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Penny Lane
…establish some common ground and understanding in order to enable the free flow of communication among filmmakers, subjects, and audience to take place. Suddenly, as a viewer, one might find…
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…next year might bring. — kp Takashi Miike for 13 Assassins – When it comes to the works of director Takeshi Miike, one phrase always comes to mind…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Matt O'Mahoney
…fun. The last act of the movie is absolutely stolen by Dwayne Bryshun as a revenge-seeking gay giant in leather, giving the sort of complete commitment to some of the…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Abdellah Taïa
Starring: Amine Ennaji | Frédéric Landenberg | Hamza Slaoui | Karim Ait M'Hand | Malika El Hamaoui | Said Mrini
…young boy. “When the story moves ahead ten years, Abdellah is breaking off a relationship with an older man, to whom he says he is now ‘Free of Morocco, free…
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Rating: 3.375
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Alice Englert | Annette Bening | Christina Hendricks | Elle Fanning | Jodhi May | Oliver Platt | Timothy Spall
…Chlotrudis had a list of the worst coming-of-age films this would be near the top. I spent the entire film trying to come to grips with the American actors sporadic…
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Frederick Wiseman
…one of its leaders Mario Savio. Students of the history of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement know his name well. Today there is even a Mario Savio Free Speech Movement…
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Starring: Bjørn Floberg | Bjørn Sundquist | Gard B.Eidsvold | Jorunn Kjellsby | Stellan Skarsgård
…a snobbish ‘you’re free now, don’t waste your time on that,’ but instead we see a man free to enjoy movies, music, and contests if he wants. “The joy Skarsgard…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Alycia Delmore | Joshua Leonard | Mark Duplass
…that in there, it doesn’t come close to overwhelming the comedy. This is a pretty funny situation, and Shelton runs with that, whether it be in the form of light…
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