Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nicol Ruiz Benavides
Starring: Claudia Devia | Cristóbal Ruiz | Gabriela Arancibia | Raúl López Leyton | Romana Satt | Rosa Ramírez
…free-spirited, and despite being married, is often left on her own while her husband travels. Elsa spends some her free time singing in a secret, hidden bar called Porvenir (The…
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Starring: Emilio Echevarrio | Gael García Bernal | Goya Toledo
…the good perfs by the rest of the ensemble, but all are noteworthy and make all three stories thought provoking tomes.” 5 cats “For Robin’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/amoresperros.htm” Scot says:…
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Brett Ryan Bonowicz
Starring: Cheryl Nichols | Don McManus | James M. Connor | Kelton John | Whit Hertford
…unusual human center that at least merits the viewer’s attention. “That would be its main character, Jesse Darden (Whit Hertford). He’s the creator of the website ThePerfect46.com, which uses personal…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Hal Hartley
Starring: Baltasar Kormákur | Bill Sage | Helen Mirren | James Urbaniak | Julie Christie | Robert John Burke | Sarah Polley
…Mirren’s perplexed assistant. Kormakur is comical, playing the mad scientist role as if he were in a Guy Maddin film.” 2 cats For Laura’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/nosuchthing.htm” …
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Lone Scherfig
Starring: Anders W. Berthelsen | Anette Stevelbaek | Ann Eleonora Jorgensen | Lars Kaalund | Peter Gantzier
…series of cross-scheduled funerals) that results in a humanistic comedy resembling CELEBRATION crossed with BREAD AND TULIPS.” 3 1/2 cats For Laura’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/italianforbeginners.htm” Esmé says: “Loved this…
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…member Bruce Kingsley gave a rave review on the website. This doc was directed by Jehane Noujaim who scored a couple of years ago with STARTUP.COM. Check it out below……
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mark Moskowitz
…the film progressed) and it was a complaint to boot, that represented a woman’s point-of-view. That, however unintentional, was unfortunate. “But ultimately, this is a paean to reading. Libraries come…
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Director: Kim Nguyen
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård | Jesse Eisenberg | Michael Mando | Salma Hayek
Thom says: “I’ve only seen 2 of Canadian director Nguyen’s mediocre fare (WAR WITCH & 2 LOVERS & A BEAR) and this turgid effort won’t add to his appeal. It…
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Director: Byeong-heon Lee
Starring: Jin-Hee Jang | Jun-seok Heo | Lee Hanee | Myeong Gong
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Andrew Lau
Starring: Hanyu Zhang | Hao Ou | Jiang Du | Quan Yuan
