Teaching audiences to view films actively
…entertainment: www.poptwist.com GOD HATES CARTOONS The first ever show of animated films by the best names in alternative comics today, including Jim Woodring, Tony Millionaire, Kaz, Ivan Brunetti, and many…
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Benjamin Carland
…Palmer’s claim that nobody would be interested in what he’s working on, like wireless power transmission or communications that can’t be intercepted by anybody with an antenna has no commercial…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Daniel Barber
…spell it out, but one can’t help but notice that there’s a sort of peace to this almost-entirely female space until men show up; it’s not a comfortable one even…
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
…read the location is the Mexican border and see a grizzled white guy with sunglasses, a ten-gallon hat, and a gun engaged in target practice, while his obviously developmentally challenged…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jennifer Prediger | Jess Weixler
…facets of Nicole quickly (and when she has a good bit of physical comedy, she commits). Prediger doesn’t have quite so many chances to show what makes Olivia different, and…
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Su-Jin Lee
…after hearing her practice in the music room. Every once in a while, there’s a glimpse of her old life and friends like roommate Hwa-ok (Kim So-young) or Dong-yoon (KimChoi…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mizuho Nishikubo
Starring: Junya Taniai | Kota Yokoyama | Masachika Ichimura | Saburo Kitajima | Yukie Nakama
…on the Galactic Railroad, heads the island guard (pretty much just the fire brigade in practice), and grandfather Genzou (voice of Saburo Kitajima) continues to fish. Their ne’er-do-well uncle Hideo…
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Rating: 3.4
Director: Lake Bell
Starring: Alexandra Holden | Demetri Martin | Eva Longoria | Ken Marino | Lake Bell | Rob Corddry
…up. Still, the very fact that people act like it was ubiquitous makes it a good title for a comedy set in the competitive world of voice-over narration – the…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Starring: Cecilia Guitierrez | Erasmo Rodriguez | Manuel Ramos | Maria de Jesus Canales Ramirez | Monica Guzman
…Canales Ramirez & Manuel Ramos), their kids (Cecilia Guitierrez & Erasmo Rodriguez), and their niece and nephew (Alejandro Rodriguez & Monica Guzman). Well, in theory; in practice they’re lazy slobs…
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Emily Blunt | Mark Duplass | Mike Birbiglia | Rosemarie DeWitt
…says, Shelton uses a sitcom premise, but the developments, dialogue, and emotions are complex. I always like Mark Duplass. I have a couple complaints about how the passing of time…
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