Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Kim Gok | Kim Sun
Starring: Choi Ah-ra | Ham Eun-jung | Hwang Woo Seul-hye | Jin Se-yeon | Kim May Doni | Pyeon Jung-su
…but in the competitive Korean pop music scene, it’s too consciously cute compared to the more overtly sexy likes of Pure et al. Still, one agent (Pyeon Jung-su) sees something…
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Rating: 4.9
Director: Paddy Considine
Starring: Eddie Marsan | Ned Dennehy | Olivia Colman | Paul Popplewell | Peter Mullan
…far from a carefree hour and a half. “Joseph (Peter Mullan) is a man almost consumed by rage. We see three examples of it right off the bat, and it’s…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi | Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
…attention. A poster child for freedom in art and human rights, Panahi has been targeted by the Iranian government repeatedly. Currently he is under house arrest, confined to his Teheran…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: John Cairns
Starring: Higarino | Mai Tsujimoto | Max MacKenzie
…a person locked into a survival mode, although her guilt over this comes through as well. You can see how fear makes compassion and reason a bit of a struggle…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Hansal Mehta
Starring: Kay Kay Menon | Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub | Pawan Kumar | Prabhleen Sandhu | Raj Kumar Yadav | Shalini Vatsa | Vinod Rawat | Vipin Sharma | Vivek Ghamande
…the champion of many causes. “Shahid Azmi is a member of a large Muslim family. His father dies when he is coming of age and he becomes a reluctant head…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Yi Seung-jun
…He has a satisfied look upon his face once the kite is launched but what is going on in his head is hard to decipher. Soon-ho communicates with Young-chan using…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Luc Dardenne
Starring: Cรฉcile de France | Egon Di Mateo | Fabrizio Rongione | Jรฉrรฉmie Renier | Thomas Doret
…fixated on his bicycle and does everything he can to escape so he can go home to get it. After several aborted attempts, he finally is successful in leaving the…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Aleksei Fedorchenko | Harmony Korine | Jan Kwiecinski
Starring: al Kilmer | Darya Ekamasova | Igor Sergeev | Justyna Wasilewska | Pawel Smagala | Pawel Tomaszewski | Rachel Korine | Tomasz Tyndyk
…turning them into stories which resonate surprisingly well. “Things do start off with Korine and Kilmer, though, and ‘The Lotus Community Workshop’ is kind of amusing. In large part, that’s…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Larysa Kondracki
Starring: David Strathairn | Monica Bellucci | Nikolaj Lie Kaas | Rachel Weisz | Vanessa Redgrave
…come down to not screwing up. Co-writer/director Larysa Kondracki doesn’t screw up; she makes a movie that’s a notch or two above average, and the ‘based on a true story’…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Caroline Bottaro
Starring: Alexandra Gentil | FrancisRenaud | Kevin Kline | Sandrine Bonnaire | Valรฉrie Lagrange
…her husband Ange (Francis Renaud) an electronic chess game as a birthday present, something they can play together or practice individually. He’s not interested, but she suddenly sees reminders of…
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