Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: David Heilbroner | Kate Davis
…most homosexuals were forced to live closeted lives. Bars were the social centers of the gay community; bar raids were common police practice across the nation, even in Illinois the…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ha Yu
Starring: In-seong Jo | Ji-hyo Song | Jin-mo Ju
…the only man the King will trust with the job. But once you put two people in the same bed, things are bound to get complicated. “A FROZEN FLOWER does…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Starring: Ashraf Barhorn | Max Minghella | Michael Lonsdale | Oscar Isaac | Rachel Weisz | Rupert Evans
…the Roman city of Alexandria, home to the greatest library of the time, is in turmoil. Christians are now allowed to practice their religion freely, which has served to bring…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michelle Esrick
…way you want so long as you don’t hurt anyone else, but in practice, I get suspicious. So, as you might imagine, I wound up at a screening of a…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ella Lemhagen
Starring: Gustaf Skarsgård | Thomas Ljungman | Torkel Petersson
…in with social commentary, plus there is incredible chemistry between Gustaf Skarsgård and Thomas Ljungman making the story believable and keeping it elevated above sitcom level. My minor complaint is…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Yoav Shamir
…secular Jewish problem; orthodox Jews practice Judiasm. At a ceremony at a mass grave in Kiev, one woman states that without Israel there isn’t a safe Jew in the world….
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Rick Jacobson
Starring: America Olivo | Erin Cummings | Julia Voth | Michael Hurst | Ron Melendez | William Gregory Lee
…as super-fun flashbacks that bit-by-bit set up what came before. Nobody comes to these type of movies to see the acting, nor should they, but the ladies are all really…
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: John O'Brien
Starring: George Lyford | Natalie Picoe | Richard Snee
…New England region with A MAN WITH A PLAN. The sweet and gentle NOSEY PARKER completes the trilogy, and also features for the first time two professional actors in leading…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ji-hun Kim
Starring: Ahn Sung-kee | Kim Sang-kyung | Lee Jun-ki | Lee Yo-won
…dropping off an obnoxious fare before giving college student Jin-woo (Lee Jun-ki) and his friend Shin-ae (Lee Yo-won) a lift to choir practice. It’s not just because Jin-woo is his…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Laurie Lynd
Starring: Ben Shenkman | Noah Bennett | Sheila McCarthy | Thomas Cavanaugh
…manage to keep it sweet, but make it a delightfully entertaining and relevant film. “Sam and Ed are a successful gay couple. Ed is a lawyer, Sam is a sportscaster….
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