Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Paul Morrison
Starring: Delroy Lindo | Emily Woof | Sam Smith
Michael says: “In the tradition of feel-good films like BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM or BILLY ELLIOT combined, WONDROUS OBLIVION shows us our collective prejudices but allows us to overcome them…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Deepa Mehta
Starring: Buddhi Wickrama | John Abraham | Lisa Ray | Manorama | Rishma Malik | Sarala Kariyawasam | Seema Biswas | Vidula Javalgekar
…trouble with the unofficial ruler of the widows. Chuyia befriends the beautiful Kalyani, who is lucky enough to keep her flowing locks, a privilege that comes with a heavy price….
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Daniel Burman
Starring: Arturo Goetz | Daniel Hendler | Julieta Diaz
…teach law and practice as an advocate for the poor. Ariel truly does not understand what makes his father tick and, to a certain degree, is obsessed by the distance…
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Anthony Cordier
Starring: Jean-Philippe Écoffey | Johan Libéreau | Salomé Stévenin
…of everything he takes for granted. “When a rich industrialist comes to judo practice he hand picks Mickael to be the personal trainer for his undisciplined son, Clement (Jean-Philippe Écoffe)….
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lionel Baier
Starring: Khaled Khouri | Natacha Koutchoumov | Pierre Chatagny | Rui Alves
Bruce says: “Unlike most gay coming of age stories, GARÇON STUPIDE is not concerned with a sexual identity crisis or gaining acceptance about being gay. Loïc (Pierre Chatagny), a twenty…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Richard Loncraine
Starring: Bernard Hill | Eleanor Bron | James McAvoy | Jon Favreau | Kirsten Dunst | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Paul Bettany | Sam Neil
Bruce says: “Being a huge tennis fan, I approached WIMBLEDON with certain trepidation. Would this romantic comedy be as bad as I feared? The answer is ‘no, it wasn’t really…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael Moore
…war against Iraq as though there were a connection between Iraq and 9/11. Bush makes many speeches, coming across like a snake oil salesman as he sells the concept of…
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Rating: 3.6
Director: Elia Suleiman
Starring: Elia Suleiman | George Ibrahim | Manal Khader | Salwa Nakkara
…sound of a woman singing I Put a Spell on You. I didn’t think anyone could top the Screamin’ Jay Hawkins version, but this comes close. “My only negative comment…
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Rating: 3.6
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Anupam Kher | Archie Panjabi | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Keira Knightley | Parminder K. Nagra
…spikes one out of the park with her enormously entertaining, cross-generational and cross-cultural sports/romantic comedy. While there is nothing being explored in BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, that hasn’t been seen…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Neil Burger
Starring: Dylan Haggerty | Kelsy Kemper | Raymond J. Barry | Renee Faia
…about to have an INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSASSIN. “Taking notes from THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and an unsettling encounter from his college days, writer/director Neil Burger has created a compelling…
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