Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Alicja Bachleda | Alison Barry | Colin Farrell | Dervla Kirwan | Marion O'Dwyer | Stephen Rea | Tony Curran
Thom says: “I’ll easily admit that I’ve been a huge fan of many of Jordan’s films including THE CRYING GAME, THE BUTCHER BOY, MONA LISA, BREAKFAST ON PLUTO, & THE…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Drew Barrymore
Starring: Alia Shawkat | Drew Barrymore | Elliot Page (as Ellen Page) | Juliette Lewis | Kristen Wiig | Marcia Gay Harden
Thom says: “For all the world I thought this was going to be a box office smash due to the general nature of the story and the great big “Hollywood”…
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Rating: 0.5 cats
Director: Simon Hunter
Starring: Anna Walton | Benno Fürmann | Devon Aoki | John Malkovich | Ron Pearlman | Sean Pertwee | Thomas Jane
Jeff says: “Wretched. Tragic waste of Ron Perlman. Half a cat for occasionally interesting production design.” …
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Guillermo Arriaga
Starring: Charlize Theron | Jennifer Lawrence | Joaquim de Almeida | José María Yazpik | Kim Basinger | Tessa Ia
Beth C says: “Definitely the worst film I’ve seen all year. Don’t waste your time and money. 1 cat.“ …
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mike E. Kaplan
Bruce says: “Although NEVER APOLOGIZE has a documentary label, it is a screen adaptation of Malcolm McDowell’s one-man show that originated on stage. Wearing a tuxedo jacket, an open white…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Yousry Nasrallah
Starring: Ahmed Al Feshawy | Amr Waked | Hend Sabry | Menha Batraoui | Samah Anwar
…discuss their problem. Although a successful businesswoman, she still lives at home with her mother and brother. She yearns to be on her own. Youssef is an anesthesiologist who lives…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Andy Cockrum
…Guller and Rogers, along with the dozens of Sherpas and Porters used by a successful trek. They’re led by Guller’s friend Nima Dewa, who brings along two disabled people from…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Andrew Wagner
Starring: Adrian Lester | Frank Langella | Jessica Hecht | Lauren Ambrose | Lili Taylor
Michael says: “Come on, wouldn’t you see this for the cast alone? Another film featuring a widowed academic in New York City, similar in gentle tone to THE VISITOR, but…
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Teriq Terguia
Starring: Ahmed Benaissa | Rachid Amrani | Samira Kaddour
…of escaping to foreign lands. The somewhat jumbled script is sparked by references to Kafka, D. H. Lawrence, Halliburton, and Eldridge Cleaver. Director Teriq Terguia has some great ideas but…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Toni Kalem
Starring: Guy Pearce | Irma P. Hall | John Hawkes | Lili Taylor
Bruce says: “**SPOILERS** “Based on an Anne Tyler novel, A SLIPPING-DOWN LIFE is a weird combination of a traditional love story and a bizarre turn of events for two Southerners…
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