Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Michele Meek
…Top 50 include François Truffaut, whose THE 400 BLOWS comes in at #3, Jean-Luc Godard, whose BREATHLESS comes in at #6, and one of three female directors on the list,…
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…1929 to note the documentary from the Soviet Union, MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA coming in at #29. Last year’s Chlotrudis winner, THE ARTIST, coming in at #4 is the…
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…scored TV series, and composed for theatre, classical ensembles and festival commissions. A multi-instrumentalist, conductor and pianist, she is a member of AMPAS, and the Alliance for Women Film Composers….
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…Brattle’s website. Robin Weigert garnered national acclaim in the early 2000s with her scene stealing Calamity Jane in HBO’s DEADWOOD, and has worked at a consistent high level ever since….
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…Far award to actress Robin Weigert, and its Body of Work award to film composer Lesley Barber, both of whom were present to accept their honors. Chlotrudis also welcomed back…
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Rating: 2.5 cats
…makes a film unusually compelling and gives the filmmakers an in-story reason for things to be kept hidden and excuses a few other rough edges, it’s a style that has…
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Evan Johnson | Guy Maddin
…– the first half live ‘seances’ where Guy Maddin and the day’s cast would recreate a lost film, the second a website that mixed and matched the results – the…
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Jake Schreier
Starring: Frank Langella | James Marsden | Jeremy Strong | Liv Tyler | Peter Sarsgaard | Susan Sarandon
…A good portion of the film’s comedic energy comes from a smart, snappy screenplay and Langella’s rapport with Sarsgaard. It also turns out that Frank used to be a jewel…
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Rating: 2.125 cats
Director: Tommy Stovall
Starring: Beth Grant | Christopher Atkins | Frances Fisher | Matthew J. Williamson | Seth Peterson
…could have been avoided. 2 1/2 cats” Jason says: “Since it has already screened, the description for SEDONA is no longer on the Brattle Theatre’s website for reference, but…
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Starring: Gael García Bernal | Jan David G. Nicdao | Marife Necesito | Michelle Williams | Sophie Nyweide | Thomas McCarthy
…other people’s children in order to make money to support her own family. In MAMMOTH, Leo (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Ellen (Michelle Williams) are a successful New York couple; Leo…
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