Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Deborah Harry | Mark Ruffalo | Sarah Polley | Scott Speedman
…production combines the whimsy and drama of Almodovar’s films with a quiet stillness that often shines in Canadian indie films. Director Isobel Coixet sidesteps several approaches toward the sentimental to…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring: David Hemmings | Gillian Hills | Jane Birkin | John Castle | Peter Bowles | Sarah Miles | Vanessa Redgrave | Veruschka von Lehndorff
…and sex with models, BLOW-UP also follows him on his quest for art. While walking through a park taking random photographs, he comes upon a couple in the distance… kissing?…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Markus Imhoof
…successful mail-order business; Zhang Zhao Su, who gathers, sells, and transports pollen in China where bees are rare; and scientists in both Europe and Australia who study the creatures. “But…
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Michael Sarnoski
Starring: Alex Wolff | Cassandra Violet | Elijah Ungvary | Julia Bray | Nicolas Cage
…to make the concept come to life in a compelling way. I have always believed that virtually anything can work in film if the tone is established in such a…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal | Jennifer Aniston | John C. Reilly | John Carroll Lynch | Tim Blake Nelson | Zooey Deschanel
…The steady hand of helmer Arteta, his behind the camera crew and the talented cast make this a little gem.” 4 cats For Robin’s complete review: (http://www.reelingreviews.com/thegoodgirl.htm) …
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Rating: 4.8 cats | 4.9
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Starring: Dirk Denoyelle | Jean-Claude Donda | Michel Robin | Monica Viegas
…animated 101 DALMATIANS and Warner Brothers’ early Merrie Melodies cartoons yet remains a completely unique creation. “The almost dialogue-free film (sound is exceptional) begins with the young Champion, who looks…
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Rating: 3.375
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Starring: Amene Moradi | Amin Maher | Kamran Adl | Mania Akbari
…on a driver and her passengers that never leaves the car could be so compellingly watchable? TEN is not only a fascinating character study, but a portrait of an entire…
Read the review...…an eye on whatever comes up next from Amy Robinson. My thanks to Amy for taking time to speak with me. Check the Chlotrudis website in the coming months for…
Read the review...…David) hosted the party at her Harvard Square apartment. The fete was organized by Green, along with Chlotrudis Membership Committee Chair, Georgette Gagne, and Chlotrudis President, Michael Colford. A lively…
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During the last week of August 2001, Chlotrudis Awards hosted a special pre-release screening of the new Lot47 Films release, waydowntown. The film, released last year in Canada, will hit…
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