Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.4
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Beth Grant | Drew Barrymore | Jake Gyllenhaal | Jena Malone | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Mary McDonnell | Noah Wylie | Patrick Swayze
…says: “A surprisingly good film with a cast of who-you-get-when-you-can’t-get-who-you-really-want-to-get and where-did-they-come-froms that rates a solid YES on the Did I Get Up And Watch The End In The Morning…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nicholas Jasenovec
Starring: Charlene Yi | Jake M. Johnson | Michael Cera
…search for real love. Like ‘J&J,’ it’s completely enjoyable. But natch better than ‘J&J,’ it has inventiveness and variety. Yi and Cera are perfect for the roles of tentative and…
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Arnaud Larrieu | Jean-Marie Larriue
Starring: Catherine Frot | Clotilde Hesme | Karin Viard | Mathieu Amalric | Sergi Lopez
…world population. It’s a road film about a married man who goes in search of a lost love. It’s one of those films that appear to go on forever, with…
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Blaine Thurier
Starring: Ali Liebert | Ben Cotton | Benjamin Ayres | Craig Anderson | Paul Anthony | Sarah Edmondson | Sarah Lind
Thom says: “This was far and away the best Canadian film I saw at TIFF. A very black comedy featuring extraordinarily peculiar characters, I was hooked on this from the…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jeff Stilson
…tropes, from the talking head to the competition set up where we follow each of the competitors and end up watching the competition at the end. What’s surprising is that…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Christian Molina
Starring: BelΓ©n Fabra | Geraldine Chaplin | Leonardo Sbaraglia | Llum Barrera
…is ultimately empty, whereas in this one, pretty much every bit of misery that comes the way of Belén Fabra’s Valére comes from trying to make it into something more…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: ArsinΓ©e Khanjian | Devon Bostick | Kenneth Welsh | Scott Speedman
…rabidly discussed on the internet, among both Simon’s friends, to others who were on the plane where the supposed bomb was carried. There is also a search for identity happening,…
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Craig Zobel
Starring: Kene Holliday | Pat Healy | Rebecca Mader
Chris says: “The title is actually the name of a small record label in the film that bills itself as a ‘talent search company.’ Salesmen are hired as ‘record producers’…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Maziar Miri
Starring: Hassan Poorshirazi | Mohammed-Reza Foroutan | Niloofar Khoshkholgh
Bruce says: “GRADUALLY (BE AHESTEGI…) is a gentle film about a couple coming to grips with personal issues that may be affecting their marriage. Mahmoud is a railroad welder who…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ben Affleck
Starring: Amy Madigan | Amy Ryan | Casey Affleck | Ed Harris | John Ashton | Michelle Monaghan | Morgan Freeman
…Madigan), private detectives Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) and Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan) debate whether or not to take the case. Fueled by compassion and neighborhood loyalty, the two detectives agree…
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