Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Ishii Yuichi | Mahiro Tanimoto | Miki Fujimaki | Takashi Nakatani
…producer Roc Murin and Yuichi Ishii here: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2017/11/paying-for-fake-friends-and-family/545060/ “P.S. Herzog feels strongly that people should read books—more than watch films, and he wants to be remembered for the books he’s…
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Eihi Shiina | Ryo Ishibashi
…the gamut from elevator style to the exotic ethnic arrangements found in Werner Herzog films.” 5 cats For Laura’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/audition.htm” Michael says: “Is it possible that one of…
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Larry Fessenden
Starring: Erik Per Sullivan | Jake Weber | John Speredakos | Patricia Clarkson
…eerie tree trunk of LITTLE OTIK.” 4 1/2 cats For Laura’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/wendigo.htm” Peg says:”Ever since the Matter of Blair Township was unearthed by those cockyOrlando upstarts three…
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Rating: 3.4
Director: Shinji Aoyama
Starring: Aoi Miyazaki | Koji Yakusho | Mazaru Miyazaki
…sometimes arduous journey. While one of its major roads leads to an unsatisfying destination, the trip on the whole is one worth taking.” 3 cats For Laura’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/eureka.htm”…
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Eskil Vogt
Starring: Alva Brynsmo Ramstad | Ellen Dorrit Petersen | Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim | Morten Svartveit | Rakel Lenora FlΓΈttum | Sam Ashraf
…slow burn and THE OMEN-esque long takes coupled with ominous creepy kid stare-downs. For many, this study of empathy-less children (and the ‘good guy’ antitheses of this) will have its…
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Aleem Khan
Starring: Joanna Scanlan | Nasser Memarzia | Nathalie Richard | Sudha Bhuchar | Talid Ariss
…miraculous study of grief, jealousy and ultimately compassion, all executed with very little dialogue.’ ‘A quietly devastating slow burn on what it really means to belong.’ 5 cats” …
Read the review...…THE BEAR.” 3 cats For Laura’s complete review: “http://www.reelingreviews.com/enemyatthegates.htm“ Robin says: “ENEMY AT THE GATES tries to be two very different films and isn’t really a success at either. It…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Julia Harty
Starring: David Strathairn | Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Lorraine Toussaint | Saniyya Sidney
…they want to study her. The only place Ruth can go for safety is to her home, from which she fled years ago. There, her mother, Bo, is taking care…
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Ross Kauffman | Zana Briski
…and into boarding school. Here the film sags. With Briski’s project (www.kids-with-cameras.org) still growing, the film (directed by Briski and Ross Kauffman) ultimately comes across as a fundraising tool. 3…
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Megan Wennberg
…taking a dramatic plunge with some common sense attached. That none of the quartet appear to have even a shred of talent, that might well come in time. I especially…
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