Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Charlotte Regan
Starring: Alin Uzun | Ambreen Razia | Cary Crankson | Carys Bowkett | Harris Dickinson | Lola Campbell
Diane says: “This is my 8th film ‘at’ Sundance. Here we leave formalism and get back to films that suddenly go animated! SCRAPPER is a cousin to AFTERSUN, as a very young father and his winsome daughter bond. Twelve-year-old Georgie
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: A.V. Rockwell
Starring: Aaron Kingsley Adetola | Aven Courtney | Josiah Cross | Teyana Taylor | William Catlet
Diane says: “This is my 7th film ‘at’ Sundance. “First-timer A.V. Rockwell wrote and directed this movie to honor Black mothers. “Inez, newly released from Rikers, heads back to Harlem to get her old life back and reclaim her little
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Maryam Keshavarz
Starring: ayla Mohammadi | Bella Warda | Bijan Daneshmand | Kamand Shafieisabet | Niousha Noor
Diane says: “This is my 6th film ‘at’ Sundance. “A movie director writes a screenplay of her mother’s life, as she and her mother revisit their past conflicts. You’d need an awful lot of Tilda Swintons for this one, as
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: David Zonana
Starring: Carlos Gerardo García | Esteban Caicedo | Fernando Cuautle | Isabel Yudice | Santiago Sandoval
Diane says: “This is my 5th film ‘at’ Sundance. “David Zonana’s sophomore feature as writer/director shows a lot of talent. He said in his intro that he’s been able to find his style in this second film. “Luís, an Indigenous
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Alice Englert
Starring: Alice Englert | Allistair Sewell | Ana Scotney | Ben Whishaw | Jennifer Connelly
Diane says: “My 4th film ‘at’ Sundance. I’m thinking that maybe it wasn’t a good idea for Alice Englert (daughter of our esteemed Jane Campion) to go all in as writer, director, co-lead, and composer of this mother-daughter-themed film. “Jennifer
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Justin Chon
Starring: Alex Chi | David Matheny | Joseph Dang | Rich Brian | Yayu A.W. Unru
Diane says: “My third film ‘at’ Sundance: “Young Indonesian rapper James arrives in Hawaii to record his first album. He’s recently dumped his father as manager, replacing him with a much more savvy woman from LA. But Dad won’t stay
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Luke Lorentzen
Diane says: “STILL SMALL VOICE is my second film at virtual Sundance. “I watched this doc about hospital chaplaincy because I went thru some of that training myself. Because chaplaincy training involves so much inner work (for both students and
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Susanna Fogel
Starring: Emilia Jones | Geraldine Viswanathan | Hope Davis | Isabella Rossellini | Nicholas Braun
Diane says: “Based on a story that appeared in the New Yorker a few years ago and ignited controversy, this 2-hour adaptation takes us out of the narrator’s head and pushes Margaret Atwood’s observation as far as it can go:
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Brooklyn Sudano | Roger Ross Williams
Brett says: “The documentary LOVE TO LOVE YOU, DONNA SUMMER accomplishes what most expect from a film about a famous pop icon in offering an audience the familiar trajectory into fame while exposing (part of) the behind-the-scenes person living in
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Director: Remy Grillo
Starring: Frank Grillo | Jaime King | Katherine Hughes | Sarah Dumont | Will Petz
