Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Michael Colford
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Starring: Kang-sheng Lee | Kuei-Mei Yang | Shiang-chyi Chen | Yi Cheng Lee. Yi Chieh Lee | Yi-ching Lu
Michael says: “After seeing the great director Tsai Ming-liang’s latest film, DAYS, I decided to go back and watch his previous film, and the only of his features that I hadn’t seen, STRAY DOGS. Interestingly enough, while I was braced
Read the review...By Michael Colford
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Sterlin Harjo
Starring: Casey Camp-Horinek | Jon Proudstar | Julian Ballentyne | Laura Spencer | Richard Way Whitman | Zoe Leigh Hopkins
Michael says: “After hearing some praise about the new streaming television series, RESERVATION DOGS, which director Harjo executive produced as well as wrote and directed for, I decided to dip into his 2009 film, BARKING WATER, before starting in on
Read the review...By Michael Colford
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Tay Garnett
Starring: Audrey Totter | Cecil Kellaway | Hume Cronyn | John Garfield | Lana Turner | Leon Ames
Michael says: “Often mentioned as one of the best examples of film noir, I thought I should check out this novel adaptation from 1946. An entertaining romp, to be sure, but it doesn’t have the charisma and appeal as those
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: John Hsu
Starring: Cecilia Choi | Hung Chang Chu | ingle Wang | Jing-Hua Tseng | Meng-Po Fu | Yue-Ti Liu
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Kier-La Janisse
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Jimmy Chin
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie | Clara Strauch | Grace Delrue | Hempus Nordenson | Mia Wasikowska | Tim Roth | Vicky Krieps
Julie says: “Even with Tim Roth and Vicki Krieps, who were both excellent, the story was just so-so and story within story ughh. There was one interesting element near the end that if one blinks they might miss and sort
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson
Starring: Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson | Ester Bibi | Hilmir Snær Guðnason | Ingvar Sigurdsson | Noomi Rapace
Brett says: “All’s fair in love and wool. The film LAMB works as a film that’s more about the journey rather than the meaning. Even the most subtle explanation here would involve potential spoilers for the film, so it is
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Director: Aron Gaudet | Gita Pullapilly
Starring: Eduardo Franco | Greta Oglesby | Joel McHale | Kirby Howell-Baptiste | Kristen Bell | Lidia Porto
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Castille Landon
Starring: Arielle Kebbel | Chance Perdomo | Hero Fiennes Tiffin | Josephine Langford | Louise Lombard | Rob Estes | Stephen Moyer
