Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Autumn de Wilde
Starring: Angus Imrie | Anya Taylor-Joy | Bill Nighy | Gemma Whelan | Johnny Flynn | Letty Thomas | Miranda Hart | Rupert Graves
Michael says: “Did we need yet another adaptation of Jane Austen’s popular novel Emma? Probably not. Did I thoroughly enjoy Eleanor Catton’s 2020 adaptation of said classic comedy of manners directed by Autumn de Wilde? Yes, I did, despite myself.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Ann Prentiss | Anne Meara | Jack Lemmon | Robert Nichols | Ron Carey | Sandy Baron | Sandy Dennis
Michael says: “With the expected smart and rapid dialog from playwright Neil Simon, THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS is a lively, dark comedy about a suburban couple from Ohio who travel to New York City in the hopes of landing a big job
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Curt May | Dennis Franz | John Aquino | John Lithgow | John McMartin | John Travolta | Nancy Allen | Peter Boyden
Michael says: “After enjoying Antonioni’s BLOW-UP, I thought it might be fun to check out BLOW OUT, Brian De Palma’s nod to that classic. In the 1966 film about a photographer who inadvertently captures a possible murder while king pictures of
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ousmane Sembene
Starring: Anne-Marie Jelinek | Ibrahima Boy Bernard Delbard | Mbissine Thérèse Diop | Momar Nar Sene | Nicole Donati | Robert Fontaine
Michael says: “Known as the father of African film, Ousmane Sembene made a bold directorial debut in1966 with the spare but withering commentary in BLACK GIRL. The original French title of the film is La noire de…, which means ‘The black girl of…’,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ben Sharrock
Starring: Bárbara Goenaga | Joseba Usabiaga | Lander Otaola | Ylenia Baglietto | Zorion Eguileor
Michael says: “Sharrock is the Scottish director who recently scored big with Chlotrudis viewers for his second film, LIMBO. PIKADERO is his debut film released in 2015. It revolves around a young couple living in the Basque Country of Spain
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: David Bruckner
Starring: Christina Jackson | David Abeles | Evan Jonigkeit | Patrick Klein | Rebecca Hall | Sarah Goldberg | Stacy Martin | Vondie Curtis-Hall
Brett says: “As fan of the underexposed and underrated anthology spookfest SOUTHBOUND, it was a no-brainer to take a seat at director David Bruckner’s latest film THE NIGHT HOUSE, especially with the notion of a major motion picture studio backing
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Bengt Ekerot | Bibi Andersson | Gunnar Björnstrand | Inga Gill | Max von Sydow | Nils Poppe
Michael says: “It was the 17th film Bergman directed, but it was his breakout. Based on his play, ‘Transitions’ THE SEVENTH SEAL follows a knight, Antonious Block, returning from the Crusades with his squire, to find his homeland ravaged by
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Ken Russell
Starring: Blair Brown | Bob Balaban | Charles Haid | Drew Barrymore | Miguel Godreau | Thaao Penghlis | William Hurt
Michael says: “From his crazed musicals (TOMMY; THE BOY FRIEND) to his hallucinogenic movies (GOTHIC; THE RAINBOW; LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM) I knew what I was getting into when I decided to watch ALTERED STATES. I’ve always been wary,
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Juraj Herz
Starring: Eduard Kohout | Helena Anýzová | Ilja Prachar | Jirí Lír | Jirí Menzel | Míla Myslíková | Milos Vognic | Rudolf Hrusínský | Václav Stekl | Vladimír Mensík | Vlasta Chramostová
Thom says: “Out-of-hand I see all Criterion releases that come out if previously not watched by me. Most of their releases are anywhere from good to extraordinary (although very occasionally they are poor) and this one is an outright masterpiece.
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Director: Anne Fontaine
Starring: Charles Berling | Damien Bonnard | Isabelle Huppert | Jonathan Cohen | ou de Laâge | Pablo Pauly | Richard Fréchette | Vincent Macaigne
