Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Bruce McDonald
Starring: Allan Hawco | Cathy Jones | Dylan Authors | Julia Sarah Stone | Molly Parker | Rhys Bevan-John | Vi Tang
Michael says: “What a delightful surprise when Chris told me about this charming Canadian film from 2016, written by Chlotrudis pal Daniel MacIvor, directed by the prolific Bruce McDonald, and featuring the magnificent Molly Parker in a supporting role. Set
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Chalres D. Brown | Charles Waldron | Dorothy Malone | John Ridgely | Lauren Bacall | Martha Vickers | Peggy Knudsen | Regis Toomey | umphrey Bogart
Michael says: “Not the first, but perhaps the most famous (despite the 1980’s pop song) of the Bogie and Bacall films, I have a vague recollection that I may have seen all or part of THE BIG SLEEP over twenty
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Brea Grant
Starring: Alex Berg | Alex Farnie | Jon Michael Davis | Stacey Storey | Tom Davies | Vera Miao
Jason says: “Brea Grant has thus far had the sort of career that leads to a movie like BEST FRIENDS FOREVER- after a few instances of being the pretty good thing in disappointing productions and not having it lead to
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Daisuke Katô | Isuzu Yamada | Seizaburô Kawazu | Takashi Shimura | Tatsuya Nakadai | Toshirô Mifune | Yôko Tsukasa
Michael says: “I guess it doesn’t matter if their Japanese and directed by a master, I’m just to that much of a fan, with the exception of a handful of revisionist/feminist takes, of the western. Although in fact, YOJIMBO, which means
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Elaine May
Starring: Aharon Ipalé | Carol Kane | Charles Grodin | Dustin Hoffman | Isabelle Adjani | Jack Weston | Tess Harper | Warren Beatty
Michael says: “Notorious as one of moviedom’s biggest flops, Elaine May’s comedy of errors that puts two befuddled wanna-be songwriters wandering the desert outside of Morocco entangled in a complicated political plot involving the C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Brandon De Wilde | Crahan Denton | John Ashley | Melvyn Douglas | Patricia Neal | Paul Newman | Whit Bissell
Michael says: “This pseudo-Western from the early 60’s is very reminiscent of THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, from 8 years later. Both are based in Texas, and both focus on the end of an era. While PICTURE SHOW shows the decline
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Director: Jeremy Workman
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Monica Zanetti
Starring: Bridie Connell | Julia Billington | Marta Dusseldorp | Rachel House | Sophie Hawkshaw | Zoe Terakes
Michael says: “No one blends silly comedy and heart-rending tragedy like the Australians. In the great tradition of MURIEL’S WEDDING, ELLIE & ABBIE (& ELLIE’S DEAD AUNT) surprises when it’s slight, somewhat innocent comedy takes a sharp turn into a
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Director: Ulrich Thomsen
Starring: Antony Starr | Chance Kelly | Clark Middleton | Ewen Bremner | Joshua Harto | Pia Mechler | W. Earl Brown
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Justin Martin | Stephen Daldry
Starring: James McAvoy | Samuel Logan | Sharon Horgan
