Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Radu Jude
Starring: Alberto Dinache | Luminita Gheorghiu | Mihai Comanoiu | Teodor Corban | Toma Cuzinm Alexandru Dabija | Victor Rebengiuc
Kate says: “Marius Panduru’s high-contrast B&W photography provides the audience with a crisp and caustic lens through which to view the slapstick adventures of a bureaucratic flunky and his son, as they chase down a Romany slave running from his
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Anne Fontaine
Starring: Agata Buzek | Agata Kulesza | Anna Próchniak | Eliza Rycembel | Joanna Kulig | Katarzyna Dabrowska | Lou de Laâge | Vincent Macaigne
Beth C. says: “The best films utilize cinematography for aesthetic value and to convey meaningful information about the film’s unexplored plot, themes, and moods. The outdoor scenes in The Innocents are stunning and demonstrate Champetier’s superior skills and perspective. It
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Adriana Ugarte | Daniel Grao | Dario Grandinetti | Emma Suárez | Inma Cuesta | Michelle Jenner | Nathalie Poza | Pilar Castrop | Rossy de Palma
Beth says: “The challenge for Jose Salcedo, Pedro Almodovar’s longtime editor, was how to harness two strong, distinct voices (Almodovar’s and writer Alice Munro, whose short stories were adapted for the screen) into a cohesive blend, while at the same
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Blake Jenner | Juston Street | Ryan Guzman | Temple Baker | Tyler Hoechlin | Wyatt Russellm Glen Powell
Hilary says: “The soundtrack of EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! ambles between genres as it follows the teammates of the 1980 Texas State University baseball team over the last long weekend before the Fall semester. Music blasts from car radios, nightclub sound
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring: Arielle Holmes | Crystal Ice | McCaul Lombardi | Riley Keough | Sasha Lane | Shia LaBeouf
Chris says: “The soundtrack to Andrea Arnold’s one-of-a-kind road trip film suitably plays like an eclectic but not random mixtape, even if its teenaged characters likely no longer make them. It features plenty of hip-hop that we often see the
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Hannes Holm
Starring: Bahar Pars | Börje Lundberg | Chatarina Larsson | Filip Berg | Ida Engvoll | Klas Wiljergård | Rolf Lassgård | Tobias Almborg
Paul says: “A MAN CALLED OVE is the story of a lonely and curmudgeonly retiree who spends his time harassing his neighbors for petty HOA violations before ultimately planning to kill himself. However, Ove, who at the film’s beginning is
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Starring: Amanda Colin | Fares Fares’ | Jacob Lohmann | Jakob Oftebro | Johanne Louise Schmidt | Nikolaj Lie Kaas | Pål Sverre Hagen | Signe Anastassia Mannov
Kyle says: “A CONSPIRACY OF FAITH is chronologically the third in an eerie and compelling series of popular Danish detective thrillers, all three of which were released in 2016 by Netflix. The title is ironic, as the people involved in
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Starring: Aurore Clément | Dakota Johnson | Lily McMenamy | Matthias Schoenaerts | Ralph Fiennes | Tilda Swinton
Vicki says: “It’s a delight to watch Ralph Fiennes cavort and romp in the remake of the French film, LA PISCINE. When Fiennes pays a visit to his old flame, rock star Marianne Lane ( played by Tilda Swinton), on
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: John Krasinski
Starring: Anna Kendrick | Ashley Dyke | John Krasinski | Josh Groban | Margo Martindale | Randall Park | Richard Jenkins | Sharlto Copley
Vicki says: “In the comedy/drama, THE HOLLARS, John Hollar (played by director, John Krasinski) returns when his mother, Sally, ends up in the hospital following a seizure and is diagnosed with a brain tumor. As Sally, Margo Martindale holds the
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Matt Ross
Starring: Annalise Basso | George MacKay | Kathryn Hahn | Nicholas Hamilton | Samantha Isler | Shree Crooks | Steve Zahn | Trin Miller | Viggo Mortensen
Paul says: “CAPTAIN FANTASTIC is the story of Ben, who lives with his six children in a remote area of the Pacific Northwest. He teaches them a blend of physical and survivalist training, rigorous academics, and anti-establishment socialist politics. It
Read the review...