Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Fengliang Yang | Yimou Zhang
Starring: Baotian Li | Ji-an Zheng | Li Gong | Wei Li | Zhang Yi
Bob says: “I watched JU DOU tonight. Did you know that it was made in Technicolor? In 1990? In China? So sayeth the Wiki, so it must be true. I do remember, when I first saw it in a theater,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: Abby Quinn | David Thewlis | Gus Birney | Guy Boyd | Hadley Robinson | Jesse Plemons | Jessie Buckley | Toni Collette
Bob says: “Charlie Kaufman’s latest head-fuck is I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS. I’m thinking at least one of the characters is another’s invention. Maybe both are.” Chris says: “Jessie Buckley is great and Jesse Plemons’ performance of the Tulsey
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sean Durkin
Starring: Carrie Coon | Charlie Shotwell | Jude Law | Marcus Cornwall | Oona Roche | Tanya Allen | Tattiawna Jones | Wendy Crewson
Michael says: “THE NEST tells the story of a family that is falling apart due to the pressures and excesses of the late 1980’s culture. Rory and Allison O’Hara are living the good life, enough money for a gorgeous home
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Melina León
Starring: Lucio Rojas | Maykol Hernández | Pamela Mendoza | Ruth Armas | Tommy Párraga
Beth C. said: “SONG WITHOUT A NAME, by Melina León is a Spanish language film from Peru about an indigenous Andean woman whose baby is stolen at birth via an underground trafficking ring. The story is based on real events,
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Director: Robert Schwartzman
Starring: Cleopatra Coleman | Dan Fogler | Danny Pudi | Emma Bell | Maggie Q | Tyler James Williams
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Christopher Renz | Gerard Bush
Starring: Achok Majak | Arabella Landrum | Eric Lange | Jack Huston | Janelle Monáe | Jena Malone | Tongayi Chirisa
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: John Hyams
Starring: Anthony Heald | Jonathan Rosenthal | Jules Willcox | Marc Menchaca
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Lisa Cortes | Liz Garbus
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Ayham Ghalayini | Harry Summerfield | Jimi Jackson | JoJo Waaka | Shae Sterling | Tane Huata | Thomas Sainsbury | Tukairangi Maxwell
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Asad-Shareef Muhammad | Ashley McGuire | Elliot Edusah | Fumilayo Brown-Olateju | Jonathan Jules | Robbie Gee | Sheyi Cole
Part of the Small Axe Amazon Prime series Michael says: “Sadly, the penultimate film in McQueen’s quintet is the nadir for me. Perhaps having watched all five in fairly close succession, I was just feeling a little burned out on the
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