Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Chris Rock
Jason says: “It took roughly a minute of TOP FIVE for me to realize that I really hadn’t been anticipating this film enough – it is, after all, built around Chris Rock and Rosario Dawson hanging around and verbally jousting
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tarek Saleh
Jason says: “TOMMY starts out looking like it might be a certain type of movie – you know, the one where the underestimated woman at the center is eventually revealed to always be three steps ahead of everyone around her
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Shion Sono
Brett says: “It has gangs. It has over-the-top violence. It has lots of dead bodies. Oh, and it’s a musical. If one is to become gang lord of one of the largest cities on earth, it’s going to take some
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Teller
Chris says: “This documentary from venerable magicians/entertainers/smartasses Penn and Teller initially asks whether it’s possible to recreate a Vermeer painting; by the film’s end, that question turns into why anyone would want to do so. I don’t mean that to
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Bradley King
Jason says: “TIME LAPSE is a standout even for one of the best sci-fi years I can remember Fantasia having, and while those are rankings that may not mean much to non-attendees, it is meant as high praise. There’s always
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Josephine Decker
Jason says: “Before Josephine Decker’s THOU WAST MILD AND LOVELY starts to be a weird, creepy sort of movie in a way that has real certainty and direction, it’s got two scenes that kind of warn the audience what it’s
Read the review...Tiger Tail in Blue (USA; 80 min.) directed by: Frank V. Rossstarring: Rebecca Spence; Frank V. Ross; Megan Mercier; Allison Latta; Anthony J. Baker Jason says: “Give the latest wave of young independent filmmakers this: They seem to recognize that
Read the review...Thermae Romae II (Japan; 112 min.) directed by: Hideki Takeuchi starring: Hiroshi Abe; Aya Ueto; Masachika Ichimura; Kazuki Kitamura; Ivan Kostadinov Jason says: “2012’s THERMAE ROMAE adapted a manga with a delightfully high-concept premise – an architect of Roman bath
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: James Marsh
Starring: Charlie Cox | David Thewlis | Eddie Redmayne | Felicity Jones | Maxine Peake
Jason says: “Stephen Hawking’s life story is extraordinary, but not necessarily cinematic – its milestones are often losing the ability to do things, and his accomplishments can be difficult for laymen to understand. So what do you do? In this
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Rating: 1.75
Director: Michael J. Epstein | Sophia Cacciola
Jason says: “By the time TEN is over, it has maybe managed to beat its story into making some kind of sense, or at least into the kind of nonsense that the audience can sort of work with. That’s probably
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