Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Christian Petzold
Starring: Felix Römer | Imogen Kogge | Michael Maertens | Nina Hoss | Nina Kunzendorf | Ronald Zehrfeld | Trystan Pütter
Jason says: “In a happy coincidence, the local boutique multiplex was playing PHOENIX and the new restoration of THE THIRD MAN in adjacent theaters on the night when I saw the former, and the pair would make a fantastic double feature:
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: James C. Strouse
Michael says: “When Will walks in on his wife Charly having just had sex with another man on their twin daughters’ fifth birthday he is thrown for a loop. A year later, he is still having trouble letting go. He
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Turk | Keith Nickoson
Jason says: “It’s not quite ideal that my strongest reaction to PARALLEL is to note its strong fundamentals – that the filmmakers keep a potentially-confusing picture clear is great, but this is a love story; shouldn’t that be what sticks
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Bard Barber | Scott Christopherson
Jason says: “‘Dub’ Lawrence is a disconcertingly cheerful face with which to sell the idea that the militarization of American police forces is out of hand; it’s a serious, life-and-death subject to which he has a highly personal connection, and
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dong Chengpeng
Jason says: “I doubt that JIAN BING MAN will be a part of the next International Pancake Film Festival (a real thing in Boston and Chicago, look it up!); there just isn’t enough pancake content to justify adding a feature
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Nick Powell
Kyle says: “For the ‘New Rules’ segment of his hit HBO show REAL TIME, comedian Bill Maher has found considerable merriment in making fun of actors attempting to portray gravitas by affecting a British accent, and in pointing out how
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Yu Shan Chen
Jasonvsays: “So, here’s a weird coincidence – two Mandarin-language moviesvreaching American cinemas a mere two days apart, both nostalgic romances that, at different points, involve the young characters needing to meet up at McDonald’s. They’re from different countries (China and
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Lluís Quílez
Kyle says: “OUT OF THE DARK starts with a thunderstorm, as a man hurriedly packs a suitcase, interrupted on his way out first by a phone call instructing him to burn what look like medical files, then by persistent pounding
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Zhang Hao
Jason says: “As Fong Yang (Tang Wei) lays out the backstory for ONLY YOU in its opening fourth-wall-breaking minutes, I briefly wondered if it perhaps made a bit more sense with a Chinese background than in the original American movie
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Ed Pincus | Lucia Small
Thom says: “According to items I’ve been reading Ed Pincus is considered a seminal documentary film director, even so far as being called the Father of First-person Non-fiction Film. This biographical entry was made during the last period of Pincus’
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