Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kung-Lok Lee
Jason says: “I wonder how many of the critics who regularly make sure to include something along the lines of ‘don’t pay the extra for 3D, there’s nothing that merits it’ for seemingly every movie released in the format will
Read the review...Mr. Go (South Korea/China; 123 min.) directed by: Kim Yong-hwa starring: Jiao Xu; Kim Hee-won; Sung Dong-il; Joe Odagiri Jason says: “I’m not going to sugar coat this – MR. GO is not the best possible movie that could be
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Dorothy Atkinson | Karl Johnson | Marion Bailey | Paul Jesson | Timothy Spall
Jason says: “This is Mike Leigh’s third historical biography, which is somewhat surprising considering what a loosely outlined style he is famous for using – improvisation and recreation do not necessarily go hand-in-hand. And yet, somehow, this winds up an
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Anton Corbijn
Jason says: “I must admit to bring a little surprised that John le Carré is still with us and writing contemporary works; I had sort of aimed he faded away with the end of the Cold War. This, it turns
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Talya Lavie
Jason says: “Having a crappy job or two is often a rite of passage for folks in their late teens and early twenties, and if you live in a country like Israel with mandatory military service, having that turn out
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Aissa Maiga | Audrey Tautou | Charlotte Le Bon | Gad Elmaleh | Omar Sy | Romain Duris
Chris says: “Michel Gondry’s most ambitious film to date, MOOD INDIGO alternately plays like one of the director’s early, playfully innovative music videos stretched to feature-length, or ETERNAL SUNSHINE without brakes, or AMELIE on crack. An adaptation of a beloved
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Hideo Nakata
Starring: Motoki Ochiai | Satomi Ishihara | Takayuki Yamada | Tatsuya Fujiwara
Jason says: “2011’s HAUNTERS was an excellent Korean movie that established a simple premise – two people with opposite superpowers (mind control and rapid healing) on a collision course – and delivered with entertaining action pieces, a likable cast of
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Alexandre Goyette | Anne Dorval | Antoine-Olivier Pilon | Patrick Huard | Suzanne Clément
Chris says: “Those familiar with Quebecois wunderkind Xavier Dolan’s small, extraordinary oeuvre may notice the title and remember that his first feature was called I KILLED MY MOTHER. This, his fifth, is not a sequel, but it occasionally scans as
Read the review...The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (Japan; 130 min.) directed by: Takashi Miikestarring: Toma Ikuta; Mitsuru Fukikoshi; Kenichi Endo; Shinichi Tsutsumi; Riisa Naka Jason says: “A few weeks ago, someone recommended a comedy to me by saying ‘it’s great –
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Liv Ullman
Starring: Colin Farrell | Jessica Chastain | Nora McMenamy | Samantha Morton
Jason says: “One often talks of ‘opening up’ plays when adapting them to film, doing things to obscure the fact that they were originally created to take place in a limited number of limited spaces, all viewed from a single
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