Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hans Herbots
Jason says: “Film festivals, or the other ways that film lovers cram more movies than their friends watch in a month into a much shorter span of time, can really warp one’s perception of a given picture via context. On
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Sang-woo Lee
Starring: Park Hyung-bin | Sang-woo Lee | Yang Myung-hun
Jason says: “‘Just jerk off when your brother tells you to’ isn’t quite the first line of I AM TRASH, but it’s close and gets the audience’s attention. It also turns out to be one of the less horrific moments
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Vivian Qu
Starring: He Wenchao | Hou Yong | Li Xinghong | Liu Tiejian | Lu Yulai | Xiang Qun | Zhao Xiaofei
Kyle says: “TRAP STREET marks the directorial debut of Vivian Qu, who has a substantial resumé as a producer of Chinese films. This a tale of the gray areas between surveying and surveillance, as young Li Quiming (Lu Yulai) happily
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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
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