Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Sion Sono
Jason says: “So it’s come to this: The festival program describes Sion Sono’s latest as an ode to 35mm cinema, and while ‘ode’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘requiem’, it’s often not far off. Fortunately, even if this is a eulogy for
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Gregg Araki
Starring: Angela Bassett | Ava Acres | Christopher Meloni | Dale Dickey | Eva Green | Shailene Woodley | Sheryl Lee | Shiloh Fernandez | Thomas Jane
Jason says: “I saw WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD referred to as a coming of age movie, and I don’t necessarily think that designation fits. Not every drama where the characters haven’t graduated from high school yet needs that label;
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Benny Chan
Jason says: “Sometimes, it’s not enough for someone to be shot in the chest. They have to fall off a cliff, and there have to be alligators in the river below. That is the attitude Benny Chan brings to THE
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Damien Chazelle
Jason says: “So far, three of the four films that Damien Chazelle has written and/or directed have been about musicians, and for all I know, his script for THE LAST EXORCISM II had one in a prominent supporting role. In
Read the review...The Search for Weng Weng (Australia; 92 min.) directed by: Andrew Leavoldstarring: Tikoy Aguiluz; Roy Arabejo; Tilman Baumgaertel; Don Gordon Bell; Celso Ad. Castillo; Beth Chai Jason says: “Going in, I half-thought that I had seen THE SEARCH FOR WENG
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Roger Michell
Jason says: “Vicarious travel is one of the more underrated joys of going to the movies even if it can’t carry a film itself, and LE WEEK-END uses it well: It could have just been another nicely-acted argument that runs
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Shira Piven
Chris says: “Welcome to The Kristen Wiig Show—what other famous comedic actress could you possibly cast as Alice Klieg, a woman diagnosed with borderline personality disorder who wins the lottery and spends all her earnings funding her very own Oprah-esque
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hubert Sauper
Kyle says: “WE COME AS FRIENDS is Austrian director Hubert Sauper’s horrifying documentary about contemporary colonization of South Sudan. Perhaps depressing and infuriating are better adjectives. This constitutes numerous episodes about the exploitation of the resources and manipulation of the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Starring: Johan Liljemark | Liv LeMoyne | Mattias Wiberg | Mira Barkhammar | Mira Grosin
Jason says: “The opening scene of WE ARE THE BEST briefly reminded me of another recent Scandinavian film, SONS OF NORWAY, which followed a punk-loving teenager whose need to rebel was frustrated by his exceptionally open-minded and accommodating father. This
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Barmak Akram
Jason says: “Depending on where in the world it plays, WAJMA may be titled AN AFGHAN LOVE STORY or use that as a subtitle. It’s a somewhat ironic one, as those hoping for a romance that brings either cheer or
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