Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Andrew Mudge
Jason says: “Anybody who has ever owned a globe or a world map has probably found himself or herself curious about Lesotho; the small landlocked kingdom in the middle of South Africa is one of only two or three nations
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Rating: 4.8 cats
Director: Ruben Östlund
Starring: Clara Wettergren | Johannes Bah Kuhnke | Kristofer Hivju | Lisa Loven Kongsli | Vincent Wettergren
Bruce says: “In the face of danger a man fends for himself rather than protect the ones he purportedly loves. The concept is not new in cinema – in fact, Julia Loktev’s THE LONELIEST PLANET dealt with the subject fairly
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Charlie Siske | John Maloof
Julie says: “FINDING VIVIAN MAIER is an intriguing documentary that takes you on the film maker’s search to piece together the life of Vivian Maier, a prolific photographer who was never recognized in life for her photographs, and who allegedly
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Shahram Mokri
Kyle says: “FISH & CAT is writer/director Shahram Mokri’s second feature film. Ostensibly a horror film involving an out-of-the-way restaurant in Iran closed for serving ‘non-animal meat’ also known as a cannibal establishment, the proprietors cross paths with a group
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Rating: 4.9
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Michael Smiley | Peter Ferdinando | Reece Shearsmith | Richard Glover | Ryan Pope
Jason says: “Having an annual pass to the Brattle Theater means that it’s no big deal to come back the next night when the attempt to see three movies after a full day in the office means that something gets
Read the review...Faults (USA; 89 min.) directed by: Riley Stearns starring: eland Orser; Mary Elizabeth Winstead; Chris Ellis; Beth Grant; Lance Reddick; Jon Gries Jason says: “FAULTS feels like it should be something along the lines of THE LAST EXORCISM, not so
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lee Jae-kyu
Starring: Cho Jung-seok | Han Ji-min | Hyun-bin | Jung Jae-young | Park Sung-woong | Song Young-chang
Jason says: “Palace intrigue stories, no matter what the culture, tend to develop over time, playing out in subtle ways requiring either inner monologues or exposition that doesn’t necessarily fit well into a movie. There are good ones, but it’s
Read the review...Fat Shaker (Iran; 85 min.) directed by: Mohammed Shirvanistarring: Levon Haftvan; Navid Mohammadzadeh; Maryam Palizban Bruce says: “FAT SHAKER is a film that will have you scratching your head both during and after the screening. Trying to make sense of
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Homi Adajania
Starring: Arjun Kapoor | Deepika Padukone | Dimple Kapadia | Naseeruddin Shah | Pankaj Kapur
Jason says: “After a year or so of going to the Indian movies at the local multiplex, one gets a certain idea of what to expect, generally a musical masala picture that’s odd by conventional Hollywood standards. Sometimes, though, you
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Amanda Ryan | Brendan Muldooney | Emma Eliza Regan | Pollyanna Mackintosh | Robert de Hoog | Tom Leick
Jason says: “I didn’t quite avoid LOVE ETERNAL when it played at another festival last year, but I certainly didn’t have much trouble choosing what was on the other screen whenever the Irish death-fetish film was playing. I’m not saying
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