Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Charlotte Vega | Claire Forlani | Gregg Shelton | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Rhys Ifans | Sophie Turner
Jason says: “ANOTHER ME didn’t look like much – a young-adult thriller that likely would have gone straight to video-on-demand but for a slow release week and the fact that the other line on star Sophie Turner’s filmography is ‘Game
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Freida Lee Mock
Bruce says: “As a former co-worker of Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill was sent a questionnaire regarding her experience working with Clarence Thomas. She answered the questions truthfully, documenting what we now call sexual harassment. Unexpectedly, Hill was summoned to Washington
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Starring: Hamish Linklater | James Earl Jones | Melissa Leo | Mila Kunis | Peter Dinklage | Robin Williams
Thom says: “After having some knowledge of Phil Alden Robinson’s work after seeing FIELD OF DREAMS, SNEAKERS, & THE SUM OF ALL FEARS, I still wasn’t certain what to expect. Certainly Robin Williams’s participation edged it into rental territory, so
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Aram Garrig
Jason says: “As one of the many interviewees in this documentary notes, developed countries worldwide have generally seen a rise in the standard of living reflected by a decrease in strong religious faith, with the United States of America as
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Declan Lowney
Starring: Colm Meaney | Karl Theobold | Monica Dolan | Nigel Lindsay | Steve Coogan | Tim Key
Jason says: “Based on the original British name for this movie (‘ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA’), I expected it to be doing more – for instance, for there to be some sort of subplot about Partridge and his kids. Fortunately, that’s
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Rating: 2.25
Director: Chris Sivertson | Lucky McKee
Starring: Brooke Butler | Caitlin Stasey | Felisha Cooper | Reanin Johannik | Sianoa Smit-McPhee | Tom Williamson
Jason says: “ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE is a notably sub-par exploitation movie, but I will probably end up discussing it more than many of the better films that played the festival because the way it goes about being disappointing is just
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Andreas Johnsen
Jason says: “Though the two are unrelated outside of their subject and subject matter – they are made by different directors for different producers with visual styles that are fairly divergent as documentaries shot in the same places go –
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nancy Buirski
Bruce says: “Some legends are more obscure than others: obscure to the public eye, that is. Tanaquil Le Clercq is a case in point. Hardly a household name among those who do not follow dance all that closely, Le Clercq
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Jonathan Newman
Starring: Aneurin Barnard | Ioan Gruffudd | Keeley Hawes | Lena Headey | Michael Sheen | Sam Neill
Kyle says: “The most interesting mystery in this unfortunate waste of time and money is its title. It went straight to video as THE ADVENTURER: THE CURSE OF THE MIDAS BOX, but if you last until the end titles, you
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: John Huddles
Starring: Bonnie Wright | Daryl Sabara | Freddie Stroma | James D'Arcy | Rhys Wakefield | Sophia Lowe
Kyle says: “A class of philosophy students in a privileged high school in Djakarta on the final day of class is challenged by the teacher to consider issues confronting them on different doomsday scenarios, in which only ten of the
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