Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
Starring: Arash Marandi | Dominic Rains | Marshall Manesh | Mozhan Marnò | Rome Shadanloo | Sheila Vand
Kyle says: “Every year in late March, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art co-produce a festival called New Directors/New Films. Screenings take place at the FSLC’s Walter Reade Theater, and at MoMA’s Ray and
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jeremy Leven
Starring: Louise Monot | Nora Tschirner | Paddy Considine | Stephane Debac | Vincenzo Amato
Kyle says: “I would love to recommend GIRL ON A BICYCLE to fans of quirky European-flavored romantic comedies, but my heart would not be in it. This kind of cute is killing to my soul. “Paolo (Vincenzo Amato) is a
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mizuho Nishikubo
Starring: Junya Taniai | Kota Yokoyama | Masachika Ichimura | Saburo Kitajima | Yukie Nakama
Jason says: “There’s a whiff of nostalgia to the start of GIOVANNI’S ISLAND, although it’s more for childhood in general than the yearning for simpler, presumably better times that can often infect Japanese cinema, but that passes. Indeed, it’s hard
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Ron Krauss
Starring: Ann Down | Brendan Fraser | James Earl Jones | Rosario Dawson | Stephanie Szoatak | Vanessa Hudgens
Jason says: “There was applause in the theater at the end of GIMME SHELTER and even if I don’t think it’s a particularly impressive movie, I don’t begrudge anybody that reaction. Who doesn’t want to applaud a shelter that helps
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Phillip Kadelbach
Starring: Katharina Schüttler | Ludwig Trepte | Miriam Stein | Tom Schilling | Volker Bruch
Kyle says: “GENERATION WAR is a three-part German television series which is being shown as two movies in the U.S. before complete showings on cable television. Its origin as an attempt to continue the national discussion about German complicity and
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tate Taylor
Starring: Chadwick Boseman | Craig Robinson | Dan Aykroyd | Jill Scott | Lennie James | Nelsan Ellis | Viola Davis
Thom says: “Strangely, I can maybe blame my age for taking so long to see this gem of a bio-pic. While I have oodles of quibbles about the film the overall effect it left on me was empowering and greatly
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Darren Stein
Starring: Andrea Bowen | Michael J. Willett | Molly Tarlov | Paul Iacono | Sasha Pieterse | Xosha Roquemore
Kyle says: “G.B.F. for fossils like me stands for Gay Best Friend. If nothing else, this programmer establishes clearly that independent cinema can be every bit as stupid and regressive as big budget corporate Hollywood endeavors. Unless you regard as
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Yosuke Fujita
Jason says: “Huh. I missed something about this movie when reading the program description, although on a certain level it doesn’t really matter. What does matter is that this is a big-hearted, charming movie that pays off in some unexpected
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