Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Jesse James Miller
Jason says: “Ray Mancini was at this screening for a Q&A, and he mentioned that when Mark Kreigel approached him with the idea of doing the book on which this movie was based, he wasn’t particularly interested; he’d told his
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Starring: Deepika Padukone | Krishna Singh Bisht | Ranveer Singh | Supriya Pathak
Jason says: “The last time I wrote a review of an Indian movie, I got comments saying not to compare it to something else and to just enjoy it for what it is. That’s actually good advice in general, although
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ryan White
Chris says: “A half-century on, there’s not much about The Beatles that hasn’t already been revealed, explored or analyzed to death. The idea of a documentary centered on the band’s secretary and fan club president initially smacks of clutching at
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Aaron Schimberg
Starring: Avi Glickstein | Brandon deSpain | Bryant Pappas | Milda | Rayvin Disla | Sammy Menna | Simone Xi
Jason says: “Sometimes, it just doesn’t pay to get your facts straight. I saw GO DOWN DEATH late in the evening toward the end of Fantasia, and was wiped enough to have spaced out at points during even a fun,
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Krishna DK | Raj Nidimoru
Starring: Anand Tiwari | Kunal Khemu | Pooja Gupta | Saif Ali Khan | Vir Das
Jason says: “GO GOA GONE isn’t going to be of a whole lot of interest to serious horror movie fans unless they’re trying to fill a zombie passport of some sort and were missing a comedy from India. Otherwise, it’s
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Cory James Krueckeber
Bruce says: “What do you do when you are between projects and the financing for your next project just fell through? If you are writer/director/editor Cory James Krueckeberg and producer Tom Gustafson you raise $10,000 on Kickstarter, pull together a
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Rating: 3.375
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Alice Englert | Annette Bening | Christina Hendricks | Elle Fanning | Jodhi May | Oliver Platt | Timothy Spall
Thom says: “Here’s another atrocious film from the vastly overpraised Sally Potter, & I never seem able to learn my lesson. I did give her first film ORLANDO my highest rating, perhaps in retrospect more for the presence of the
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Adam Leon
Starring: Adam Metzger | Greyson Cruz | Meeko | Sam Soghor | Tashiana Washington | Ty Hickson
Chris says: “Ostensibly about two graffiti artists/small time pot dealers on a quest to tag New York City’s most desired (and untagged) target, the big apple that pops up whenever the Mets hit a home run at Citi Field, GIMME
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Paul Bunnell
Starring: Creed Bratton | De Anna Joy Brooks | Jed Rowen | Les Williams | Reggie Bannister | Will Keenan
Jason says: “Many films boast of firsts, but THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X has to settle for lasts: Last film shot on Kodak’s Super-X black-and-white film stock. Last role for Kevin McCarthy of INVADERS OF THE BODY SNATCHERS fame.
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Gary Entin
Starring: Ana Gasteyer | Cameron Deane Stewart | Justin Deeley | Meaghan Martin | Scott Bakula
Michael says: “About thirty minutes into GEOGRAPHY CLUB, I started to get pretty uncomfortable. Based on a teen novel, Russell is a good-looking, athletic high-school student struggling with his sexuality. He‘s trying to meet someone online, but he’s nervous because
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