Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Felix Van Groeningen
Starring: Geert Van Rampelberg | Johan Heldengergh | Nell Cattrysse | Nils de Caster | Veerle Baetens
Bruce says: “THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN is a melodrama that could have been a disaster in lesser hands than that of director Felix Van Groeningen who interjects whimsy into a tale of romance and heartbreak. Adapted from a play, the
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Rufus Norris
Starring: Bill Milner | Cillian Murphy | Denis Lawson | Eloise Laurence | Nell Tiger Free | Rory Kinnear | Tim Roth
Bruce says: “Yet another Film Movement find although with the cast involved & that the film will open in theaters in March I suppose I would have run across it sooner than later, Still this is a marvelous first-time effort
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Bruce says: “Shane Bitney Crone had a difficult childhood, gay in Montana. His mother, always loving and supportive, did her best to protect Shane from the living hell of bullying and threats. He was suicidal. He would get panic attacks
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ramaa Mosely
Starring: Alexis Bledel | Alia Shawkat | Ben Rappaport | Billy Magnussen | Juno Temple | Lucy Walters | Michael Angarano | Steve Park
Bruce says: “Ramaa Mosely describes THE BRASS TEAPOT as a film about consumerism, love, relationships, shifting values and magical realism. That pretty much covers it, except for the violence. More about that later. “John (Michael Angarano) and Alice (Juno Temple)
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jan Schmidt-Garre
Jason says: “Jan Schmidt-Garre’s BREATH OF THE GODS is not a movie advocating yoga as much as it is an overview of the modern form’s history. In fact, it’s almost certainly going to be of strongest interest to those who
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Analeine Cal y Mayor
Starring: Ariadna Gil | Carrie-Anne Moss | Don McKellar | Douglas Smith | Gonzalo Vega | Zoë Kravitz
Bruce says: “Richard (Don McKellar) and Sophie (Ariadna Gil) live in a suburban house formerly occupied by Mexican superstar singer Guillermo Garibai (Gonzalo Vega); Sophie conducts tours of many rooms that are filled with kitsch and recording memorabilia. Their home
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Oriol Paulo
Starring: Aura Garrido | Belén Rueda | Cristina Plazas | Hugo Silva | Jose Coronado | Juan Pablo Shuk
Jason says: “THE BODY (EL CUERPO in Spanish) is the sort of thriller that to all appearances never lets the audience get too far behind – in fact, it often feels like the viewers are ahead of the characters. That
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Henry Saine
Starring: Abraham Benrubi | Barak Hardley | Beverly D'Angelo | Christian Pitre | Eve | Kevin McNally | Matthew Marsden
Jason says: “The world may be a ruined desert in BOUNTY KILLER, complete with the usual settlements built entirely out of wreckage, elaborately made-up bands of wandering savages, and the like, but it’s also one where the one percent have
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Gregory Hatanaka
Starring: Dominique Swain | James Duval | Pollyanna McIntosh | Richard Riehle | Sal Landi | Walter Koenig
Jason says: “I spent a lot of my time watching BLUE DREAM feeling like I didn’t know what was going on. That wasn’t strictly the case – I could certainly recognize what was happening in a given scene and could
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alexandre Moors
Starring: Isaiah Washington; Tequan Richmond; Tim Blake Nelson; Joey Lauren Adams
Kyle says: “Every year in late March, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art co-sponsor a festival called New Directors/New Films. Films screen at the FSLC’s Walter Reade Theater, and at MoMA’s Ray and Niuta
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