Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ole Christian Madsen
Starring: Adriana Mascialino | Anders W. Berthelsen | Jamie Morton | Paprika Steen | Sebastian Estevanez
Bruce says: “Paprika! Whoever suspected she would end up in a romantic comedy in Buenos Aires? Anna (Paprika Steen) is a football fanatic and, wearing an agent’s hat, she brokers deals between businessmen and athletes. Her current client is the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kang Hyung-chul
Starring: Go Su-hee | Jin Hee-kyung | Kang So-ra | Kim Min-yeong | Park Jin-joo | Sim Eung-kyeong | Yu Ho-jeong
Jason says: “SUNNY is flagrant nostalgia bait, but don’t count that against it – it’s genuinely funny, heartfelt nostalgia bait, and while that might seem odd to world cinema fans – few films that reach North America set in 1980s
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Aaron Houston
Starring: Amatai Marmorstein | Ben Cotton | Johannah Newmarch | Kacrey Rohl | Patrick Gilmore | Peter New
Jason says: “Even as mock-documentary movies go, SUNFLOWER HOUR looks kind of bare bones, but partly by design. Of course, even when cheapness is part of the aesthetic, that doesn’t mean a filmmaker knows how to use it – despite
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tom Lin
Starring: Harlem Yu | Hui Ming Lin | Janei Tsai | Kenneth Tsang | Lunmei Kwai | Rene Liu
Jason says: “Stick around through the end credits of STARRY STARRY NIGHT, which appear to contain images from Jimmy Liao’s original illustrated book. It’s not just that they’re beautiful (they are) or that they imply that this pretty stunning film
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Starring: Alan Curran | Amy Huberman | Martin Sheen | Stephen Rea
Chris says: “To make a movie about operating a movie theater is a subject close to my heart and usually enough for me to give the filmmaker a free pass. Such a premise adds considerable charm to STELLA DAYS; the
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Rating: 1.75
Director: Zal Batmanglij
Starring: Brit Marling | Christopher Denham | Davenia McFadden | Kandice Stroh | Nicole Vicius | Richard Wharton
Thom says: “I feel like an old crab not liking this more but it is becoming abundantly clear that I takes a lot of convincing for me to get into the conscience of the cult. Here, a couple ingratiate themselves
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Jens Lien
Starring: Asmund Hoeg | John Lydon | Sonja Richter | Sven Nordin
Jason says: “SONS OF NORWAY does as good a job as any movie at presenting the perspective of a kid for whom the world doesn’t make sense, and where every attempt at understanding misses the point. It’s got a light
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Rating: 2.8 cats
Director: Ching Siu-Tung
Starring: Charlene Choi | Jet Li | Raymond Lam | Shengyi Huang | Vivian Hsu | Zhang Wen
Jason says: “In the opening segment of THE SORCERER AND THE WHITE SNAKE (aka IT’S LOVE), an ice harpy played by Vivian Hsu throws boulder-sized hailstones at demon-hunting monk Fahai, who is able to dodge and counter-attack three or four
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ashwani Dhir
Starring: Ajay Devgn | Juhi Chawla | Mukul Dev | Sanjay Dutt | Sonakshi Sinha | Vindu Dara Singh
Jason says: “I’ve got to admit, I felt like I had let someone down when it took me until SON OF SARDAAR repeated a fairly specific gag to recognize that it is much more than less an uncredited remake of
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Roberto Faenza
Starring: Ellen Burstyn | Lucy Liu | Marcia Gay Harden | Peter Gallagher | Stephen Lang | Toby Regbo
Bruce says: “Now here’s a film that is testimony to how international filmmaking has become. Directed by an Italian, bankrolled with Italian and US money, this English language film takes place in New York and stars primarily American actors. Based
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