Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.25
Director: Richard Bates Jr.
Starring: AnnaLynne McCord | Ariel Winter | Jeremy Sumpter | John Waters | Malcolm McDowell | Marlee Matlin | Roger Bart | Traci Lords
Jason says: “Richard Bates Jr.’s Excision is a feature version of his short film, and it’s sort of got that feel: More observation than story, strong visuals that exist for their own sake, and one central character that dominates an
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: hirely Henderson | John Simm | Peter Gunn | Robert Kirk | Shaun Kirk
Thom says: “Winterbottom, a must-see director as much for his style which isn’t all that discernable as his willingness to expand his horizons by making a variety of genres and techniques. You’ll, of course, recall his THE KILLER INSIDE ME,
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Matthew Heineman | Susan Frömke
Julie says: “Well done doc that puts the obvious altogether in one nice package. It is obvious but somehow not to the current U.S. medical system. I hope that the next 4 years might see more change in this direction.
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jorge Torregrossa
Starring: Antonio Garrido | Blanco Romero | Carmen Ruiz | Clara Lago | Daniel Grao | Maribel Verdú | Miquel Fernández
Thom says: “This apocalyptic thriller has a lot going on its behalf like a professional, attractive cast, a lovely well-structured feel, and a riveting plot. A group of college pals have reunion years later with a mysterious secret that needs
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev
Starring: Aleksey Rozin | Andrey Smirnov | Elena Lyadova | Nadezhda Markina
Jason says: “There’s a certain type of story that appears in magazines devoted to mystery and suspense which doesn’t really present much of either, but instead strips all the plot away and focuses tightly on what the pressures on one
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska
Starring: Anaïs Demoustier | Joanna Kulig | Juliette Binoche | Krystyna Janda | Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Bruce says: “Few stars are lovelier than the radiant Juliette Binoche. Her appeal is not superficial for she radiates an inner beauty that infuses her characters. As Anne, a reporter for Elle Magazine, Binoche adds another layer. She comes from
Read the review...Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal (Canda/Denmark; 90 min.) directed by: Boris Rodriguez starring: Thure Lindhardt; Dylan Smith; Stephen McHattie; Alain Goulem; Paul Braunstein;Georgina Reilly Jason says: “We’ve all heard (or used) some variation on ‘my art comes from a dark place’
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Francesco Bruni
Starring: Barbara Bobulova | Fabrizio Bentevoglio | Filippo Scicchitan | Giacomo Ceccarelli | Stefano Brunori
Bruce says: “Winner of three prizes at the 2011 Venice Film Festival, EASY! is a satisfying comedy about parenting and coming of age. Writer director Francesco Bruni, best known for his screenplay for CATERINA IN THE BIG CITY, demonstrates the
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Matthew Gordon
Starring: Casey Brown | John Alex Nunner | Joice Baldwin | Patrick Rutherford | William Ruffin
Thom says: “The extraordinary Film Movement series comes through with another winner here and just in time to be included in the Coming-of-Age extravaganza offered by dear Chlotrudis. Anyone seeing this one would be the first to agree. Having already
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Ward Roberts
Starring: Aaron Gaffey | Amber Benson | Devin Barry | Jeremiah Birkett | Travis Betz
Jason says: “DUST UP has some very cool opening credits, clever throwbacks to the 1970s exploitation flicks it emulates over a rocking soundtrack; it’s got a couple of nifty posters along those lines, too. Like those movies, the actual product
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