Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Katie Dellamaggiore
Diane says: “How nice that I didn’t need to know anything about chess to enjoy this film. As a matter of fact, I didn’t even learn anything about chess from it. “Another ‘let’s root for the school kids’ doc, BROOKLYN
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Carlos Carcas | Norberto López Amado
Bruce says: “Norman Foster is one of the greatest living architects. His Reichstag in Berlin, the British Museum, the London gherkin, the Bilbao subway, the Hearst building in New York and the HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong are all worldwide
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Karl Markovics
Starring: Georg Friedrich | Karin Lischka | Thomas Schubert
Bruce says: “When we first see Roman Kolger he is being taken to task because he has botched his first day on the job as a metal worker. Apparently a pattern has formed; this is not his first failure. Back
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Director: Brenda Chapman | Mark Andrews | Steve Purcell
Starring: Billy Connolly | Emma Thompson | Julie Walters | Kelly Macdonald | Kevin McKidd | Robbie Coltrane
Peter S. says: “This was my first advance screening of a film, and I had to endure giving up my cell phone, having my bag checked, and then being swept for recording devices. Even worse, I had to deal with
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Ektoras Lygizos
Starring: Kharálampos Goyós | Lila Mpaklesi | Vangelis Kommatas | Yiannis Papadapolous
Thom says: “While I was pleased to see that the director was highly influenced by recent Greek Master Giorgos Lanthimos (DOGTOOTH, ALPS) & even a bit of Bresson, this film was much more singular in that it concentrated fully on
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Rating: 1.25 cats
Director: Aleksandr Dulerayn | Jamie Bradshaw
Jason says: “BRANDED is a movie so bizarre at points that it must be intended as metaphor or satire, except that nothing about this film ever gives the the impression that it’s nearly that clever. It’s a weird example of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mark Ruskin
Starring: Adam DuPaul | Brian McGrail | Kristin Dougherty | Megan Hart | Nico Stone | Seymour Cassel
Jason says: “BOOSTER doesn’t do a whole lot; it could almost survive with its plot removed. It’s the sort of independent film that comes across as authentic to those from its neighborhood and has a sharp enough read on its
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Victor Vu
Starring: Huynh Dong | Khuong Ngoc | Kim Hien | Mi Du | Minh Thuan | Van Trang
Jason says: “If nothing else, the English title of BLOOD LETTER is a neat play on words, even if it won’t stand out on a DVD shelf of imported action movies. That’s not the best thing about it – it
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Óskar Thór Axelsson
Starring: Damon Younger | Johannes Hakur Johannesson | Maria Birta | Thor Kristjansson | Vignir Rafn Valþórsson
Jason says: “Is it weird to call BLACK’S GAME kind of fun? It is, after all, a movie about gangs and the cocaine trade that doesn’t exactly go the hip black comedy route or make its characters cool through their
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Tom Kingsley | Will Sharpe
Starring: Amanda Hadingue | Anna O'Grady | Chris Langham | Colin Hurley | Simon Angstell | Will Sharpe
Thom says: “This was a wonderful gift from a friend that was chock-full of pluses from some very imaginative filmmakers. The lead actor playing the father of the family Tom Thompson is two-time BAFTA winner Chris Langham. Trust me, this
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