Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Kurt Norton | Paul Mariano
Toni says: “I think that THESE AMAZING SHADOWS is too much of a propaganda love story to random films selected to the National Film Registry than an even documentary about the registry. There is much one might like to learn
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Julie Bertuccelli
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg | Christian Byers | Marton Csokas | Morgana Davies | Tom Russell
Chris says: “In rural Queensland, Australia, Peter, a father of four suffers a fatal heart attack while driving and hits the enormous tree next to his house. Soon, his wife Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and 8-year-old daughter Simone (Morgana Davies) sense
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Azazael Jacobs
Starring: Bridger Zadina | Creed Bratton | Jacob Wysocki | John C. Reilly | Olivia Crocicchia
Jason says: “Earlier in this festival (and on many other occasions), I saw a movie about an eccentric kid growing up, and it was kind of annoying; even if inspired by actual people, the characters seemed like adult screenwriters. So
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Constantin Popescu | Cristian Mungiu | Hanno Höfer | Ioana Uricaru
Starring: Alexandru Potocean | Avram Birau | Calin Chirila | Paul Dunca | Romeo Tudor
Jason says: “When Cristian Mungiu last took audiences to Romania before the fall of communism, he gave us the tense, oppressive 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS and 2 DAYS; it seldom referenced the Ceaușescu regime directly, but still managed to perfectly
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Errol Morris
Chris says: “After watching TABLOID, you wonder why it took so long for someone to make a film about Joyce McKinney. Her fascinating, stranger-than-fiction life story aside, she just blooms in front of the camera without giving off the pretense
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jeff Nichols
Starring: Jessica Chastain | Katy Mixon | Michael Shannon | Shea Whigham | Tova Stewart
Diane says: “A film about the pervasive anxiety in our world, through the story of one man’s mental illness. On the literal level, this movie is good at showing the stigma of mental illness and the chaos of delusional disorders.
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Mark Ruffalo
Starring: Christopher Thornton | Juliette Lewis | Laura Linney | Mark Ruffalo | Noah Emmerich | Orlando Bloom
Thom says: “Oh, how I wanted to like this film a whole bunch more. I’ve long adored Mark Ruffalo and seeing as this was his initial directing credit I was hoping for a new career for the endearing actor. It
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: James Gunn
Starring: Ellen Page | Gregg Henry | Kevin Bacon | Liv Tyler | Michael Rooker | Rainn Wilson
Diane says: “I read conflicting reviews of SUPER. One called it ‘an unwieldy mix of juvenile jokery and attempted pathos that just doesn’t pay off’ (SF Chronicle); another ‘the second coming of the avant-garde in indie film’ and ‘occasionally brilliant’
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Starring: Filipe Vargas | Leonor Silveira | Pilar López de Ayala | Ricardo Trêpa
Jason says: “It is customary, when discussing master filmmakers still producing movies well past when people in most industries have retired, to comment on how they are still vital and what an inspiration it is that they still love their
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Richards Ayoade
Starring: Craig Roberts | Noah Taylor | Paddy Considine | Sally Hawkins | Yasmin Paige
Jason says: “Watching SUBMARINE, I wondered about director Richard Ayoade’s youth, speculating that he’d spent his time in the cinema, watching French movies rather than hanging out with other kids. There’s an argument to be made that one is better
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