Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: David Heilbroner | Kate Davis
Bruce says: “This documentary examines the aftermath of the infamous riots which occurred on June 28, 1969 when police raided the Stonewall Tavern on Christopher Street, near Sheridan Square in New York’s Greenwich Village. The film uses a quote from
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Don Argott
Bruce says: “In 1922, rebuffed and ridiculed by art critics – the Philadelphia Inquirer in particular – and many of the wealthy Philadelphians who supported the arts, Dr. Albert Barnes hired John G. Johnson, one of the best lawyers and
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bill Guttentag | Dan Sturman
Thom says: “I was all set to watch this out of obligation. Not that I haven’t been a strong advocate my entire life of universal acceptance and love but this was a story I’m intimately familiar with because of demonstrating
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Starring: Adrien Brody | Brandon McGibbon | Delphine Chanéac | Sarah Polley | Simona Maicanescu
Jason says: “SPLICE is an independent film that has been cleverly disguised as a big-studio summer movie, so a fair portion of the audience may feel uneasy as they watch it. More uneasy, that is; writer-director Vincenzo Natali isn’t just
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Fatih Akin
Starring: Adam Bousdoukos | Anna Bederke | Birol Ünel | Lukas Gregorowicz | Moritz Bliebtreu | Pheline Roggan
Bruce says: “Fatih Akin’s first international hit HEAD-ON was an augury of great things to come. Certainly the Chlotrudis Best Picture, THE EDGE OF HEAVEN, bore out any such theories of predication regarding his work. Along comes SOUL KITCHEN which,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mat Whitecross
Starring: Andy Serkis | Bill Milner | Luke Evans | Naomie Harris | Olivia Williams | Ray Winstone | Toby Jones
Bruce says: “Director Mat Whitecross figures that a straightforward biopic could not possibly do Ian Dury justice. His artistic decisions pay off. SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL is a nontraditional take on a very nontraditional subject. In addition
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Eddie Marsan | Jude Law | Mark Strong | Rachel McAdams | Robert Downey Jr | Robert Maillet
Thom says: “Hmmm… Admittedly, I have no respect at all for fake macho director Ritchie, and while this film is fitfully entertaining, finally let’s attack it for esthetic reasons. This was adapted from a comic book of all mediums but
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Nora Twomey | Tom Moore
Starring: Brendan Gleeson | Evan McGuire | Liam Hourican | Michael McGrath | Mick Lally
Toni says: “Tomm Moore and his co-production team in Ireland, France, and Belgium, have created a beautiful and haunting masterpiece based of the famous Irish Book of Kells. It is sort of a mix of darker Miyazaki crossed with a touch
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Hue Rhodes
Starring: John Cho | Peter Dinklage | Romany Malco | Sarah Silverman | Steve Buscemi | Tim Blake Nelson
Jason says: “This one had a short run on the plex’s smallest screen, and it’s not hard to see why. It’s a pretty decent movie, with a good cast, but it’s also a weird one, with gambling addict John encountering
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Flora Sigismondi
Starring: Alia Shawkat | Dakota Fanning | Kristen Stewart | Michael Shannon | Scout Taylor-Compton | Stella Maeve
TC says: “If you were around in the late 70s, you know the kind of sexist conditions that girls who wanted to rock out ran into. That’s the ultimate story behind THE RUNAWAYS, the story of the groundbreaking all-girl punk
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