Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Benny Chan
Starring: Andy Lau | Bing Bai | Bingbing Fan | Jackie Chan | Nicholas Tse | Yu Xing
Jason says: “Benny Chan’s SHAOLIN is not a remake of any of the Shaw Brothers films that focused on that legendary temple and its monks (though only fifty-odd years gone at the time, Gordon Liu-starring movies like THE 36TH CHAMBER
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Rating: 3.6
Director: Michael Tully
Starring: Jim Willingham | Michael Tully | Onur Tukel | Rachel Korine | Robert Longstreet
Julie says: “Crazy good, darkish ? homegrown southern curio of a film. Interesting unfolding of events, several humorous moments, several bizarre moments, several poignant moments…in the end, sadly, I was left somewhat unsatisfied as if a piece or two to
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Starring: Ali-Asghar Shahbazi | Babak Karimi | Kimia Hosseini | Leila Hatami | Merila Zare'i | Payman Maadi | Sareh Bayat | Sarina Farhadi | Shahab Hosseini | Shirin Yazdanbakhsh | Sohibanoo Zolqadr
Ibad says: “I’m fully aware that when someone like myself has been really hyping up a certain picture for a while…and they finally see it…and it turns out, surprise!, they’re in love with it, it almost seems forced if not
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Asif Kapadia
Diane says: “SENNA, a doc about Brazilian race car driver Ayrton Senna, is well-paced and has some pathos, but it isn’t very deep. One thing that makes it enjoyable is that Senna is awfully handsome. He was the pride of
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Rating: 2.125 cats
Director: Tommy Stovall
Starring: Beth Grant | Christopher Atkins | Frances Fisher | Matthew J. Williamson | Seth Peterson
Michael says: “Some strong performances and a naturally mystical setting can’t quite rise above a screenplay that is a little too new agey and coincidental to fully work as a film. Tammy (Fisher) is on her way to Phoenix to
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: James Felix McKenney
Starring: Angus Scrimm | Christine Spencer | Don Wood | Larry Fessenden | Reggie Bannister
Jason says: “I must admit – I’ve completely lost the ability to tell genuine evangelical Christianity from satire of the same. I say this not to disparage the people who find comfort and strength in their faith, just to point
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Gus Van Zant
Starring: Henry Hopper | Lusia Strus | Mia Wasikowska | Ryo Kase | Schuyler Fisk
Thom says: “Gus Van Sant has long been one of my favorite directors with his only real flop being EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES which he reportedly made during his period of being totally distraught after the tragic death of
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Quentin Depieux
Starring: Jack Plotnick | Roxane Mesquida | Stephen Spinella | Wings Hauser
Jason says: “It’s natural to be a little wary of RUBBER. It’s a movie made by a French musician that takes place in America, with a gonzo concept and an experimental execution; just looking at the description, the odds of
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Andrew Traucki
Starring: Adrienne Pickering | Damian Walshe-Howling | Gyton Grantley | Kieran Darcy-Smith | Zoe Naylor
Jason says: “Early on in THE REEF, a character looking at a wall full of sharks’ jaws is told not to worry, because one is far more likely to die of a bee sting than a shark attack. A part
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lucas Belvaux
Starring: Alex Descas | André Marcon | Anne Consigny | Françoise Fabian | Michel Voïta | Yvan Attal
Michael says: “I was excited to get the opportunity to see RAPT, the latest directorial effort from Chlotrudis Award winner (and past guest) Lucas Belvaux at the Boston French Film Festival this past weekend. RAPT is a political thriller starring
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