Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Julian Jarrold
Starring: Andrew Garfield | Anthony Flanagan | David Morrissey | Jennifer Hennessey | John Henshaw | Warren Clarke
Jason says: “The RED RIDING trilogy is a daunting prospect, especially if one is inclined to see it during its brief American theatrical release as opposed to as a video on demand offering or on DVD. I’d recommend it, as
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Paco Plaza
Starring: Alejandro Casaseca | Ariel Casas | Jonathan Mellor | Manuela Velasco | Óscar Zafra
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Thom says: “The original [REC] is considered a classic amongst the horror set and it was even remade in the United States as QUARANTINE, starring ‘Dexter’s’ wife. This, then, is the ongoing story. It’s very scary and fabulously entertaining but
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jalmari Helander
Starring: Jorma Tommila | Onni Tommila | Peeter Jakobi | Per Christian Ellefsen | Tommi Korpela
Jason says: “RARE EXPORTS appears to be the third go-round that Finnish director Jalmari Helander and his brother Juuso have had with this basic idea, with the previous iterations apparently being punchline-driven shorts. This one, on the other hand, is
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan | Gul Panag | Mohnish Bahl | Paresh Rawal | Ritesh Deshmukh | Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
Jason says: “Say ‘Bollywood,’ and most American audiences will think of cheerful musicals with weddings and happy endings. That’s not likely to be the entirety of a large country’s film output, of course, and Ram Gopal Varma has built a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jacques Audiard
Starring: Adel Bencherif | Hichem Yacoubi | Jean-Philippe Ricci | Niels Arstrup | Reda Kateb | Tahar Rahim
Bruce says: “After scoring big with his last two films, READ MY LIPS and THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED, the buzz at Cannes this year was that Jacques Audiard’s A PROPHET would walk away with the top prize; instead
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Starring: Aaron Eckhart | Dianne Wiest | Miles Teller | Nicole Kidman | Sandra Oh | Tammy Blanchard
Ibad says: “I managed to catch this in theaters the other night before going home for the holidays. I don’t have a full length review or anything, but I figured a few scattered thoughts might be of interest to people
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kimberly Reed
Michael says: “I often go through a brief film malaise in the early part of the year. Between catching up to vote in the Chlotrudis Awards and the general lack of quality films released in the beginning of the year,
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Rebecca Miller
Starring: Alan Arkin | Blake Lively | Julianne Moore | Keanu Reaves | Maria Bello | Robin Weigert | Robin Wright Penn | Winona Ryder
Michael says: “Rebecca Miller’s THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE came and went in theatres with barely a notice, which is unfortunate, because it’s a beautifully crafted film with sharp writing and terrific performances from the likes of Robin Wright
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Director: David Ledonne
Jason says: “It’s not that I didn’t think much of video games as an art form before seeing PLAYING COLUMBINE; I just tended to think of them as more of an abstract art form. I would respond to complaints from
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Starring: Amanda Peet | Ann Morgan Guilbert | Catherine Keener | Lois Smith | Oliver Platt | Rebecca Hall | Sarah Steele
Michael says: “Nicole Holofcener’s films, which explore relationships, most often between women; friends, sisters, mothers and daughters, have yet to let me down. From her spare, hilarious debut, WALKING AND TALKING, to her most recent, just-released PLEASE GIVE, Holofcener and
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