Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Andreas Schaap
Starring: Jeff Burrell | Manon Kahle | Peter Farkas | Sami Loris
Jason says: “I liked MUST LOVE DEATH well enough, but even though I’m the target audience – someone reasonably fond of both its genres and likely to laugh at the in-jokes besides – I had the same reaction that I
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Cristophe Van Rompaey
Starring: Anemone Valcke | Barbara Sarafian | Johan Heldenbergh | Julain Borsani | Jurgen Delnaet | Sofia Ferri
Bruce says: “This gem is from Belgium, home of the Dardenne brothers who seem have a monopoly on filmmaking in their country. It is refreshing to learn that there may be other Belgian films yet to be discovered by the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Katherine Dieckmann
Starring: Alice Drummond | Anthony Edwards | Daisy Tahan | Dale Soules | Jodie Foster | Matthew Schallipp | Minnie Driver | Uma Murthy
Jason says: “Mothers and fathers have a demanding job, and anybody who denies this is a fool. I don’t think many would deny that, even in today’s modern world, motherhood is more demanding than fatherhood, and probably always will be.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Duncan Jones
Starring: Dominique McElligott | Kaya Scodelario | Matt Berry | Robin Chalk | Sam Rockwell
Jason says: “I will not lie to you; as soon as I read the description of Moon, I had mentally anointed it my favorite film of the festival, to the point where not only would another film have to blow
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Cafer Köse | Ercan Kesel | Hatice Aslan | Rifat Sungar | Yavuz Bingol
Bruce says: “THREE MONKEYS, a classic tragedy, has everything – hit and run, unrequited love, contemplated suicide, murder, infidelity, brutal beatings, bogus confessions, false pride and manic desperation. Runny noses, sweaty brows, tear stained cheeks, blood and vomit also figure
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Dave Gargani
Jason says: “1950s science fiction is known for being paranoid and downbeat, tinged with fear of atomic doom and the potential for infiltrators to be anywhere. Filmmaker Dave Gargani argues that this should not, necessarily, be the case, or at
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Noah Buschel
Starring: Amy Ryan | Frank Wood | Linda Emond | Margaret Colin | Michael Shannon | Paul Sparks
Jason says: “THE MISSING PERSON suffers from a bit of an identity crisis, which is only fitting, as it parallels that of the main character. Its jumps between mystery and parody don’t do it many favors, even if it has
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Simon Ennis
Starring: Dov Tiefenbach | Joshua Peace | Kristen Hager | Michael Madsen | Stephen McHattie
Jason says: “YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE is a solid moron movie – the type where the lead character’s quite astounding stupidity is just balanced with his innocence in such a way that we can laugh at him while still
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Oren Moverman
Starring: Ben Foster | Eamonn Walker | Jena Malone | Samantha Morton | Steve Buscemi | Woody Harrelson | Yaya DaCosta
Jason says: “THE MESSENGER has no problem with making the audience a little uncomfortable. What might, in another movie, have been a bittersweet romance between Ben Foster’s Will Montgomery (a wounded soldier serving the end of his hitch informing next
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Michael Keaton
Starring: Bobby Cannavale | Darlene Hunt | Kelly Macdonald | Michael Keaton | Philip Earl Johnson | Tom Bastounes
Jason says: “THE MERRY GENTLEMAN is one of those movies that appears at the local boutique theater for a blink-and-miss-it one-week engagement with just about zero fanfare, and I probably would have missed it if I hadn’t noticed Michael Keaton’s
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