Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras
Starring: Alejandra Yañez | Clemira Aguayo | Cornelio Villagrán | Manuel Hernández
Thom says: “If sincerity was the byword of film art this would have been best-in-show. In this case though, the film simply lacks interest. A country family is followed as they try to get by in a changing world. Prices
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Megumi Sasaki
Jason says: “Herbert and Dorothy Vogel are a treasure, and most people will likely decide that’s the case just from hearing about the couple, without the need for a movie to convince them. They’re a working-class couple that managed to
Read the review...The Headless Woman (Argentina/France/Italy/Spain; 87 min.) directed by: Lucrecia Martel starring: Maria Onetto; César Bordón; Claudia Cantero; Daniel Genoud; Guillermo Arengo; Inés Efron Bruce says: “THE HEADLESS WOMAN is a state-of-mind study. Vero (Maria Onetto), a successful dentist, climbs
Read the review...Harry Brown (UK; 97 min.) directed by: Daniel Barber starring: Michael Caine; Emily Mortimer; Iain Glen; Liam Cunningham; Amy Steel; Ben Drew Thom says: “Thrill of thrills Michael Caine was at the Q&A session & I basked in his
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Starring: Haruka Ayase | Kazue Fukiishi | Saburô Tokitô | Seiichi Tanabe | Shinobu Terajima
Jason says: “Commercial air travel has become common enough that even those of us who do not fly very often take it for granted. We should and we shouldn’t: Life in the 21st century demands relying on complex systems that
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Rob Zombie
Starring: Brad Dourif | Chase Wright Vanek | Malcolm McDowell | Margot Kidder | Mary Birdsong | Scout Taylor-Comptona | Sheri Moon Zombie
Thom says: “More than idle curiosity begs me to ask the question: why in the name of all that’s Holy is Rob Zombie continuing to make this done-to-death story. I had a healthy respect for Zombie’s rock group White Zombie,
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Blaine Thurier
Starring: Ali Liebert | Ben Cotton | Benjamin Ayres | Craig Anderson | Paul Anthony | Sarah Edmondson | Sarah Lind
Thom says: “This was far and away the best Canadian film I saw at TIFF. A very black comedy featuring extraordinarily peculiar characters, I was hooked on this from the get-go. Thurier made quite the impression with his earlier film
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Paul Hasegawa-Overacker | Tom Donahue
Bruce says: “Having the pleasure of seeing slick documentaries such as MAN ON WIRE, PROTAGONIST, and SHUT UP AND SING one tends to be somewhat spoiled by their detailed scripting and/or high production values. It is important to keep in
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Stephen Soderbergh
Starring: Benicio Del Toro | Catalina Sandino Moreno | Demián Bichir | Franka Potente | Rodrigo Santoro
Jason says: “As Part One did, CHE: PART TWO opens with a geography lesson, this time showing us the landlocked nation of Bolivia. We’re also given a text scroll telling us that Che Guevera suddenly disappeared from Cuba in the
Read the review...Secret of the Grain (Czech Republic / France / Germany; 103 min.) directed by: Abdel Kechiche starring: Habib Boufares; Hafsia Herzi; Farida Benkhetache; Abdelhamide Aktouche; Bouraouïa Marzouk Beth Caldwell says: “Great film. Slow, quiet sequences of scenes, but this technique
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