Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Beth Caldwell says: “LA DANSE is a beautiful, beautiful film. Frankly this is what the category ‘best cinematography’ was made to represent. I’m particularly impressed that the cinematography was so rich and diverse in a place where the camera needed
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Danny Kuchuck | John Weiner
Starring: Allen Alvarado | Jadin Gould | Julie Carson | Nicole Cannon | Steve Bannos
Jason says: “I like to tell people, when recommending sci-fi stories in any medium, that if you don’t find your head hurting a little during a time-travel story, or at least see the potential for that headache, then it’s probably
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kyoung-mi Lee
Starring: Eun-jin Bang | Hyo-jin Kong | Jong-hyeok Lee | Seong-woo Bae | Woo Seo | Woo-seul-hye Hwang
Jason says: “There’s a lesson to be learned from CRUSH AND BLUSH, perhaps several. The first is that if you had a rough time in high school, it might not be a great idea to go back there unless you
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Joe Berlinger
Thom says: “Berlinger (BROTHERS KEEPER, METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER) does a credible job here on the Ecuadorian land tragedy and the $27 billion lawsuit against Chevron (Texaco) brought by a group of indigenous people from the contaminated region of
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Scott Cooper
Starring: Beth Grant | Colin Farrell | Jeff Bridges | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Robert Duvall
Jason says: “There are some fantastic scenes in CRAZY HEART. Pretty much any where you have Jeff Bridges and Robert Duvall together, for instance. Not much of great import happens during those, but you’ve got two great pros who seem
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Buddy Giovinazzo
Starring: Brandon Routh | Carly Pope | Desmond Harrington | Lara Flynn Boyle | Shannyn Sossamon
Jason says: “There’s a line in Buddy Giovinazzo’s adaptation of his 1993 book of short stories that encapsulates the lives of its characters to a tragic extent; it’s a man berating his girlfriend on her priorities: Food, then fix, then
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Louie Psihoyos
Michael says: “Structured like a caper film of international espionage, THE COVE is actually a shocking documentary about a tiny Japanese fishing village that traffics dolphins to the hundreds of sea parks across the world, then slaughters the remaining to
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Bohdan Sláma
Starring: Ladislav Sedivý | Marek Daniel | Pavel Liska | Tereza Vorísková | Zuzana Bydzovdká
Bruce says: “**SPOILERS** “THE COUNTRY TEACHER is a lovely film about a young gay teacher who escapes to the countryside to avoid confronting his sexuality. As we all know, relocating usually means packing up one’s problems and carrying them to
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Dilip Mehta
Starring: Don McKellar | Lisa Ray | Maury Chaykin | Seema Biswas | Shirya Saran | Vansh Bhardwaj
Burce says: “The only explanations for this film going so wrong are the fact that it is in the wrong hands, the script is weak and the moral of the story is repugnant. COOKING WITH STELLA looks promising when Michael
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Sophie Barthes
Starring: David Straithairn | Dina Korzun | Emily Watson | Katheryn Winnick | Lauren Ambrose | Paul Giamatti
Michael says: “Okay, I saw a good movie last night. And it was one I knew very little about going in, which is always fun. COLD SOULS stars Paul Giamatti as… well, Paul Giamatti! Paul is rehearsing ‘Uncle Vanya’ and
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