Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Starring: Dragos Bucur | Ion Stoicar | Irina Saulescur | Radu Costinr | Vlad Ivanov
Bruce says: “POLICE, ADJECTIVE is Corneliu Porumboiu’s follow-up film to his 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST, winner of the Chlotrudis Buried Treasure Award in 2008. Most of us know that police work is not as glamorous or exciting as many films
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Starring: Anthony Wong Chau-sang | Jeff Chen | Jô Odagiri | Millhem Cortaz | Phellipe Haagensen
Jason says: “PLASTIC CITY was presented as part of the ‘Hong Kong Film – New Action!’ series… So one might be a bit surprised to find that one of its main characters is Japanese and it is set in Brazil,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Daniel Barnz
Starring: Bill Pullman | Campbell Scott | Elle Fanning | Felicity Huffman | Patricia Clarkson
Jason says: “I really hope the Fanning kids are getting better advice and guidance than other people whose names come to mind at the mention of the phrase ‘child star.’ Not just because they’re kids, and what sort of monster
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Matt Bissonnette
Starring: Adam Scott | Gale Harold | Greg Dulli | Joel Bissonnette | Rachael Santhon | Robin Tunney
Thom says: “Another mediocre Canadian entry that had no right to be included at TIFF. Two mismatched brothers drive endlessly around a detached Los Angeles searching for the lost love of one of the boys. One is a recovering drug-addict,
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ella Lemhagen
Starring: Gustaf Skarsgård | Thomas Ljungman | Torkel Petersson
Bruce says: “Considering that gay marriage is one of the burning issues in this country it is good to see that it is not an issue in Sweden. Adoption, on the other hand seems on equal footing in both countries.
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Enrique Rivero
Starring: Nancy Orozco | Nolberto Coria | Tesalia Huerta
Bruce says: “PARQUE VÍA is a beautiful character study about a servant whose services, due to events circumstantial, are no longer required. We first glimpse Beto as he walks through the empty rooms of the large, modern house that he
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Christophe Barrtier
Starring: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu | Clovis Cornillac | Gérard Jugnot | Kad Merad | Nora Amezeder | Pierre Richard
Michael says: “Clearly I have a much lower tolerance for schmaltz when it’s from another country. I couldn’t help think of such films as IL POSTINO, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, and yes, even CINEMA PARADISO while wading through the saccharine, unoriginal,
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Rating: 3.6
Director: Oren Peli
Starring: Amber Armstrong | atie Featherstone | Mark Fredrichs | Micah Sloat
Scot says: “This is one of those *borderline* Chlotrudis films. It did release slowly enough to qualify, but in its fifth week, it went to 1,945 screens. So… do we penalize a film because it was distributed to win big?
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Aleksei German MI
Starring: Anastasyia Sheveleva | Chulpan Khamatova | Merab Ninidze
Bruce says: “This strange film is haunting me in spite of my not particularly enjoying the viewing experience. I do not doubt the filmmaker’s talent; he appears one to watch. The problem is the story which is off-putting mostly because
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nicholas Jasenovec
Starring: Charlene Yi | Jake M. Johnson | Michael Cera
Diane says: “(That’s funny: they wore paper hearts in last night’s movie, JULIE AND JULIA) Charlyne Yi and friend-of-Chlotrudis Michael Cera are the guinea pigs in this faux-doc about the search for real love. Like ‘J&J,’ it’s completely enjoyable. But
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