Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Laura Dunn
Bruce says: “Laura Dunn’s intentions are well placed but the film she has made – THE UNFORESEEN – does not measure up. Dunn traces the history of development in suburban Austin, Texas – in particular a beautiful natural water area
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Rosa von Praunheim
Bruce says: “Rosa von Praunheim (his real name is Holger Mischwitzky) is now 65. When he was 57 his mother Gertrud, then 94 revealed a dark family secret, his parents were not his natural parents – he was adopted. He
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Chris Eigeman
Starring: Famke Janssen | Jaymie Doman | Matt Ross | Rip Torn
Jason says: “When talking to people waiting in line for TURN THE RIVER and at other screenings over the weekend, a certain consensus emerged: We loved Famke Janssen, but couldn’t name very many movies she was in that were very
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Wang Quanan
Starring: Ba'toer | Bao'lier | Nan Yu | Sen'ge
Bruce says: “Before TUYA’S MARRIAGE there were other recent films about Mongolian peasants, THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL and MONGOLIAN PING PONG. The landscape of the Mongolian steppes, harsh and stark, is surprisingly photogenic and the native attire is
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Cédric Anger
Starring: Gilbert Melki | Grégoire Colin | Mélanie Laurent | Sophie Cattani | Xavier Beauvois
Jason says: “LE TUEUR is the very image of what the phrase ‘French film’ often brings to mind. It’s alternatively talkative and quiet, casually sexual, and deals with matters of life and death with what seems like emotionless detachment. What
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Brad Anderson
Starring: Ben Kingsley | Eduardo Noriega | Emily Mortimer | Kate Mara | Thomas Kretschmann | Woody Harrelson
Jason says: “The train thriller is almost a genre in itself: You get a group of people on a train, something bad happens, and the characters have to figure out who can’t be trusted by the rest, and the impending
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Alan Ball
Starring: Aaron Eckhart | Eugene Jones III | Maria Bello | Peter Macdissi | Summer Bishil | Toni Collette
Bruce says: “Jasira (Summer Bishil) is just thirteen. Her sexual awakening is triggered by a potpourri of clues. Most involve mixed messages. Her mother’s boyfriend offers to shave her pubic area; her whining, hubristic father is screwing his girlfriend within
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Bruce McDonald
Starring: Ellen Page | Julian Richings | Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
Michael says: “This was surely the year of Ellen Page at the Toronto International Film Festival. After receiving well-deserved accolades for her fine comedic work in JUNO, she turns around a floors audiences in Bruce McDonald’s (‘Twitch City’; HIGHWAY 61)
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Pablo Larraín
Starring: Alfredo Castro | Amparo Noguero | Elsa Poblete | Hector Morales | Paola Lattus
Bruce says: “***Disgusting Spoilers*** “Who remembers Tony Romero? He is the character John Travolta immortalized in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, not high on my list of favorite films. It is not a particular treat to see Tony back on screen in
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Helen Hunt
Starring: Ben Shenkman | Bette Midler | Colin Firth | Helen Hunt | Matthew Broderick
Michael says: “I love this time of year… when I get to catch up on a lot of movies that I missed at the theatre in preparation for nominating. Through screeners, DVD rentals and borrowing from the library, it’s a
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