Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Abbie Cornish | Ben Whishaw | Edie Martin | Kerry Fox | Paul Schneider | Thomas Sangster
Diane says: “I am not a fan of Keats, so the poetry recitation made for some sections of longueur in BRIGHT STAR. Jane Campion’s film of the poet’s romance with Fanny Brawne is very pretty, with shots that call attention
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: John Krasinski
Starring: Ben Shenkman | Chris Messina | Corey Stoll | Julianne Nicholson | Michael Cerveris | Timothy Hutton
Jason says: “How can you spot a first film written and directed by an actor in a crowd? I’ve probably mentioned this before, but look for the one where the story is told entirely through talking and facial expressions. That
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Yang Ik-Joon
Starring: Hee-soo Kim | Hwan Lee | Jeong-soon Park | Jin-sook Lee | Kkobbi Kim | Kot-bi Kim | Man-shik Jeong | Seung-Yun Lee | Yang Ik-Joon
Jason says: “BREATHLESS is about the parts of South Korea that you typically don’t see in the cinema. For all that the nation has a fine and varied film industry, even the gangsters often appear to be at least middle-class;
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Cameron Diaz | Celia Weston | Frank Langella | James Marsden | Sam Oz Stone
Michael says: “After the brilliance of Richard Kelly’s debut film DONNIE DARKO, then the crash and burn excess of his follow-up SOUTHLAND TALES, expectations were high for his third outing, and his first studio-backed project, THE BOX. Add to that
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Harrington
Starring: Clive Russell | Jonas Armstrong | Paul Blair | Romana Abercromby | Simon Bamford | Sophie Ward
Jason says: “I am not a particular fan of the horror genre. I don’t disdain it or dismiss it; I think it gets a bad reputation at times. But I am by no means an enthusiast. Last year, THE MIDNIGHT
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Paul Cotter
Starring: Benjamin Whitrow | Eileen Nicholas | Shane Taylor
Jason says: “BOMBER, when you get right down to it, is the sort of movie where one can see very clearly that if the characters just did what any normal, sane person would do, things would go pretty smoothly. That
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Richard Parry
Jason says: “Robert King does not give the impression of a great war photographer when we first see him in BLOOD TRAIL. In 1990s Sarajevo, he’s walking around a war zone like a naive kid; in 2007 Tennessee, we watch
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Robert D. Siegel
Starring: Gino Cafarelli | Kevin Corrigan | Marcia Jean Kurtz | Matt Servitto | Michael Rapaport | Patton Oswalt
Diane says: “Hey, I thought this was going to be a nice, sweet movie, but it was very stressful! (I also had the idea that it was a documentary.) Patton Oswalt gives a fine perf as Giants fan Paul, whose
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Jen White
Starring: Anika Kunik | Brent Smiga | Kathryn MaGill | Michael D. Conway | Ryan Wickerham
Thom says: “While this is from the Chlotrudis mailer offerings I get the feeling it hasn’t been seen by many subscribers as it didn’t even have 5 votes on Imdb. (By the way I was thrilled to see that Chlotrudis
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Agnès Varda
Bruce says: “THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS is most likely Agnès Varda’s final film. Now in her eighties, she remains an active photographer and is continually involved in shows featuring her photographic installations. It seems that directing is not specifically what
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