Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Harry Moses
Bruce says: “This film is a perfect companion piece for WHO GETS TO CALL IT ART?, a film that explains how Henry Geldzahler became a power broker for the contemporary art scene in New York during the latter part of
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Rob VanAklemade
Bruce says: “This film would make a great double feature with AUDIENCE OF ONE. Both feature overzealous ministers who stop at nothing to accomplish goals which are both ill-defined and elusive. WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY? is the story of Reverend
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Starring: Chen Shiang-Chyi | Lee Kang-Sheng | Yang Kuei-mei
Michael says: “Tsai Ming-Liang’s THE WAYWARD CLOUD, is a sequel of sorts to the brilliant WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? It was a brilliant film, but definitely not quite what I was expecting. THE WAYWARD CLOUD is a sweetly subversive,
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Dong-hun Choi
Starring: Hye-su Kim | Seung-woo Cho | Yun-shik Baek
Jason says: “It’s probably not a good idea to try to learn about a game by seeing a movie about it. Based upon THE WAR OF FLOWER (aka TAZZA: THE HIGH ROLLERS), I’m dumbfounded at the idea that hwatu could
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Fredi M. Murer
Starring: Julika Jenkins | Teo Gheorghiu | Urs Jucker
Bruce says: “**Spoilers** “VITUS is a surprisingly slick and competent drama about a child prodigy who desperately wants to be normal. When we first see Vitus (Teo Gheorghiu) he is twelve and has stolen a private plane which he is
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Adrienne Shelly
Starring: Adrienne Shelly | Cheryl Hines | Jeremy Sisto | Keri Russell | Nathan Fillion
Michael says: “How can you review WAITRESS without thinking about the tragic circumstances surrounding writer/director Adrienne Shelly’s demise? It is a testament to Shelly’s talents, particularly as a writer, that WAITRESS is a delightful film that rises above the harsh
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner | Gerard Depardieu | Marion Cotillard | Pascal Gregory | Sylvie Testud
Bruce says: “Edith Piaf remains one of the all time great vocal stylists – a voice filled with great character and emotion, a voice that simultaneously reflects personal heartbreak and resilience. I became a big Piaf fan while still in
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Alice Taglioni | Daniel Auteuil | Gad Elmaleh | Kristin Scott Thomas | Virginie Ledoyen
Bruce says: “After the screening of THE VALET it was announced that Dreamworks had purchased the film for a Hollywood remake. Adam Sandler is my guess for the title role which is played by Gad Elmaleh. Like Jamel Debbouze (AMELIE,
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Jodie Whittaker | Leslie Phillips | Lynn Redgrave | Peter O’Toole | Richard Griffiths
Bruce says: “O’Toole plays Maurice, a well-known actor with a reputation as a womanizer, who is definitely in his twilight years. He and his friend Ian (Leslie Phillips) fret about recurring infirmities and approaching senility. Maurice occasionally stops by to
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Henriette Mantel | Steve Skrovan
Bruce says: “‘A reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment. An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment to suit himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.’ When George Bernard Shaw wrote these words he
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