Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Wisit Sasanatieng
Starring: Arawat Ruangvuth | Chartchai Ngamsan | Stella Malucchi | Supakorn Kitsuwon | Suwinit Panjamawat
Michael says: “This buried treasure nominee is a visual feast, part Romeo & Juliet, part cowboy cum gangster flick, part wacky farce. Dum and Rampoey are have been in love since they first met as children, but different social classes
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Andy Cockrum
Jay says: “TEAM EVEREST means to inspire you. It exists for that. Even if Andy Cockrum hadn’t been along to make a movie, the expedition it chronicles was still put together in order to inspire disabled people, by showing that
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor | Don Cheadle | Martin Sheen | Taraji P. Henson
Bruce says: “When Roger Ebert named Kasi Lemmons’ EVE’S BAYOU his film of the year for 1997, I was totally perplexed. Thick with plot, the film never delved very deep into its characters. They spoke volumes and lots happened; but
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: György Pálfi
Bruce says: “György Pálfi’s HUKKLE remains one of the most off-the-wall films I have ever seen; needless to say I was excited that he had a new film at Tribeca. In ways TAXIDERMIA is every bit as interesting in concept;
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Danny Boyle
Michael says: “After leaving the theatre, Jeff asked me if I liked science fiction movies. I told him that I liked reading science fiction, but that there were very few good science fiction movies. Unfortunately, SUNSHINE does not buck this
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Yang Zhang
Starring: Ge Gao | Haiying Sun | Joan Chen | Wang Haidi | Zhang Fan
Michael says: “SUNFLOWER is Chinese director Zhang Yang’s autobiographical look at the relationship between a father and son across three turbulent decades in China. Xiangyang is born in 1967 during the Cultural Revolution. As an infant, his father, Gengnian, is
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bradley Beasley | Sarah Price
Chris says: “It’s easy for most of us to forget what it feels like to be a child, especially if you don’t work with children or aren’t a parent. Bradley Beesley and Sarah Price’s straightforward but affecting documentary unerringly captures
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mark Mahon
Starring: Gail Fitzpatrick | Michael Madsen | Michael Rawley | Patrick Bergin | Richard Chamberlain | Vinnie Jones
Jason says: “STRENGTH AND HONOUR is likely not a movie I see outside of a festival setting, because it looked to combine a couple of genres I’m not particularly fond of – the ‘poor and miserable Irish people’ movie and
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Lou Ye
Starring: Bai Xueyun | Cui Lin | Guo Xiaodong | Hao Lei
Bruce says: “SUMMER PALACE created quite a sensation when director Lou Ye defied Chinese censorship and refused to edit this film before screening it at the Cannes Film Festival. I do agree with the Chinese government that SUMMER PALACE needs
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hilary Brougher
Starring: Amber Tamblyn | Dennis O’Hare | Melissa Leo | Tilda Swinton | Timothy Hutton
Michael says: “STEPHANIE DALEY is a small, indie film that had a brief run in Boston back in May. It starred Tilda Swinton (THE DEEP END; TEKNOLUST) and Amber Tamblyn (THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS), and got fairly positive
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