Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Thomas McCarthy
Starring: Danai Jekesai Gurira | Haaz Sleiman | Hiam Abbass | Marian Seldes | Richard Jenkins
Michael says: “THE STATION AGENT was no fluke. Thomas McCarthy has delivered a sophomore effort that holds the possibly fleeting distinction of my favorite film of the festival so far. THE VISITOR is a ’cause’ film, focusing on the tragic
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Chris Messina | Javier Bardem | Patricia Clarkson | Penélope Cruz | Rebecca Hall | Scarlett Johansson
Bruce says: “Two girls are invited to Barcelona to spend July and August with friends Judy and Mark Nash (Patricia Clarkson and Kevin Dunn). Vicky (Rebecca Hall), whose fiancée is staying behind in New York, is working on a thesis
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Christina Clausen
Bruce says: “It is hard to believe that a simple kid from an ordinary all-American middle class family in Kutztown, PA could be considered one of the great artists of his time. Keith Haring visually defined his generation ,creating a
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Fumihiko Sori
Starring: Meisa Kuroki | Shosuke Tanihara | Yasuko Matsuyuki
Jason says: “VEXILLE has taught me not to complain about Hollywood productions that spend ‘too much’ on visual effects or expensive animation. As much as VEXILLE might have still been a mediocre action movie if an American-sized budget had been
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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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