Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Péter Forgács
Bruce says: “Tracking down home movies and combining them with other (usually professional) archival footage is an intriguing way of telling a story, creating a verité effect while providing a history lesson. Péter Forgács is a founder of the Private
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Keven Undergaro
Starring: Danielle Weeks | Mitch Malem | Wayne Previdi
Jason says: “For all I know, the most amusing part of “IN THE LAND OF MERRY MISFITS won’t even be included when it finally gets whatever sort of distribution it winds up getting. The festival screening opened with a rapid-fire summarization
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Jimmy Jay Frieden
Jason says: “The subject that inspired Gary Marino’s MILLION CALORIE MARCH – both the documentary and the event itself – is certainly worth the audience’s attention; adult and child obesity is a major problem in the United States. As a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Bruce says: “Anyone glued to the nightly news during the saga of journalist Daniel Pearl knows the sad ending of his harrowing kidnapping story. A MIGHTY HEART is based on the writings of his wife Mariane, herself a journalist. Daniel
Read the review...Meanwhile (Argentina/France; 90 min.) directed by: Diego Lermanstarring: Valeria Bertuccelli, Maria Merlino, Claudio Quinteros Bruce says: “‘Meanwhile’ has two meanings – ‘during the interval’ and ‘at the same time’ – either of which are appropriate for Diego Lerman’s second
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Adam Kaufman
Jay says: “Do people still actually say ‘metrosexual?’ In today’s internet-speed environment, pop culture memes have an average half-life of about six months, and ‘metrosexual’ peaked two or three years ago. Not that it really matters; the title character’s metrosexuality
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Noah Baumbach
Starring: Jack Black | Jennifer Jason Leigh | John Turturro | Nicole Kidman | Zane Pais
Michael says: “Stories about dysfunctional families often make for great comedic and dramatic fodder, both in novels and in films. Noah Baumbach was successful mining this territory in 2005’s THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, but while I enjoyed that film,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: James D. Scurlock
Bruce says: “MAXED OUT is the first film I’ve been able to see at the Chlotrudis sponsored Sunday Eye Opener series at the Brattle Theater. MAXED OUT is not the film I had thought it would be. Judging by its
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Jennifer Baichwal
Bruce says: “MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is a portrait of Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky who is known for his landscapes. The title refers to a series of photographs he shoots on a trip to Asia. Rather than photograph the natural wonders of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Vivien Lesnik Weisman
Bruce says: “This documentary film is an excellent primer for understanding issues of Cubans exiles, particularly those in South Florida. The title refers to the subject of the film Max Lesnik, a former resident of Havana, Cuba, and now a
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