Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Harmony Korine
Starring: Denis Lavant | Diego Luna | James Fox | Richard Strange | Samantha Morton | Werner Herzog
Jason says: “MISTER LONELY invites the audience to ponder many philosophical questions. What is the purpose of a miracle? Is it a blessing or a curse to find oneself among people who share your passions completely? Can you choose your
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ji-hun Kim
Starring: Ahn Sung-kee | Kim Sang-kyung | Lee Jun-ki | Lee Yo-won
Jason says: “I don’t know if mentioning the date of May 18th even without including a year has the same immediate, nearly-universal effect on South Koreans that bringing up September 11th has on Americans, but it must strike a chord
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: James Marsh
Chris says: “In 1974, Philippe Petit, an impish, excitable young Frenchman did an impossible thing—he managed to string a tightrope across the roofs of the World Trade Center twin towers and walk on it (although ‘dancing’ seems a more fitting
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ira Sachs
Starring: Chris Cooper | Patricia Clarkson | Pierce Brosnan | Rachel McAdams
Michael says: “Ira Sachs (FORTY SHADES OF BLUE) leaves his tested theme of outsiders living in the modern-day South and enters 1950s, northwestern suburbia to look at the domestic difficulties of marriage in MARRIED LIFE. The talented acting pair of
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Director: Nicholas Fackler
Starring: Adam Scott | Elizabeth Banks | Ellen Burstyn | Martin Landau
Marilyn says: “On Wednesday we saw a sweet, poignant film called LOVELY, STILL, starring Ellen Burstyn and Martin Landau. It is a love story about a couple dealing with the separation caused by Alzheimer’s. It is touching and beautiful. Landau
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Christophe Honoré
Starring: Chiara Mastrioanni | Clothilde Hesme | GrégoireLeprince-Ringuet | LouisGarrel | Ludivine Sagnier
Bruce says: “This film is the type that haunts one’s memory long after seeing it. Audacious and totally unconventional, LES CHANSONS D’AMOUR is an UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG without Michel Legrand. Almost half of the film is sung; at the most
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Amei Wallach | Marion Cajori
Bruce says: “Films about artists often fall short because the filmmaker does not know how to balance the personal life of the artist with the product he or she has created. The two universes seem not to even intersect in
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Julian Schnabel
Bruce says: “Following his years with The Velvet Underground (1965-1970) and his gigantic success with ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ in 1972, Lou Reed recorded ‘Berlin’ in 1973 at the age of 29. The album was a commercial failure. He
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Starring: Henrik Dahl | Kåre Hedebrant | Karin Bergquist | Lina Leandersson | Per Ragnar
Jason says: “In short: Best vampire film in a long time, but almost impossible to review without a big-time spoiler for something that happens relatively early on. I don’t know when and how this will actually come out, but you
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Daniel A. Miller | Jeremy Newberger | Seth Kramer
Jason says: “The situation laid out at the start of THE LINGUISTS sounds familiar from tales of the Amazon rain forest being despoiled; the difference is that instead of unknown animal species being lost, it is ways to communicate. There
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