Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Parvez Sharma
Michael says: “This is one of those films that I find very difficult to review. Focusing on the horrific plight of the homosexual Muslim, it’s an important film with a story that needs to be told, yet as a film
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ho-Cheung Pang
Starring: Chapman To | Isabella Leong | Josie Ho
Jason says: “It’s easy to say what ISABELLA is about – a middle-aged man coming to terms with the daughter he never knew he had – although it’s a little more difficult to nail down the specific plot, especially while
Read the review...Jellyfish (Israel; 78 min.) directed by: Shira Geffen, Etgar Keretstarring: Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Gera Sandler, Noa Knoller, Ma-nenita De Latorre, Ilanit Ben Yaakov Michael says: “JELLYFISH won the Golden Camera, and the Screenwriter’s Award at Cannes earlier this
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sean Penn
Starring: Catherine Keener | Emile Hirsch | Jena Malone | Marcia Gay Harden | William Hurt
Hilary says: ” Sean Penn’s latest directorial & screenwriting effort, INTO THE WILD, is an adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s book of the same name. WILD is the true story of an idealistic new college grad, Christopher McCandless, who travels around
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Paul Auster
Starring: David Thewlis | Irène Jacob | Michael Imperioli
Bruce says: “Paul Auster’s The Book of Illusions is a magical work. It tells the story of Martin Frost, a man devastated by the loss of his wife and children, who returns to the living when he discovers the films
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Todd Haynes
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Bruce Greenwood | Cate Blanchett | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Christian Bale | Heath Ledger | Julianne Moore | Marcus Carl Franklin | Michelle Williams | Richard Gere
Michael says: “There’s been a lot of buzz about Todd Hayne’s Bob Dylan biopic, especially after it’s debut in Venice. Those who know me know that I am not a fan of the biopic, but ever the experimenter, Haynes turns
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Eric Latigau
Starring: Alain Chabat | Bernadette Lafont | Charlotte Gainsbourg
Bruce says: “If you feel you need a reason to see this film, there is one: Charlotte Gainsbourg. Like the recent French offering, THE VALET, this film has been optioned by Hollywood for an English remake. If Sony Pictures has
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Doris Dörrie
Michael says: “German feminist filmmaker Doris Dörrie is best known for her narrative features, such as 1985’s MEN, 1988’s ME AND HIM, or 2000’s ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED. It is this latter film that serves as a connection of sorts to her
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bong Joon-Ho
Starring: Du-na Bae | Hie-bong Byeon | Kang-hoSong
Jeff says: “In the year 2000, an overly compulsive American doctor on a U.S. military base in Korea orders his Korean employee to pour hundreds of bottles of formaldehyde down a drain, directly into Seoul’s Han River. On a bright,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Peter Vogt
Jay says: “It’s probably pretty easy to make a fairly entertaining documentary about Bill ‘Spaceman’ Lee: Point a camera at him, ask a question, and let him go. Repeat until out of questions or time, do a little follow-up with
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