Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Buddhadev Dasgupta
Starring: Mithun Chakraborty | Rahul Bose | Sameera Reddy
Bruce says: “Sumanta, a young man, has filed a report on local corruption and is taken to task by his boss. ‘Who isn’t corrupt in this country?’ the boss asks. When the young man insists he followed through perfectly on
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Dave McKean
Starring: Gina McKee | Rob Brydon | Stephanie Leonidas
Michael says: “The visually spectacular fantasy by the comic world’s rock gods Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman has been getting very mixed reviews. Critics are comparing it to Alice in Wonderland and LABYRINTH for its tale of a young girl
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Starring: Kang-ho Song | Roe-ha Kim | Sang-kyung Kim
Michael says: “This challenging film of the misuse of power by the police during a dictatorial regime is further proof of the rise in the Korean film industry. In 1986 a small village in South Korea was plagued by its
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Alexander Nathan Etel | Daisy Donovan | James Nesbitt | Lewis Own McGibbon
Chris says: “No junkies or zombies in Danny Boyle’s first family film, which asks, ‘What would happen if two young boys found a duffel bag stacked with cash that seemingly just fell from out of the sky?’ MILLIONS sort of
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Gong Li | Michelle Yeoh | Zhang Ziyi
Chris says: “I never had any desire to read Arthur Golden’s obscenely popular novel. At first, this adaptation confirmed my worst suspicions: a sumptuously filmed but middlebrow Hollywood take on a subject that deserves better. Still, despite a slow start
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Brooke Smith | Chloe Sevigny | Jonny Lee Miller | Radha Mitchell | Will Ferrell
Janet says: “I keep dragging myself to these Woody Allen movies—mostly, at this point, to see the clothing and interior decor. The young couples in the film are decorating their upscale pads in an Anthropologie style with touches of the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Miranda July
Starring: Carlie Westerman | John Hawkes | Miranda July | Tracy Wright
Bruce says: “Miranda July’s ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW is the delightful film chosen to open the new Independent Film Center in New York on the site of the old Waverly Theater. July’s career has included video and
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Brillante Mendoza
Starring: Alan Paule | Coco Martin | Jaclyn Jose
Bruce says: “Filmed in video in only eight days THE MASSEUR tells the story of workers in the Manila sex industry, in particular an all male massage parlor. Director Brillante Mendoza makes a wise choice in telling the story of
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Luc Jacquet
Chris says: “Even if nature documentaries aren’t necessarily your thing, this one is worth checking out. Director Luc Jacquet and his crew capture the extraordinary mating ritual of the Emperor penguin, a bird indigenous to the harshest climate on the
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Rating: 1.75
Director: Christophe Honoré
Starring: Emma de Caunes | Isabelle Huppert | LouisGarrel
Michael says: “Despite the starring presence of the divine Isabelle Huppert, MA MÉRE proves to be the first misstep of the festival. Set in the Canary Islands, MA MÉRE uses the gorgeous beaches and resort towns as a backdrop to
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