Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Rowan Woods
Starring: Cate Blanchett | Dustin Nguyen | Hugo Weaving | Noni Hazlehurst
Michael says: “On a recent trip to New York City, Scot, Bruce and I went to see the Australian film LITTLE FISH starring Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving. Unfortunately, this intense little film was never released in Boston and is
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Lian Lunson
Bruce says: “Delightful to watch, LEONARD COHEN: I’M YOUR MAN is not entirely successful. The man, his poetry and music make the film irresistible on one level. Regrettably, the artistic choices – who sings the songs and who speaks to
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Catherine Martin
Beth says: “Directed by French-Canadian Catherine Martin, this documentary was focused on a once remote part of Quebec called Charlesvoix. 30 years ago a photographer recorded images of the people and the places of this area, and Martin went back
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Luc Dardenne
Starring: Déborah François | Jérémie Segard
Chris says: “Despite the leisurely pace and authentic stabs at social realism, don’t say nothing ever happens in a film by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. Like their previous feature THE SON, this one gradually bottles up a lot of tension
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Forest Whitaker | James McAvoy | Kerry Washington
Bruce says: “As Idi Amin, the military ruler of Uganda from 1971-1979, Forest Whitaker develops his character brilliantly. Like many charismatic leaders, Amin is a man who can charm anyone who crosses his path and, at the same time, instill
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Heidi Ewing | Rachel Grady
Carolyn says: “A very well done documentary about children brought up in the born-again tradition. The framing of the film was a big discussion topic afterwards. I especially liked the question at the end of the introductory scene. OK I
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
Starring: Ali Nassirian | Hossein Farzi-Zadeh | Neda Pakdaman
Michael says: “IRON ISLAND is a little-seen Iranian film by Mohammad Rasoulof that enjoyed a very brief run at the Museum of Fine Arts. It’s now available on DVD, and I highly recommend that you take a look. Blending captivating
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: James Longley
Bruce says: “I would recommend this film for groups of people to see together, not so they might learn something new but as a catalyst for discussion on Iraq and its future. To adequately discuss the future one must necessarily
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Beatrice Dalle | Grégoire Colin | Michel Subor | Yekaterina Golubeva
Bruce says: “SPOILER ALERT! Anyone who has been to a car show knows about concept cars. L’INTRUS is a film equivalent: a concept film. Finished less than a week before its world premiere in Toronto, L’INTRUS was inspired by the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Cassandra Freeman | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Christopher Plummer | Clive Owen | Denzel Washington | Jodie Foster | Peter Kybart | Willem Dafoe
Bruce says: “Spike Lee is one of four directors who have defined New York City on film over the past six decades. The others are Woody Allen, Sidney Lumet, and Martin Scorsese. Early in Lee’s career it appeared he was
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