Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: John Kirby
Bruce says: “‘If you see this film, it may not be the same film I saw, which was not the same film shown at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. The filmmakers confessed to having been up all night editing before
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Shonali Bose
Starring: Brinda Karat | Konkona Sen Sharma | Yashpal Sharma
Bruce says: “‘I feel foreign,’ Kaju tells her Delhi cousins. Raised in Los Angeles by a single mom, Kaju is visiting her family in India for the first time on her own. Her cousin takes her to the university where
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Kieran O'Brien | Margot Stilley
Hilary says: “Is it soft-core porn? Is it nine mini-concert films? It’s successfully neither; mostly just boring. “1 cat for the whole mess, 3 cats for the musical perfs”
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Lalita Panyopas | Tasanawalai Ongartittichai
Bruce says: “After playing in film festivals for over two and one half years (January 2000 – August 2002) 6IXTYNIN9, never found distribution in the United States. As a result of the success of Ratanaruang’s LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Stéphane Freiss | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Michael says: “The director of SWIMMING POOL, 8 WOMEN and UNDER THE SAND takes a slight stumble with his latest feature 5 X 2. Ozon shows us five stages in a couple’s relationship beginning with the day of their divorce
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Catherine Keener | Elizabeth Banks | Jane Lynch | Kat Dennings | Leslie Mann | Paul Rudd | Romany Malco | Seth Rogen | Steve Carrell
Janet says: “With THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN I expected a DEUCE BIGALOW/AMERICAN PIE type of sensibility with perhaps a few ribald laughs. Instead, I found a cleverly written and well-acted film. The characters are well developed, every setup pays off, and
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kim Ki-Duk
Starring: Jae Hee | Kwon Hyuk-ho | Lee Seung-yeon
Tom says: “I saw at least 2 dozen films at last years Toronto Film Festival, but the one that stayed with me was the Korean film 3-IRON. “This delicate, quiet yet whimsical movie establishes Kim Ki-Duk’s (SUMMER, SPRING, SOMETHING AND
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Starring: Faye Wong | Gong Li | Tony Leung | Zhang Zhiyi
Thom says: “I was looking forward to seeing this film almost more than any other I knew about. With Wong Kar Wai as director and starring Tony Leung, Li Gong, Ziyi Zhang, Maggie Cheung, & Faye Wong how could it
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Beat Takeshi | Gadarukanaru Taka | Michiyo Ookusu | Michiyo Yasuda | Tadanobu Asano
Diane says: “Samurai spaghetti western with a heavy dose of MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. While samurai gangs destroy each other, Kitano shows what’s happening to the disenfranchised regular folks. Beat Takeshi, playing the lead role of THE BLIND
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Director: Ramadan Suleman
Starring: Mpumi Malatsi | Pamela Nomvete | Sophie Mgcina
Bruce says: “In the 1960’s many South African men went into exile leaving the women to raise the children. Supposedly 80% of South African leaders were brought up by single mothers. The writer and director of ZULU LOVE LETTER were
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