Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Dana Adam Shapiro | Henry Alex Rubin
Chris says: “The very idea of ‘quadriplegic wheelchair rugby’ may initially sound like some sort of sick joke, but this documentary emphatically shows it’s nothing to scoff at. Rivaling (and besting) most fictional ‘inspirational’ sports films, MURDERBALL follows Team USA
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Ayelet Zurer | Ciarán Hinds | Daniel Craig | Eric Bana | Geoffrey Rush | Mathieu Almaric | Mathieu Kassovitz
Hilary says: “Just a few words on MUNICH: “I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. Spielberg actually redeems himself as a filmmaker, not just a blockbuster-izer, up until the last 10 minutes when he takes out his Significance
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jonathan Nossiter
Peg says: “If SIDEWAYS was wine’s MANHATTAN, MONDOVINO is its ROGER AND ME. An ambitious, sprawling (2 and a quarter hours and maybe a bit too long) documentary which mainly takes place in France, Italy and California (with brief segments
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Hans Fjellestad
Hilary says: “This uneven documentary tells the story of (recently-deceased) electronic music innovator, Dr. Robert Moog. An electrical engineer and theremin enthusiast, Moog’s name became synonymous with the synthesizer in the 1960s. “There are some interesting interactions between Moog and
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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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