Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Bradley Beersley
Chadd says: “To begin our spate of ‘Rockumentaries’ in 2005, we have this film centered around the Flaming Lips. Though the film presents many good stories about the band, its members, and its members’ exploits, it ultimately is not a
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Starring: Fernando Tejero | Guillermo Toldeo | Luis Varela | Mónica Cervera
Bruce says: “This silly farce is successful because of the brilliant comedic performances of the two leads, Guillermo Toledo and Mónica Cervera. Toledo plays Rafael Gonzalez, ambitious manager of the women’s department of a leading Madrid department store; retail is
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Alain Corneau
Starring: Kaori Tsuji | Sylvie Testud | Taro Suwa
Bruce says: “Social satire is tricky business and I, more often than not, find it distasteful. Not so in the case of FEAR AND TREMBLING a wonderful satire of the clash between Japanese corporate culture and the shocking ‘western’ behavior
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Louise Archambault
Starring: Juliette Gosselin | Macha Grenon | Sylvie Moreau
Bruce says: “The human body contains 50 million cells and each one of those cells contains the genetic code of our heritage. It is certain that DNA determines things like hair color and the size of the foot. FAMILIA wonders
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Chris Evans | Ioan Gruffudd | Jessica Alba | Julian McMahon | Kerry Washington | Michael Chiklis
Michael says: “As a longtime Fantastic Four fan I enjoyed the film quite a bit. It wasn’t what it could have been, but for me, it was much better than most of the critics make it out to be. I
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Liev Schreiber
Starring: Eugene Hutz; Elijah Wood; Boris Leskin | Jonathan Safran Foer | Zuzana Hodkova
Chris says: “First-time director Liev Schreiber probably couldn’t picked a more difficult book to adapt than Jonathan Safran Foer’s eccentric first novel. Cutting out most of the book’s flashbacks and folk tales, Schreiber sticks to the main, linear narrative where
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alex Gibney
Michael says: “This one was billed as possibly the next big doc to crossover, with a lively trailer that promised laughs, shocks and excitement. ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM certainly shocked me and got me angry, but it
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Director: Giovanni Sanseviero
Starring: Giovanni Sanseviero | Michael Maldonado | Tony Ryan
Michael says: “After pursuing an acting career on the stage, and while trolling the audition circuit in New York City, Giovanni Sanseviero found a mostly abandoned building in Hell’s Kitchen and thus was born the idea for his first film.
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Michael Almereyda
Bruce says: “Born in Oxford, Mississippi, William Eggleston settled in Memphis where he has lived most of his adult life. WILLIAM EGGLESTON IN THE REAL WORLD begins as Bill Eggleston and his son traipse around Mayfield, Kentucky on a photo
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Craig Lucas
Starring: Campbell Scott | Patricia Clarkson | Peter Saarsgard
Michael says: ” Craig Lucas would have been better served with a skilled director handling this adaptation of his stage play. Each character in THE DYING GAUL commits acts of kindness and cruelty, sometimes one under the guise of the
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