Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.4
Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev
Starring: Ivan Dobronravov | Konstantin Lavronenko | Natalya Vdovina | Vladimir Garin
Bruce says: “When a child asks the question, ‘Where did you come from,’ it usually refers to a new arrival in the family that the stork has recently delivered. In THE RETURN when Vanya, the younger of two brothers, asks
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Cédric Kahn
Starring: Carole Bouquet | Jean-Pierre Darroussin | Vincent Deniard
Bruce says: “Some movies just rub you the wrong way. RED LIGHTS did that to me. Let me outline the plot. Antoine (Jean-Pierre Darroussin), a French milquetoast of a man who works in insurance, is married to Hélène (Carole Bouquet)
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Christoffer Boe
Starring: Krister Henriksson | Maria Bonnevie | Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Michael says: “Superficially, RECONSTRUCTION is a tale of two couples, and the adultery that occurs between two of them. Alex is in a pleasant relationship with Simone, and while she loves him dearly, he never seems to want to say
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Director: Bruce LaBruce
Starring: Andreas Stich | Daniel Bätscher | Dean Monroe | Gerrit | Joeffrey | Susanne Sachße
Ron says: “The revolution is my boyfriend: Gay cinema’s rude boy Bruce LaBruce was surprised when his film THE RASPBERRY REICH was accepted for Sundance. I thought it would be a hoot to see a LaBruce film that was a
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Jamie Foxx | Kerry Washington | Regina King
Janet says: “‘This film, the story of Ray Charles with Chlotrudis fave Kerry Washington as Ray’s long-suffering wife Bea, has a lot to recommend it although it’s constrained by the usual limitations of the biopic. “There is that seemingly unavoidable
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Tony McNamara
Starring: Ben Lee | Christopher Stollery | Garry McDonald | Miranda Richardson | Rose Byrne
Barbara says: “At first I thought this was going to be ‘Napoleon Dynamite Grows Up’ but it was much more. The underlying themes about the parental relationship with each other and with Placid as well as the over the top
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Jack Lewis | John Greyson
Starring: Kerry Norton | Kristen Thomson | Neil Sandilands | Rouxnet Brown | Shaun Smyth | Tessa Jubber
Bruce says: “‘Tis a pity that John Greyson is not a stage director for his sensibilities are much better suited for live drama than for the screen. I would love to see him stage a major production for the ailing
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dylan Kidd
Starring: Gabriel Byrne | Laura Linney | Lois Smith | Marcia Gay Harden | Paul Rudd | Topher Grace
Carolyn says: “I knew very little about this movie except that it was similar to BIRTH another movie out in theaters that I only heard a bit about. Louise, an admission director for Columbia’s School of Fine Arts, receives an
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Shane Carruth
Starring: Casey Goodan | David Sullivan | Shane Carruth
Hilary says: “I think this is what my hell looks like: nerdy guys with flat voices talking in techie-speak and performing scientific experiments. “I made the choice to leave after 20 minutes rather than stay and fall asleep. Perhaps sci-fi
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Paul Devlin
Bruce says: “At the beginning of POWER TRIP I thought I would be seeing another tale of a greedy American corporation taking advantage of citizens in the economically depressed and politically chaotic state of Georgia. That was a false assumption
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