Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.9
Director: Siu Fai Mak | Wai Keung Lau
Starring: Andy Lau | Anthony Wong | Tony Leung
Bruce says: “Every so often a film comes along that soars above others in its genre. Whether you categorize INFERNAL AFFAIRS as a thriller, action film or crime drama, it soars. Some critics bill this as a good cop/bad cop
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Zak Penn
Starring: Kitana Baker | Werner Herzog | Zak Penn
Chris says: “INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS is a clever, often side-splitting little film. The less said about what it’s about, the better. All you need to know is that its lead ‘character’ is the always intriguing Werner Herzog, and it
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Craig T. Nelson | Holly Hunter | Samuel Jackson | Sarah Vowell
Tom says: “I am a big fan of both Pixar and Brad Bird’s feature-film debut (and what I consider to be America’s best animated film) THE IRON GIANT, so I was as excited as could be when I heard Pixar
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Danielle Arbid
Starring: Laudi Arbid | Marianne Feghali | Rawia Elchab
Bruce says: “Once known as the Paris of the Middle East, Beirut was ultimately reduced to rubble by fighting that began in the mid 70’s and continued for at least a decade. People went about their business during the day;
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ramona S. Diaz
Bruce says: “Which are your most memorable glamorous First Ladies? Eva Peron, Jackie Kennedy, Dewi Sukarno, Madame Chaing-Kai-Chek? These are all women of great beauty and style, who also happened to be extremely well-educated, very intelligent and had an incredible
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Mark A. Lewis
Starring: Bill Croft | Chris Gauthier | Howard Siegel | John Callander | John F. Parker | Kurt Evans | Nicki Clyne | Paul Campbell | Peter Outerbridge
Bruce says: “ILL FATED, a very black tragicomedy, is clever enough to make an audience laugh and I admit I was laughing along with the others. But my laughter made me feel a bit dirty and somewhat of a lesser
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Gabriele Salvatore
Starring: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón | Dino Abbrescia | Giorgio Careccia
Bruce says: “My memories of Gabriele Salvatore’s MEDITERRANEO are hazy but my feelings about it remain perfectly clear. I wasn’t wild about it. It felt glossy and superficial. While Salvatore’s I’M NOT SCARED is an improvement, I’m still not a
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Matt Mahurin
Bruce says: “I LIKE KILLING FLIES is an engaging character study. Kenny Shopsin is an original. He is never without an opinion or ever at a loss for words. He refers to himself as an endangered species, a closet intellectual.
Read the review...Hukkle (Hungary; 75 min.) directed by: György Pálfistarring: Ferenc Bandi; Józsefné Rácz; József Forkas Bruce says: “HUKKLE has its own personality. In giving equal time to plants, animals, sounds, architectural details and humans György Pálfi has achieved something remarkable
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Dustin Hoffman< Lily Tomlin | Isabelle Huppert | Jason Schwartzman | Jude Law | Mark Wahlberg | Naomi Watts
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Chris says: Pretty audacious for a studio comedy, even if it’s technically an indie studio. David O. Russell’s existential romp is a love-it-or-hate-it receptacle if I ever saw one. I loved it, but I’m skeptical as to how much it’ll
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