Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Dougray Scott | Jeremy Northan | Kate Winslet | Saffron Burrows
Nathaniel R. says: “There are things to enjoy here, though, amidst the dull surroundings. Aside from the editing, which seems a bit clumsy -perhaps mirroring the overall construction of the story – the technical aspects are all fine. The collective
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sam Irvin
Starring: Cassandra Peterson | Gabi Andronache | Heather Hopper | Lucia Maier | Mary Jo Smith | Mary Scheer | Richard O'Brien | Scott Atkinson
Hilary says: “Last night, the Boston Chlotrudis contingent had the opportunity to meet Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and see her new movie ELVIRA’S HAUNTED HILLS. Even without the full get-up (she doesn’t appear in costume for charity events due
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Director: Petter Næss
Starring: Jørgen Langhelle | Marit Pia Jacobsen | Per Christian Ellefsen | Sven Nordin
Janet says: “This film is said to be doing tremendous box office and even revitalizing the film industry in Norway. But if you see just one Norwegian film this year, make it COOL AND CRAZY instead. ELLING is a too-broad
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Beth Grant | Drew Barrymore | Jake Gyllenhaal | Jena Malone | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Mary McDonnell | Noah Wylie | Patrick Swayze
Diane says: “Donnie Darko is a schizophrenic adolescent who sees through the falsity of authority figures and classmates, and is hallucinating in a dangerous way. Janet, like reviewer Gerry Peary, saw Donnie as a Jesus figure because he sacrifices himself
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Stephanie Black
Laura says: “LIFE & DEBT is a particularly powerful film in today’s climate, when Americans are more open to questioning why their country isn’t necessarily loved as much as they believe it should be. The biggest irony of Black’s film
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Stacy Peralta
Michael says: “I’ve been racking up the docs as the year approaches a close, and I’d meant to catch DOGTOWN & Z-BOYS in the theatre after it opened to strong, positive reviews. DOGTOWN uses amazing historical footage and an impressive
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Gail Dolgin | Vincente Franco
Michael says: “This heart-rending film looks at a Vietnamese-American girl, taken from her mother at the age of 7 and air-lifted to the United States near the end of the VietNam War. She is adopted by a single woman in
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Peter Care
Starring: Emile Hirsch | Jena Malone | Jody Foster | Kieran Culkin | Vincent D'Onofrio
Michael says: “Whoo Boy! I haven’t seen a movie that I’ve disliked this much in quite a while. “Set presumably in the 70’s, 4 boys in Catholic school misbehave, pay the consequences and grow up a little. Despite a host
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: John McKay
Starring: Andie MacDowell | Anna Chancellor | Bill Paterson | Imelda Staunton | Kenny Doughty
Laura says: “Were it not for MacDowell’s honest performance, the genuine heat between her and Doughty, and an imaginative use of musical themes, CRUSH would be pure Lifetime television fare. While jealousy among female friends is a true enough phenomenon,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: David Jacobson
Starring: Artel Kayàru | Bruce Davison | Jeremy Renner | Matt Newton
Bob G. says: “Jeremy Renner takes an almost impossible task — demythologizing serial cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer — and hits it out of the park. He has Dahmer’s blandness, which was his key to remaining undetected for so long, down pat.
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