Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Momoru Hosoda
Starring: Mieko Nobusawa | Mitsuki Tanimura | Nanami Sakuraba | Ryunosuke Kamiki | Takahiro Yokokawa
Jason says: “Mamoru Hosoda perhaps didn’t make a huge name for himself with THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME, but he made a very good animated film that told a fantastical science fiction story that was also very emotionally grounded.
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Daniel Stamm
Starring: Ashley Bell | Caleb Landry Jones | Iris Bahr | Louis Herthum | Patrick Fabian
Jason says: “I’ve got an issue with THE LAST EXORCISM, but it’s about as minor as one can be: It may be borne almost entirely out of my personal beliefs and one that only becomes an issue in the final
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Yûya Ishii
Starring: Hikari Mitsushima | Kira Aihara | Kôtarô Shiga | Masashi Endô
Jason says: “A frustrating aspect of seeing foreign films at festivals is that they tend to be very directer-oriented, so if it’s a performance that catches one’s eye, the most likely situation for seeing that actor again is if he/she
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Eva Jin
Starring: Bingbing Fan | Chen Yao | Peter Ho | So Ji-sub | Zhang Ziyi
Jason says: “Take heart, people of the world; the west and the east aren’t necessarily so different after all. Sure, we may not see eye-to-eye on a lot of things, but if both cultures churn out romantic comedies where the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Arild Fröhlich
Starring: Jenny Skavlan | Josefin Ljungman | Kyrre Hellum | Nils Jørgen Kaalstad | Per Kjerstad
Jason says: “Norway’s FATSO goes for the comedy of discomfort far more than an American version of the same story would, and as a result, maybe it makes sense in that case that it ends with only the wispiest sense
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Director: Krishnakumar Ramakumar
Starring: Dushara Vijayan | Madhavan | Priyamani | Vinay Rai | Yogi Babu
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Rustin Thompson
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Vo Thach Thao
Starring: Doan The Vinh | Gia Tue | Phuong Thanh | Thai Hoa | Vo Tan Phat
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Sabrina Greco
Starring: Ally Davis | Blu Hunt | Colin Burgess | Kevin Grossman | Nick Corirossi
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Zach Passero
Starring: Angela Bettis | Brian Ceely | Ellar Coltrane | Glenn Bolton | Sean Bridgers
