Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Amanda Bynes | Amanda Detmer | Frankie Muniz | Paul Giamatti
Robin says: “BIG FAT LIAR, with its young TV stars, comic bad guy and goofy fun, is aimed squarely at the older kids/younger teen audience. With its plethora of site gags, harmless vengeance and comic antics, it should strike pay
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Dover Koshashvili
Starring: Lior Ashkenazi | Moni Moshonov | Ronit Elkabetz
Nathaniel R. says: “Though Zaza or ‘Dooby’ as his girlfriend calls him, is a grown man who everyone treats like a boy, they’re angry that he doesn’t grow up. His family is maddened by his indifference to the bridal candidates
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ray Lawrence
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia | Barbara Hershey | Geoffrey Rush | Kerry Armstrong | Leah Purcell | Rachel Blake
Diane says: “An excruciating round robin of infidelities in Sydney, combined with a murder mystery. For some reason, I was expecting a lighter film, but there’s no respite to be had here. “LANTANA is striking in its manipulation of the
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Director: Fred Schepisi
Starring: Bob Hoskins | Helen Mirren | Michael Caine | Tom Courtenay
Ellen says: “A group of men go on a road trip to fulfill the final wishes of their deceased friend. Along the way, we are treated to flashbacks that show how the different men are interconnected. The film had excellent
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Stanley Kwan
Starring: Fang Lu | Jun Hu | Li Huatong | Shuang Li
Michael says: “LAN YU is a simple, well-conceived love story that takes place in Hong Kong during the late 80’s, during the time of the Tiananmen Square disaster. Handong is a successful business partner who spends a night with Lan
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Eric Rohmer
Starring: Alain Libolt | Jean-Claude Dreyfus | Léonard Cobiant | Lucy Rusell
Michael says: “THE LADY & THE DUKE is Eric Roehmer’s interesting behind-the-scenes look at the French Revolution. Lucy Russel plays a Scottish aristocrat living in France, Grace Elliott, a royalist and former lover and still good friend of Philippe, the
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Starring: Aamire Kahn | Gracy Singh | Paul Blackthorne | Rachel Shelley
Michael says: “LAGAAN is a 4-hour psuedo-Bollywood epic of legendary proportions, filled with good triumphing over evil and injustice in a most satisfactory way. In fact, LAGAAN is structured very much like a legend, complete with predictable plot, and over-the-top
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Adam Low
Laura says: “This documentary chronicles Kurosawa’s childhood, connecting significant events with images in his later films, as well as his development as a filmmaker, his relationship with actor Toshiro Mifune and his influence on other filmmakers. If you didn’t already
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Starring: Giovanna Mezzogiorno | Stefania Sandrelli | Stefano Accorsi
Laura says: “Carlo (Stefano Accorsi, THE SON’S ROOM) is one of five buddies, all seen celebrating Marco’s last evening of bachelorhood, at the beginning of THE LAST KISS. He must face adulthood and responsibility himself as his live in girlfriend,
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Starring: Heather Juergensen | Jennifer Westfeldt | Scott Cohen | Tovah Feldshuh
Michael says: “Finally managed to catch up with KISSING JESSICA STEIN the other night, and found it to be perfectly charming if a mite predictable (The very first scene involving Jessica and Josh had me correctly predicting the ending.) Tovah
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