Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.9
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Starring: Alakina Mann | Christopher Eccleston | Elaine Cassidy | Fionnula Flanagan | James Bentley | Nicole Kidman
Howard says: “I LOVE a good ghost story and have been looking forward to seeing this for a few weeks. Thankfully, none of my friends who had seen it gave it away. “I thought the entire cast was terrific especially
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Rating: 3.2 cats
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Starring: Jan Hartl | Jaroslava Kretschmerová | Pavel Novy | Veronika Zilková
Diane says: “I’m wondering should I recommend this to people on the strength of the first 45 minutes… This movie has such wit and brightness. The opening montage of babies laughing and crying is excellent. This is followed by a
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Stephen Soderbergh
Starring: Andy Garcia | Brad Pitt | Carl Reiner | Elliot Gould | George Clooney | Julia Roberts | Matt Damon
Hilary says: “OCEAN’S ELEVEN is a fun diversion. Clearly, Stephen Soderburgh can make great films in his sleep — this one looks great, and the cast includes several actors who’ve appeared in his films previously and had a hell of
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: David Atkins
Starring: Elias Koteas | Helena Bonham-Carter | Laura Dern | Steve Martin
Hilary says: “I wouldn’t quite call NOVOCAINE a neo-noir, but it certainly owed a lot to the genre, much like THE DEEP END (a favorite from earlier this year). Steve Martin’s protagonist, Dr. Frank Sangster, a successful Chicago dentist, reminded
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Ann Miller | Justin Theroux | Laura Harring | Naomi Watts
Bob says: “I think MULHOLLAND D. brings Lynch back, at least part way, to the dark obsessions of his earlier work: we are affected by (and in return, we affect) forces no one can understand, our hidden fears have real
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Rating: 3.6
Director: Cesc Gay
Starring: Esther Nubiola | Fernando Ramallo | Jordi Vilches | Mareta Orozco
Nathaniel says: “It’s basically another gay coming of age at the beach film (hmmmm, a foreign film gay mini-trend?)… this one tells the tale of best friends who discover that they want very different things from each other during the
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Ewan McGregor | Jim Broadbent | Nicole Kidman
Diane says: “I call it a confection. So sue me! I was pulled in by the wonderful color and chaos in the first third, bored by the middle chunk, regained interest when the drama picked up toward the end. I
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Starring: Maggie Cheung | TonyLeung
Diane says: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, directed by Wong Kar-Wai, is the story of two Hong Kong neighbors who seek solace in each other because their spouses are absent. I loved the look of this movie: lots of deep
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Amanda Plummer | Bud Cort | Gloria Stuart | Jeremy Davies | Jimmy Smitts | Mel Gibson | Milla Jovovich | Peter Stormare | Tim Roth
Laura says: “Taken from a story idea by Bono and directed by Wim Wenders, THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL is really a mess of a movie. The cast includes Mel Gibson as an FBI man hired by a billionaire to investigate
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Rating: 2.3
Director: Christine Lahti
Starring: Albert Brooks | John Goodman | Leelee Sobieski | Michael McKean
Kevin says: “First and foremost–Leelee Sobieski gives one of the year’s strongest performances in this film. She is absolutely stunning, and is now my favorite young actress. I recommend going out to see this film just to watch her performance
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