Hockeyland (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Tommy Haines
House of Darkness (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Neil LaBute
Starring: Gia Crovatin | Justin Long | Kate Bosworth | Lucy Walters
About Fate (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Marius Vaysberg
Starring: Britt Robertson | Emma Roberts | Lewis Tan | Madelaine Petsch | Thomas Mann
The Wonder (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sebastián Lelio
Starring: David Wilmot | Florence Pugh | Niamh Algar | Ruth Bradley | Toby Jones
Chris says: “A triumph of production design and tone rather than story, though Florence Pugh is so convincingly invested in it one’s almost inclined to actually buy it. And I’d leave it at that if it weren’t for those opening
Read the review...The Tsugua Diaries (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Maureen Fazendeiro | Miguel Gomes
Starring: Carloto Cotta | Crista Alfaiate | João Nunes Monteiro
Chris says: “Fassbinder’s BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE in the time of Covid lockdown with a similar ennui but richer colors and textures, not to mention petty complaints about breakfast options. 3.5 cats“
Read the review...The Story of Film: A New Generation (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Mark Cousins
Chris says: “At 160 minutes, it’s too much of a good thing (the hour-long chunks of the original miniseries were ideal in that regard) and I would’ve rather digested this as the two separate halves in which it presents itself.
Read the review...Clytaemnestra (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ougie Pak
Starring: Haru Kim | Jongman Kim | Taehee Kim
Chris says: “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as a drunken bitch-slap fight. 3 cats“
Read the review...My Policeman (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Michael Grandage
Starring: Emma Corrin | Gina McKee | Harry Styles | Linus Roache | Rupert Everett
Chris says: “My policeman has a first name, It’s H-A-R-R-Y; My policeman has a second name, It’s S-T-Y-L-E-(S); Oh, he struggles playing aloof and gay, And the adapted screenplay’s just okay, But David Dawson steals this film; He’s better in
Read the review...Fanny: The Right to Rock (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Bobbi Jo Hart
Chris says: “The form’s nothing special when you consider more ambitious rock docs from ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL to THE VELVET UNDERGROUND; fortunately, the content tells such an essential, long-obscured story that you come away from it practically beaming
Read the review...Broker (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.6
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Bae Doona | Dong-Won Gang | Ji-eun Lee | Lee Joo-young | Song Kang-ho
Chris says: “After a brief sojourn in France (THE TRUTH), director Hirokazu Kore-eda made this movie in South Korea rather than his home country of Japan, purportedly so he could work with the actor Song Kang-ho (he was most recently
Read the review...Armageddon Times (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: James Gray
Starring: Anne Hathaway | Anthony Hopkins | Banks Repeta | Jaylin Webb | Jeremy Strong
Chris says: “The latest from writer/director James Gray is almost nakedly autobiographical. His 11-year-old alter ego, Paul (Banks Repeta) lives in Queens, 1980 (as Gray did), the younger son of a middle-class Jewish-American family whose grandfather (Anthony Hopkins) arrived at
Read the review...Tantura (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alon Schwarz
Diane says: “Were hundreds of Palestinians massacred in their village of Tantura in 1948? Director Alon Schwarz has created an investigation into a prior scholarly investigation into an incident in Israel’s War of Independence. His ‘star’ is Teddy Katz, whose graduate
Read the review...Moonage Daydream (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Brett Morgen
Cheryl says: “I had high hopes for this documentary and was really looking forward to seeing it when I finally made it to the Arlington Capitol for the last night of its 3-plus week run. “The promo promised never-before-seen live
Read the review...The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Barry Koeghan | Brendan Gleeson | Colin Farrell | Gary Lydon | Kerry Condon
Brett says: “Martin McDonagh paradoxically blasts the audience with deadpan in another highly ironic and character-driven film that adds to an already near-pristine catalog of acclaimed hits from the director. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN fits snugly into what might be
Read the review...Last Flight Home (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Ondi Timoner
Diane says: “For viewers interested in death and dying, LAST FLIGHT HOME is a powerful film. Documentarian Ondi Timoner wasn’t expecting to make a movie—she just habitually films everything in her family’s life. But when she began to create a
Read the review...Fire of Love (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Sara Dosa
Diane says: “I had shied away from this doc earlier, about a French vulcanologist couple who died in the line of work. But it is fantastic! Of course there are the mesmerizing shots of lava flow and eruptions, but also
Read the review...The Whale (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1 cat
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Brendan Fraser | Hong Chau | Sadie Sink | Samantha Morton | Ty Simpkins
Brett says: “Already before coming to theaters with a whole convoy of dump trucks’ worth of hype, THE WHALE is a film that, unfortunately, will fall flat for many who are expecting some sort of transformative cinematic experience. For others
Read the review...Women Talking (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Sarah Polley
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Claire Foy | Frances McDormand | Jessie Buckley | Judith Ivey | Rooney Mara | Sheila McCarthy
Brett says: “WOMEN TALKING re-molds a world of an isolated religious community that is at least somewhat familiar to most North American audiences. It is a reshaping, reimagining of Mennonite society, even though the film is careful never to utter that
Read the review...The Integrity of Joseph Chambers (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Robert Machoian
Starring: Carl Kennedy | Clayne Crawford | Colt Crawford | Hix Crawford | Jordana Brewster
Brett says: “Be vewy, vewy quiet. I’m hunting toxic masculinity. “Following up a powerful success of THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS, director Robert Machoian returns with THE INTEGRITY OF JOSEPH CHAMBERS, which tangles itself up into several knots of frustration,
Read the review...Brahmastra Part One: Shiva (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Ayan Mukerji
Starring: Alia Bhatt | Amitabh Bachchan | Nagarjuna Akkineni | Ranbir Kapoor | Shah Rukh Khan
