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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kevin Kopacka
Starring: Anna Platen | Frederik von Lüttichau | Jeff Wilbusch | Luisa Taraz | Robert Nickisch
Brett says: “Aesthetically soothing, frightening, trippy, and feverish all in perfect rhythm with whichever atmosphere the scene calls for at the time, one way to introduce the film DAWN BREAKS BEHIND THE EYES is to go ahead and establish that’s
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Elise Finnerty
Starring: Elise Finnerty | Estelle Girard Parks | Jenna Rose Sander | Nathan Wallace | Samuel Dunning
Brett says: “This debut feature from director Elise Finnerty is an elevated genre film that leans into the familiar folk horror tradition of tying present to pagan pasts. As the title implies, herein lies a new take on the witchcraft
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Eric Pennycoff
Starring: Graham Skipper | Jeremy Gardner | Rigo Garay | Taylor Zaudtke
Brett says: “The horror Christmas movie tradition might bring to mind some cult classics like BLACK CHRISTMAS; SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT; and RARE EXPORTS. It might be a bit too early to tell, but if given a fair shake and
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Avalon Fast
Starring: Henri Gillespi | Jillian Frank | Mari Geraghty | Max Graham | Sophie Bawks-Smith
Brett says: “A film that’s still a little rough around the edges, this is a teen/20-somethings romp centered on a female circle of friends. Though they engage in annual summer escapades with their male companions, one of the girls has
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Ivaylo Hristov
Starring: Ivan Savov | Michael Flemming | Miroslava Gogovska | Stoyan Bochev | Svetlana Yancheva
Michael says: “This Bulgarian film is a fascinating take on a story that has been very much in the film zeitgeist over the past few years. Hristov tells the story of the lives of a small town whose social and economic
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Panah Panahi
Starring: Amin Simiar | Hasan Majuni | Pantea Panahiha | Rayan Sarlak
Brett says: “HIT THE ROAD is an emotional gut punch disguised as a family road trip flick. In this feature film directorial debut from Panah Panahi, the audience slips into anomaly after anomaly underneath what is presented otherwise as a
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Director: Noam Tomaschoff
Starring: Christopher Lloyd | Joe Adler | Nadia Alexander | Richard Kind | Stephen Friedrich | Tara Holt
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Chris Sivertson
Starring: Christina Ricci | Colleen Camp | Don Durrell | Lew Temple | Santino Barnard
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jack Fessenden
Starring: Alex Breaux | Alex Hurt | Andi Matichak | Angus O'Brien | James Le Gros
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Naveen A. Chathapuram
Starring: Ali Larter | Kyle Schmid | Ralph Ineson | Ron Perlman | Tahmoh Penikett
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Sebastian Godwin
Starring: Aisling Loftus | Hattie Gotobed | Lukas Rolfe | Raffiella Chapman | Tom Goodman-Hill
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: David Siegel | Scott McGehee
Starring: Eugene Brave Rock | Gilbert Owuor | Haley Lu Richardson | Kimberly Guerrero | Owen Teague
Chris says: “Haley Lu Richardson as someone who fully understands in regards to animals what constitutes a pet vs. meat. 3.5 cats“
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Director: Ninja Thyberg
Starring: Chris Cock | Dana DeArmond | Evelyn Claire | Sofia Kappel | Zelda Morrison
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Benjamin Bergmann | Jono Bergmann
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Jerrod Carmichael
Starring: Christopher Abbott | Henry Winkler | J.B Smoove | Jerrod Carmichael | Lavell Crawford | Tiffany Haddish
Michael says: “ON THE COUNT OF THREE is billed as a dark comedy, and while it is that, I felt that it was more an inevitable tragedy sprinkled with humor. It’s a bold story about two men who make a
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Director: Chadd Harbold
Starring: Ashley Benson | Frank Whaley | Logan Miller | Shiloh Fernandez
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: John Madden
Starring: Charlotte Hamblin | Colin Firth | Kelly Macdonald | Matthew Macfadyen | Ruby Bentall | Rufus Wright
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Andrew Dominik
Michael says: “THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE is the second documentary by filmmaker Andrew Domink (BLONDE; THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD) to revolve around Nick Cave, the first being 2016’s ONCE MORE WITH FEELING.
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Director: Kyle Saylors
Starring: Dean Cain | Kathy Seaarle | Lee Perkins | Sean Young | T.C. Stallings
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Yung Chang
