Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.75
Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji
Starring: Kelden Lhamo Gurung | Pen Zam | Sangay Lham | Sherab Dorji | Ugyen Norbu Lhendup
Diane says: “I ended up liking LUNANA, a film from Bhutan, well enough despite my misgivings that it was too sweet. (If you follow those other awards, you may recognize the name from the noms for best international film.) “A
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Maria Speth
Diane says: “German doc in the Wiseman style: no explanatory info or voiceovers, and over three-and-a-half hours long. Closely follows 20 or so kids (middle schoolish) and their teacher, who will be retiring at the end of the school year,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Yngvild Sve Flikke
Starring: Arthur Berning | Kristine Kujath Thorp | Nader Khademi | Silya Nymoen | Tora Christine Dietrichson
Diane says: “A sweet and angsty Norwegian film about an unsettled woman who finds out she’s pregnant and has to make decisions fast. “What I liked: The tone—funny, yet also captured the fear and confusion of the predicament Major and minor
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Director: Michael Mongillo
Starring: Carlee Avers | Clare Foley | Doug Tompos | Jason Alan Smith | Olivia Freer | Tony Todd
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Mimi Cave
Starring: Andrea Bang | Daisy Edgar-Jones | Dayo Okeniyi | Jojo T. Gibbs | Sebastian Stan
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Stephen Fingleton
Starring: Andrew Simpson | Ciaran Flynn | Gerard Jordan | Joana Ribeiro | John Travers | Moe Dunford
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Rob Schroeder
Starring: Breeda Wool | Chelsea Lopez | Rainey Qualley | Tunde Adebimpe | Vincent Kartheiser
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Mickey Keating
Starring: April Linscott | Jeremy Gardner | Jocelin Donahue | Joe Swanberg | Melora Walters | Richard Brake
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jordy Sank
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Alejandro Hidalgo
Starring: Irán Castillo | Joseph Marcell | María Gabriela de Faría | Raquel Rojas | Will Beinbrink
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Abel Sanchez | Andres Alegria
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Anthony Hayes
Starring: Akuol Ngot | Andreas Sobik | Anthony Hayes | Susie Porter | Thiik Biar | Zac Efron
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Adam Berg
Starring: Aliette Opheim | Dar Salim | David Dencik | Jakob Oftebro | Noomi Rapace | Susan Taslimi
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Charlie McDowell
Starring: Jason Segel | Jesse Plemons | Lily Collins | Omar Leva
Diane says: “Jesse Plemons plays the opposite of his THE POWER OF THE DOG role—an obnoxious tech billionaire who lords it over his wife and staff. In this thriller, the couple is held hostage by a disgruntled average guy. Tone varies
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Director: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Ana de Armas | Ben Affleck | Dash Mihok | Grace Jenkins | Rachel Blanchard | Tracy Letts
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Radu Muntean
Starring: Alex Bogdan | Gabor Bondi | Ilona Brezoianu | Luca Sabin | Maria Popistasu | Toma Cuzin
Chris says: “Recommended to those whose idea of a monster in a horror film is a benign, stubborn, senile old man who repeatedly shits himself and won’t shut the heck up. 3.5 cats“
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Director: Ivan Sen
Starring: Hugo Weaving | Jillian Nguyen | Keiichi Enomoto June Yoon | Ryan Kwanten
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jean-Christophe Meurisse
Starring: Alexandre Steiger | Christophe Paou | Fred Blin | Lilith Grasmug | Lorella Cravotta | Olivier Saladin
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Iris K. Shim
Starring: Dermont Mulroney | Fivel Stuart | MeeWha Alana Lee | Odeya Rush | Sandra Oh
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Charlotte Gainsbourg
Chris says: “As a fan of both Jane (Birkin) and her daughter Charlotte (Gainsbourg), I appreciated the intent and how it explored their relationship at its current state; for nearly everyone else, however, there’s a frustrating lack of context that
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