The Moon & Back (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Leah Bleich
Starring: Isabel May | Missi Pyle | Molly Jackson | Nat Faxon | P.J. Byrne
Coma (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Bertrand Bonello
Starring: Adilé David | Bonnie Banane | Julia Faure | Louise Labeque | Ninon François
Power (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Yance Ford
The American (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: James Napier Robertson
Starring: Diane Kruger | Natalia Osipova | Natasha Alderslade | Oleg Ivenko | Talia Ryder
You Can’t Run Forever (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Michelle Schumacher
Starring: Allen Leech | Fernanda Urrejola | Graham Patrick Martin | Isabelle Anaya | J.K. Simmons
Triple 7: They Said It Couldn’t Be Done (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Daniel Myrick
Dadiwonisi (We Will Speak) (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael McDermit | Schon Duncan
Michael says: “This is one of those documentaries that tells in important, and powerful story, one that I’m so glad I am aware of, that might have been better experienced as a book. Of the 430,000 citizens in the Cherokee
Read the review...Cora Bora (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Hannah Pearl Utt
Starring: Caitlin Reilly | Chelsea Peretti | Heather Elizabeth Morris | Manny Jacinto | Megan Stalter
Michael says: “PIFFs opening night film was a crowd-pleaser; a zany comedy starring Next Wave Award winner, Megan Statler. A fun festival opener to be sure, and fortunately, a film that proved to be better than it seemed on paper,
Read the review...A Wandering Path (The Story of Gilead Media) (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Michael Dimmitt
Brett says: “There are a few approaches one can take toward a documentary, and this project from Michael Dimmitt falls into that category of telling a story that its small target audience mostly already knows or is largely familiar with.
Read the review...Valentina or the Serenity (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ángeles Cruz
Starring: Alexander Gadiel Mendoza Sanchéz | Danae Ahuja Aparicio | Myriam Bravo
Chris says: “A big draw of TIFF for me is an opportunity to see films from remote corners of the world that might not otherwise be available or on my radar. Sometimes they’re excellent and occasionally they’re atrocious, but this
Read the review...Great Absence (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Kei Chika-ura
Starring: Hideko Hara | Mirai Moriyama | Tatsuya Fuji | Yoko Maki
Chris says: “Shot by Yutaka Yamazaki, who has served as cinematographer on Hirokazu Kore-eda films from AFTER LIFE to AFTER THE STORM, this second feature from director Kei Chika-ura is often Kore-eda Lite, although what’s missing is the supple touch
Read the review...Night Courier (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ali Kalthami
Starring: Abo Salu | Hajar Alshammari | Mohamad Aldokhei | Mohammed Altawyan | Morouj
Michael says: “After making a dozen or more short films, writer/director Ali Kalthami has made his first feature film, where desperation meets opportunity, embodied by a man who spends long hours in his car, delivering a variety of products after
Read the review...Seagrass (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Meredith Hama-Brown
Starring: Ally Maki | Luke Roberts | Nyha Huang Breitkreuz | Remy Marthaller | Sarah Gadon
Michael says: “Still reeling from her mother’s death, and finding herself in a stagnant marriage, Judith, a Japanese-Canadian woman takes her family to a couples’ therapy retreat. There her two daughters explore the Pacific coast while their parents work on
Read the review...Flipside (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Christopher Wilcha
Chris says: “Chris Wilcha, who worked as a producer on the TV version of THIS AMERICAN LIFE has numerous unfinished projects scattered throughout his career. This documentary, ostensibly about the still-hanging-on, small-town New Jersey record store he worked in as
Read the review...Close to You (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dominic Savage
Starring: Elliot Page | Hillary Baack | Janet Porter | Peter Outerbridge | Wendy Crewson
Chris says: “When Elliot Page announced his transition, I was curious as to how this might change his acting career; his first major film role since then does suggest a new phase, returning to the small-scale, nuanced indie dramas that showcased his
Read the review...Solo (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Sophie Dupuis
Starring: Anne-Marie Cadieux | Félix Maritaud | Marc-André Leclair | Theodore Pellerin | Vlad Alexis
Chris says: “Simon (Théodore Pellerin), a talented young performer in Montreal’s close-knit drag community is immediately smitten by Oliver (Félix Maritaud), a fellow drag queen freshly transplanted from France. They pursue a whirlwind romance while also collaborating together onstage, although their
Read the review...Solitude (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ninna Pálmadóttir
Starring: Anna Gunndís Guðmundsdóttir | Hermann Samúelsson | Jóel Sæmundsson | Jóhann Jónsson | Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
Michael says: “It’s not an international film festival without a moody, introspective Icelandic film, and Pálmadóttir’s debut feature, SOLITUDE fits the bill beautiful, but as is often the case, such as in 2019’s riveting tale of grief, A WHITE, WHITE DAY,
Read the review...Pictures of Ghosts (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Chris says: “Sifting through and reminiscing about one’s own past is easy; contextualizing these memories and enabling them to resonate with an audience is trickier, as one has likely experienced in many an autobiographical narrative or essay film (Chris Marker
Read the review...Unicorns (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.75
Director: James Krishna Floyd | Sally El Hosaini
Starring: Ben Hardy | Grant Davis | Hannah Onslow | Jason Patel | Val the Brown Queen
Chris says: “Luke (Ben Hardy), a working-class straight bloke from Essex unwittingly wanders into a London gay club and falls hard for Aysha (Jason Patel), a drag queen, making out with him before he realizes he’s not kissing a woman.
Read the review...The Holdovers (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: Brady Hepner | Carrie Preston | Da'Vine Joy Randolph | Dominic Sessa | Paul Giamatti
Chris says: “If Alexander Payne’s last film, 2017’s sci-fi allegory DOWNSIZING was a big swing and a miss, his latest plays it much safer for the benefit of everyone involved. A return to smart, dyspeptic comedy, THE HOLDOVERS also reunites
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