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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Rebecca Hall
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård | Andre Holland | Antoinette Crowe-Legacy | Bill Camp | Gbenga Akinnagbe | Ruth Negga | Tessa Thompson
Michael says: “This assured directorial debut from actor Rebecca Hall reveals a practice that many people will be unaware. Set in 1920’s Harlem, a chance reunion of two high school friends poses moral and ethical challenges to a black woman
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Director: Joy Hopwood
Starring: Amanda Benson | Jessica Niven | Joy Hopwood | Kathy Luu | Khan Chittenden | Lily Stewart | Sam Wang
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Lanie Zipoy
Starring: Anabelle Acosta | Hilary Townsend | Jason Biggs | Lacy Allen | Nick Abeel | Nile Bullock | Zack Calhoon
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Andrew Irvine | Mark Smoot
Starring: Austin Amelio | Catherine Keener | Charlie Heaton | Jackie Earle Haley | Jefferson White | Rosa Salazar
Michael says: “What sounds like a sordid plot from the trashy soap opera is handled with intelligence and care, and bolstered by remarkable lead performances to become a portrait of the collective trauma that is running rampant through small towns
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Director: Christian Sesma
Starring: Jake Weber | Mary Christina Brown | Mike Hatton | Paul Sloan | Richard Dreyfuss | Taryn Manning
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: James Kapner
Starring: Chris Baker | Eliza Coupe | Eric Roberts | Ezra Buzzington | Greg Finley | Heather Matarazzo | Lala Kent | Rif Hutton
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats | 4.8 cats
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Canon Nawata | Mala Morgan | Matsuri Kohira | Roku Kurokouchi | Sen Fujimaru | Tatsuhiro Yamaoka
Michael says: It’s been a while since I’ve seen a film that just grabbed me by the lapels and shook me, taking me completely by surprise, making me cry and laugh simultaneously with the ballsy abandon of the batshit crazy, but
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch | Frances Conroy | Geneviève Lemon | Jesse Plemons | Keith Carradine | Kirsten Dunst | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Thomasin McKenzie
Chris says: “Following a decade working mostly in television (TOP OF THE LAKE), Jane Campion returns to feature filmmaking at the top of her game. This adaptation of a Thomas Savage novel set in 1925 Montana (but filmed in New Zealand,
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Director: Arie Esiri | Chuko Esiri
Starring: Ashia | Emmanuel Adeji | Ivy Akinyode | Jacob Alexander | Jude Akuwudike | Kemi Lala Akindoju | Mary Agholor | Temiloluwa Ami-Williams
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Agata Alexander
Starring: Alice Eve | James D'Arcy | Przemyslaw Wyszynski | Rupert Everett | Thomas Jane | Tomasz Kot | Toni Garrn
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Danny Boon
Starring: Alison Wheeler | Dany Boon | François Damiens | Laurence Arné | Tom Leeb | Yvan Attal
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Rachel Fleit
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Carlson Young
Starring: Carlson Young | Dermot Mulroney | John Karna | Liz Mikel | Soko | Sophia Bernard | Udo Kier | Vinessa Shaw
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Anders W. Berthelsen | Niels Arden Oplev
Starring: Amir El-Masry | Andrea Heick Gadeberg | Ardalan Esmaili | Charlie Carrick | Esben Smed | Sara Hjort Ditlevsen | Toby Kebbell
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Scott Dow
Starring: Allyson Cristofaro | Jakob Wedel | Juliocesar Chavez | Kelen Coleman | Skip Schwink | Stephen Schneider | Tess Aubert | Tiffany Feese
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Daniel Graham
Starring: Alicia Agneson | Lucy Martin | Matt Hookings | Noeleen Comiskey | Peter Stormare | Tim Cullingworth-Hudson | Timothy Spall
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Justin Corsbie
Starring: Amelia Morck | Christian Calloway | Indrajit Sarkar | Lucy Boryer | Michael Dorman | Taylor Gray
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Miles Doleac
Starring: achel Nichols | Elena Sanchez | Lindsay Anne Williams | Miles Doleac | Rachel Ryals | Sarah Fisher | Yohance Myles
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alexis Gambis
Starring: Alexis Rasmussen | Angélica Aragón | aulina Gaitan | Electra Avellan | Noe Hernandez | Tenoch Huerta | William Mapother
Michael says: “SON OF MONARCHS is a challenging film to watch, as surely as it must have been a challenging film to make. Unfortunately, between the ambitiousness of its content, coupled with the splicing together of genetics, family trauma, and
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Director: John Ridley
Starring: Cynthia Erivo | Elizabeth Weinstein | Freida Pinto | Jadyn Wong | Leslie Odom Jr. | Orlando Bloom | Ulka Simone Mohanty
