Joy Ride (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Starring: Bobcat Goldthwait | Dana Gould
Later Days (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Brad Riddell | Sanford Sternshein
Starring: David Pasquesi | David Walton | Francis Guinan | Lisa Zane | Majandra Delfino | Tim Kazurinsky
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: William Eubank
Starring: Dan Lippert | Emily Bader | Henry Ayres-Brown | Jill Andre | Roland Buck III | Tom Nowicki
Violet (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Justine Bateman
Starring: Dennis Boutsikaris | Erica Ash | Justin Theroux | Luke Bracey | Olivia Munn | Todd Stashwick | Zachary Gordon
Michael says: “Yes, that Justine Bateman, Michael J. Fox’s TV older sister in ‘Family Ties.’ Part of the reason I wanted to see this film was to see where Ms. Bateman was coming from creatively, decades after her youthful fame.
Read the review...Soul (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Emir Ezwan
Starring: arah Ahmad | Harith Haziq | June Lojong | Mhia Farhana | Namron | Putri Qaseh
The Souvenir, Part II (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Joanna Hogg
Starring: Alice McMillan | Ariane Labed | Honor Swinton Byrne | James Spencer Ashworth | Jaygann Ayeh | Oli Bauer | Tilda Swinton
Chris says: “Felt a little redundant at first until it became apparent how what initially appears as a rehash evolves into a continuation and that the whole project is really Joanna Hogg’s KILL BILL: a four-hour epic cut into halfsies.
Read the review...Snakehead (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Evan Jackson Leong
Starring: Celia Au | Devon Diep | Jade Wu | Perry Yung | Sandra Eloani | Shuya Chang | Sung Kang
Army of Thieves (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Matthias Schweighöfer
Starring: Guz Khan | Jonathan Cohen | Nathalie Emmanuel | Noémie Nakai | Ruby O. Fee | Stuart Martin
The Match (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Dominik Sedlar | Jakov Sedlar
Starring: Andrej Dojkic | Armand Assante | Caspar Phillipson | Franco Nero | Markus Gertken | Viktor Kulhanek
Broken Darkness (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Christopher-Lee dos Santos
Starring: Brandon Auret | Brendan Sean Murray | Ryan Kruger | Sean Cameron Michael | Sean Redpath | Suraya Rose Santos
Heart of Champions (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Michael Mailer
Starring: Alex MacNicoll | Alexander Ludwig | Andrew Creer | Ash Santos | Charles Melton | Lilly Krug | Michael Shannon | Michael Tacconi
Passing (2021)
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
Read the review...Rhapsody of Love (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Joy Hopwood
Starring: Amanda Benson | Jessica Niven | Joy Hopwood | Kathy Luu | Khan Chittenden | Lily Stewart | Sam Wang
The Subject (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Lanie Zipoy
Starring: Anabelle Acosta | Hilary Townsend | Jason Biggs | Lacy Allen | Nick Abeel | Nile Bullock | Zack Calhoon
No Future (2021)
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
Read the review...Every Last One of Them (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Christian Sesma
Starring: Jake Weber | Mary Christina Brown | Mike Hatton | Paul Sloan | Richard Dreyfuss | Taryn Manning
The Estate (2021)
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
Red Post on Escher Street (2021)
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
Read the review...The Power of the Dog (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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,
Read the review...Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Arie Esiri | Chuko Esiri
Starring: Ashia | Emmanuel Adeji | Ivy Akinyode | Jacob Alexander | Jude Akuwudike | Kemi Lala Akindoju | Mary Agholor | Temiloluwa Ami-Williams
