The Hidden Life of Trees (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jan Haft | Jörg Adolph

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jan Haft | Jörg Adolph

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
Starring: Jerry Mofokeng | Makhaola Ndebele | Mary Twala | Silas Monyatse | Siphiwe Nzima-Ntskhe | Thabiso Makoto | Thabo Letsie | Tseko Monaheng

Michael says: “Mantoa is an 80-year-old widow who has lost everything. Living in a small village in the Southern African country of Lesotho, she has buried her husband, her children, even her grandchildren, and is just waiting to die herself, despite
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Director: Sky Hopinka

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Amjad Abu Alala
Starring: Bonna Khalid | Islam Mubarak | Moatasem Rashed | Mustafa Shehata | Talal Afifi

Michael says: “This audacious debut film, the first Oscar entry from Sudan, is a fable of sorts, about a young man trapped by his destiny. When Sakina present her newborn infant to the Sheikh to be named, he informs her
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Director: Marnie Ellen Hertzler

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Director: Garin Hovannisian

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Ray Yeung
Starring: Ben Yuen | Hiu Yee Wong | Kong To | Lo Chun Yip | Patra Au | Tai-Bo | Yiu-Sing Lam

Michael says: “While representation for gays is much better in the movies than… say… twenty years ago, it’s still not outstanding. And representation for older adults… much less older gay adults… is still pretty abysmal. Ray Yeung’s TWILIGHT’S KISS embraces
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Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Starring: Adriano Chiaramida | Glen Blackhall | Jakob Diehl | Orso Maria Guerrini | Ralph Palka | Yuliya Vysotskaya

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Hannah Jayanti

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Grégory Magne
Starring: Emmanuelle Devos | Grégory Montel | Gustave Kervern | Lisa Perrio | Pauline Moulène | Sergi Lopez | Zelie Rixhon

Michael says: “There’s nothing all that unique or original about Grégory Magne’s French comedy PERFUMES, but it’s quite noteworthy, and enjoyable, because it really does everything right. Guillaume is a chauffeur, whose recent traffic violations are making his boss reluctant
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jasmila Zbanic
Starring: Boris Isakovic | Boris Ler | Dino Bajrovic | Emir Hadzihafizbegovic | Izudin Bajrovic | Jasna Djuricic | Johan Heldenbergh | Raymond Thiry

Bob says: “In 1995, during the Bosnian war, the UN has declared the town of Srebrenica a safe haven and set up a base of Dutch peacekeepers. The Serbs, despite an ultimatum from the UN, continue to advance on the
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Director: Midi Z
Starring: Ke-Xi Wu | Kimi Hsia | Vivian Sung

Bob says: “A #MeToo fever dream. A woman in Taipei who has been working as a livestreaming ‘internet celebrity’ (i.e., a cam girl without the porn aspect) is convinced to audition for her first starring movie role, despite her discomfort
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Director: Anthony Scott Burns
Starring: Carlee Ryski | Christopher Heatherington | Julia Sarah Stone | Landon Liboiron | Tedra Rogers

Bob says: “Sarah is a high school student who’s been avoiding her family. The reason isn’t specified, but it feels safe to assume there’s been abuse going on. She only goes home when she knows the house is empty, so
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Maria Sødahl
Starring: Alfred Vatne | Andrea Bræin Hovig | Daniel Storm Forthun Sandbye | Eirik Hallert | Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne | Steinar Klouman Hallert | Stellan Skarsgård

Diane says: “First, nobody warned me that my old heartthrob Stellan Skarsgård had aged so much. Second, I was put off by the elegant lifestyle of this Oslo Brady Bunch, but that’s just me. Director and writer Maria Sødahl draws from
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Adam Wingard
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård | Brian Tyree Henry | Demián Bichir | Eiza González | Julian Dennison | Kyle Chandler | Lance Reddick | Millie Bobby Brown | Rebecca Hall | Shun Oguri

Michael says: “**SPOILERS if you care about who wins.** “What I learned form watching GODZILLA VS. KONG was that I am either a) further from the mainstream than I had already thought, or b) Mothra’s appearance in a monster movie
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Al Pacino | Anna Paquin | Bobby Cannavale | Harvey Keitel | Jack Huston | Jesse Plemons | Joe Pesci | Kathrine Narducci | Ray Romano | Robert De Niro | Stephen Graham | Steven Van Zandt

Thom says: “Let me be perfectly clear, director Scorsese has had a hugely successful career both financially & artistically and while I have highly admired a lot of his material, only 2 of his films received my highest rating: THE
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Director: Sini Anderson

Beth says: “THE PUNK SINGER is a documentary that manages to be about three big topics, all of which could have stood alone as the film’s focus. Sometimes when this happens, the result is a meandering, unfocused film. Or it
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Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: Carlo Buccirosso | Carlo Verdone | Iaia Forte | Sabrina Ferilli | Toni Servillo

Toni says: “THE GREAT BEAUTY in its cinematography captures the wild world of the nights and days of Rome in a love letter to the city from the world of its main character, former novelist and celebrated art critic, Jep
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Director: Ulrich Seidl
Starring: Dieter Masur | Maria Hofstätter | Nabil Saleh | Natalya Baranova | René Rupnik | Trude Masur

Beth C. says: “PARADISE: FAITH, a film by Ulrich Seidl, is shocking in its authenticity. Seidl is a rare treasure of a director, chiefly because of his approach to narrative film. Many of the actors in the film were chosen,
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Director: Daniel Geller | Dayna Goldfine

Kim says: “To edit a film can be difficult enough – to edit one based on letters left behind by people from a past event can be even harder. If you’re editing a documentary you have to balance all sides
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