Don’t Tell a Soul (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Alex McAulay
Starring: Fionn Whitehead | Jack Dylan Grazer | McKenna Christine Poe | Mena Suvari | Rainn Wilson
The Marksman (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Robert Lorenz
Starring: Alfredo Quiroz | Amber Midthunder | Jose Vasquez | Katheryn Winnick | Liam Neeson | Sean A. Rosales | Teresa Ruiz
Minari (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Starring: Alan S. Kim | Ben Hall | Darryl Cox | Eric Starkey | Esther Moon | Noel Cho | Steven Yeun | Will Patton | Yeri Han | Yuh-jung Youn
Diane says: “MINARI is a gentle family drama, an autobiographical work by Korean-American director Lee Isaac Chung. Mother (Yeri Han) and father (Steven Yuen, also producer) are a loving couple divided by the conflicting drivers of dreams and practicality. The
Read the review...Union (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Julia Neill
Starring: Amanda Forstrom | Barbara Zablocky | Evan Casey | Kaylynn Creighton | Scott Barton | Zachary James Rukavina
Diane says: “UNION (director and writer Julia Neill) is a 2017 short film now playing the Slamdance Festival for grassroots indie filmmaking and starring Chlotrudian Scott Barton. How exciting it was to see a close-up of Scott’s face as the
Read the review...Saint Maud (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Rose Glass
Starring: Carl Prekopp | Jennifer Ehle | Lily Frazer | Lily Knight | Marcus Hutton | Morfydd Clark | Rosie Sansom | Turlough Convery
Brett says: “SAINT MAUD is finally out this weekend for any fans of genre. It is a mind-melter of a slow burn that horror aficionados can really sink their teeth into. The character-building is quite impressive, and it’s one of
Read the review...Misha and the Wolves (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sam Hobkinson
Diane says: “Just saw MISHA AND THE WOLVES at Sundance. The director calls it ‘historical documentary that becomes psychological thriller.’ Misha Defonseca published a book in the late 1990s, and lived off the pursuant fame, about her childhood experience in
Read the review...Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Marilyn Agrelo
Chris says: “As with the Fred Rogers doc WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR, it’s near-impossible for me to be critical of one about SESAME STREET, another program I watched religiously when I was very young. Just its opening credits montage of
Read the review...The Sparks Brothers (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Edgar Wright
Chris says: “INTRODUCING SPARKS, their seventh album from 1977, would’ve been a better title for this doc from Edgar Wright (SHAUN OF THE DEAD). For those unfamiliar, Sparks, consisting of California born-and-bred brothers Ron and Russell Mael, is one of
Read the review...Horizon Line (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Mikael Marcimain
Starring: Alexander Dreymon | Allison Williams | Jumayn Hunter | Keith David | Pearl Mackie | Privilege Magezi
If Not Now, When? (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Meagan Good | Tamara Bass
Starring: Joelle Ashley | Jon Chaffin | Li Eubanks | McKinley Freeman | Mekia Cox | Niles Fitch | Shamicka Benn | Tamara Bass
Zombie Bro (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: May Grehan
Starring: Anthony Taufa | Claudia Pickering | Cooper Flynn | Karina Bracken | Keoni Davis | Lauren Grego | Natassija-Belle James | Ned Morgan
The Reason I Jump (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jerry Rothwell
Stuck Apart (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Durul Taylan | Yagmur Taylan
Starring: Binnur Kaya | Engin Günaydin | Fatih Artman | Gülçin Santircioglu | Haluk Bilginer | Irem Sak | Öner Erkan
Average Joe (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Mark Cantu
Starring: Akasha Villalobos | Caitlin Rose Williams | Gloria Sanchez | Jason Scarbrough | Jason Sedillo | Roman Garcia | Taylor James Johnson
Redemption Day (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Hicham Hajji
Starring: Andy Garcia | Brice Bexter | Ernie Hudson | Gary Dourdan | Martin Donovan | Robert Knepper | Samy Noceri | Serinda Swan
Fatale (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Damaris Lewis | Danny Pino | David Hoflin | Deon Taylor | Geoffrey Owens | ilary Swank | Michael Ealy | Mike Colter | Sam Daly | Tyrin Turner
Pieces of a Woman (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.2 cats
Director: Kornél Mundruczó
Starring: Benny Safdie | Ellen Burstyn | Iliza Shlesinger | Molly Parker | Sarah Snook | Shia LaBeouf | Vanessa Kirby
Chris says: “The first half-hour, which mostly consists of an extended tracking shot is not only an impressive technical feat but also an effective choice in what it depicts (a nerve-wracking home childbirth.) However, the remainder vindicates my mixed feelings
Read the review...Berlin Alexanderplatz (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Burhan Qurbani
Starring: Albrecht Schuch | Alfred Döblin | Annabelle Mandeng | Burhan Qurbani Stars: Welket Bungué | Jella Haase | Joachim Król | Martin Behnke | Mira Elisa Goeres | Richard Fouofié Djimeli
Night of the Kings (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Philippe Lacôte
Starring: Bakary Koné | Denis Lavant | Issaka Sawadogo | Jean Cyrille Digbeu | Rasmané Ouédraogo | Steve Tientcheu
Jeff says: “You might expect a movie about life in an African prison to be relentlessly grim. NIGHT OF THE KINGS, though, tells a lyrical story about storytelling itself. “La Maca prison, set in the midst of the Ivory Coast
Read the review...Stray (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Elizabeth Lo
Michael says: “Returning to Istanbul, STRAY looks at the street dogs that make up much of the character of the city. Like KEDI, which looked at street cats in Istanbul, STRAY gives us a decidedly canine viewpoint, in fact goes
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