The Last Seduction (1994)
By Michael Colford
Director: John Dahl
Starring: Bill Pullman | Linda Fiorentino | Michael Raysses | Peter Berg
The Ref (1994)
By Michael Colford
Director: Ted Demme
Starring: Christine Baranski | Denis Leary | Glynis Johns | Judy Davis | Kevin Spacey | Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.
The New Age (1994)
By Michael Colford
Director: Michael Tolkin
Starring: Adam West | Judy Davis | Patrick Bauchau | Peter Weller | Rachel Rosenthal
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
By Michael Colford
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Andre Gregory | Brooke Smith | Julianne Moore | Larry Pine | Wallace Shawn
Pulp Fiction (1994)
By Michael Colford
Director: Quentin Tarrantino
Starring: Amanda Plummer | John Travolta | Laura Lovelace | Samuel L. Jackson | Tim Roth | Uma Thurman
Little Women (1994)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Starring: Christian Bale | Claire Danes | Eric Stoltz | Gabriel Byrne | inona Ryder | Kirsten Dunst | Samantha Morton | Susan Sarandon | Trini Alvarado
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
By Michael Colford
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Chazz Palminteri | Dianne Wiest | Jack Warden | Jennifer Tilly | John Cusack | Mary-Louise Parker | Rob Reiner | Tracey Ullman
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
By Michael Colford
Director: Stephan Elliott
Starring: Bill Hunter | Guy Pearce | Hugo Weaving | Sarah Chadwick | Terence Stamp
Archive (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Gavin Rothery
Starring: Lia Williams | Peter Ferdinando | Rhona Mitra | Stacy Martin | Theo James
Diane says: “ARCHIVE had its digital release this summer, after losing a debut slot at the cancelled SXSW. It’s the first feature of Gavin Rothery, whose previous credits emphasize art direction and sfx. So ARCHIVE has a *great* look, in
Read the review...Cat in the Wall (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Mina Mileva | Vesela Kazakova
Starring: Angel Genov | Chinwe Nwokolo | Gilda Waugh | Irina Atanasova | Jon-Jo Inkpen | Kadisha Gee Kamara | Orlin Asenov
Bob says: “A look at immigrant life in a gentrifying area of London, with Brexit hanging over everything. A Bulgarian woman, her brother (both well educated) and her son are eking out a life in a former council flat in Peckham.
Read the review...Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Starring: Andy Garcia | Beth Grant | Charlie Plummer | Molly Parker | Taylor Russell | Walton Goggins
Michael says: “Structurally, there’s nothing really all that noteworthy about WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS, a high school rom-com that hits all the right beats and plays out in a fairly expected manner. What makes WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS notable, and
Read the review...The Circus (1928)
By Michael Colford
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Al Ernest Garcia | Charlie Chaplin | George Davis | Harry Crocker | Merna Kennedy | Tiny Sandford
Thom says: “I’m happy to see an intellectual shift in my comic essence. For whatever reason I never was much of a Chaplin fan for the majority of my life although in the past 5 years I quite liked LIMELIGHT
Read the review...A Kid Like Jake (2018)
By Michael Colford
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Silas Howard
Starring: Amy Landecker | Ann Dowd | Claire Danes | Jim Parsons | Lee Aaron Rosen | Leo James Davis | Octavia Spencer | Priyanka Chopra
Thom says: “The extremely sensitive subject of transgender children is treated here with some understanding and compassion. Enough so that some insensitive bastard criticizing on Ratings and Reviews for New Movies and TV Shows – IMDb wrote that the educators
Read the review...Wander Darkly (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Tara Miele
Starring: Aimee Carrero | Beth Grant | Diego Luna | Sienna Miller | Tory Kittles
Diane says: “I think I must be the target audience for WANDER DARKLY. I was completely sucked into every emotion in this chameleonic romance/psychological thriller that has touches of horror and dry humor. The two attractive leads don’t hurt. “LA couple
Read the review...Le Grand Chef 2: Kimchi Battle (2010)
By Michael Colford
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dong-hoon Baek
Starring: Hyeon-ho Heo | Ja-Hyeon Chu | Jin Goo | Jin-Ki Baek | Kook-jin Han
Jason says: “Looking at the cast list for LE GRAND CHEF 2: KIMCHI BATTLE should raise some alarms; the main couple from the first film has been recast and a completely new character has first billing. Given that the plot
Read the review...Fire Will Come (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.9
Director: Oliver Laxe
Starring: Amador Arias | Benedicta Sánchez | David de Poso | Elena Mar Fernández | Inazio Abrao
Diane says: “A convicted pyromaniac returns home after prison time. Home is his elderly mother’s simple cottage in rural and remote Galicia, in northwest Spain. We know from the title that fire will come again. But don’t expect a thriller or
Read the review...Mai Mai Miracle (2010)
By Michael Colford
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Starring: Chisa Bandai | J. David Brimmer | Masao Agawa | Romy Beckman
Jason says: “MAI MAI MIRACLE is charming. It’s a nostalgic memoir about growing up as free-range kids, but we can use all the good ones we can get before we run out of people who grew up that way. Nicely
Read the review...Forbidden (1932)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Adolphe Menjou | Barbara Stanwyck | Charlotte Henry | Dorothy Peterson | Ralph Bellamy | Thomas Jefferson
Thom says: “Here’s an early film from Hollywood legendary director Frank Capra (IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN, LOST HORIZON, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, MEET JOHN DOE, ARSENIC & OLD
Read the review...Little Fish (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Chad Hartigan
Starring: David Lennon | Jack O'Connell | Olivia Cooke | Raúl Castillo | Soko
Michael says: “Another film that started off strong, with a great premise, that really crashed and burned for me, and as time has passed, I’ve been trying to decide why this film ultimately failed for me, and I can’t quite
Read the review...Freeland (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Kate McLean | Mario Furloni
Starring: Cameron James Matthews | Frank Mosley | George Psarras | Krisha Fairchild | Lily Gladstone | Michelle Maxson
Michael says: “FREELAND started off promising, as Devi (Krisha Fairchild), a former hippie and successful marijuana dealer with a large farm in California, struggles to transform her grass-roots, (illegal) sole proprietorship, into a legitimate business in competition with big national distributors,
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