Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats | 4.125 cats
Director: Josephine Decker
Starring: Elisabeth Moss | Logan Lerman | Michael Stuhlbarg | Odessa Young
Chris says: “The notion of a star-studded film about mid-20th Century gothic author Shirley Jackson would seem either a promising or dicey proposition; recruiting director Josepine Decker (MADELINE’S MADELINE), of all people, muddies it further. Fortunately, the result, adapted from a
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Director: Cary Murnion | Jonathan Milott
Starring: Joel McHale | Kevin James | Lulu Wilson | Robert Maillet
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Bruce McDonald
Starring: Henry Rollins | Juliette Lewis | Lisa Houle | Stephen McHattie
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Debbie Honeywood | Katie Proctor | Kris Hitchen | Rhys Stone
Diane says: “A nuclear family in Newcastle, England takes a beating in the latest from director Ken Loach (82 years old!). In the first scene, Dad signs on as an independent contractor for a delivery company—already enough to start this
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jan Komasa
Starring: Aleksandra Konieczna | Bartosz Bielenia | Eliza Rycembel | Tomasz Zietek
Diane says: “I saw CORPUS CHRISTI, a Polish film from Film Movement, online via my local theater. Nom’ed for Best International Film for the Oscars, it’s about a young man who leaves juvenile prison and takes on a new identity
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: James Sweeney
Starring: Betsy Brandt | Katie Findlay | Randall Park | Tracie Thoms
Chris says: “This warped but warm and loving gay-not-gay rom-com is a strong feature debut for director/writer/actor James Sweeney. Referencing Gilmore Girls in the first fifteen minutes reveals his core aesthetic, but he both conceives of and (with his cast)
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Director: Michael D. Olmos
Starring: Edward James Olmos | Jacqueline Obradors | Rene Auberjonois | Ryan Guzman
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Alex Harron | Andrew Ionides | Brad Watson | Carlos Omar De Leon | Dane Keil | Gavin Robertson | Keith Robson | Lawrie Brewster | Mark Logan | Matthan Harris | Mitch Wilson | Paddy Murphy | Tom Staunton
Starring: Eileen Dietz | Julin | Laurence R. Harvey | Nicholas Vince
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Alicia Vikander | Dev Patel | Joel Edgerton | Sarita Choudhury
Brett says: “From the mind of director David Lowery comes a total re-imagining of the classic Arthurian legend. More accurately, it is not merely a re-invention of the source material’s plot, but also a thematic undressing of the moral chivalric
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Director: Nicolas Bedos
Starring: Daniel Auteuil | Doria Tillier | Fanny Ardant | Guillaume Canet
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Dan Friedkin
Starring: Claes Bang | Guy Pearce | Roland Møller | Vicky Krieps
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Starring: Emma Lowndes | Gaby French | Kristin Scott Thomas | Sharon Horgan
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Marta Barrio | Michael Towns | Rob Brydon | Steve Coogan
Chris says: “I’ll keep watching each one of these they make, knowing full well that the original remains the only essential entry. The attempt at pathos here renders it less satisfying than THE TRIP TO SPAIN, though Coogan’s bitchy summation
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Sasie Sealy
Starring: Hsiao-Yuan Ha | Michael Tow | Tsai Chin | Woody Fu | Yan Xi
Diane says: “Chinatown crime caper LUCKY GRANDMA features 85-year-old actress Tsai Chin playing a gruff, stubborn widow whose trip to the casino lands her in hot water. Chin (JOY LUCK CLUB) deserves an acting nom, playing all of five years
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Director: Philip Barantini
Starring: Craig Fairbrass | George Russo | Mark Monero | Robert Glenister
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Benjamin Ree
Chris says: “In Oslo, an artist contacts a man convicted of stealing her painting from a gallery; from there, an unlikely, slow-building friendship develops between these two very different souls. As it makes unexpected leaps backwards and forwards in time,
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Director: Vaughn Stein
Starring: Chace Crawford | Connie Nielsen | Lily Collins | Simon Pegg
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Esmé von Hoffman
Starring: Amara Zaragoza | Corbin Bleu | John Savage | Tara Summers
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Joey Klein
Starring: Alex Wolff | Imogen Poots | Neve Campbell | Tom Cullen
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Benedict Andrews
Starring: Gabriel Sky | Jack O'Connell | Kristen Stewart | Yvan Attal
