Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Thea Hvistendahl
Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie | Bahar Pars | Bjørn Sundquist | Denise Trankalis | Renate Reinsve
Julie says: “It had been a long day, having arrived at the Coolidge at 4:30 pm for MY OWN NORMAL, then seeing the heart string tugging SING SING and most of the Q&A for that. As I was almost exiting
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Catherine Breillat
Starring: Clotilde Courau | Léa Drucker | Olivier Rabourdin | Samuel Kircher | Serena Hu
Brett says: “Many know director Catherine Breillat for being provocative in both subject matter and delivery, and LAST SUMMER is her latest in a library of films that generates discussion well after the end credits roll. Anne is a lawyer
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Benjamin Ree
Val says: “This heart-soaring story of Mats ‘Ibelin’ Steen was excellently told by Benjamin Ree, who hit the archival jackpot with his chosen subject. Not only did Ree have access to extensive family videos, but footage from a professionally produced
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Director: Hamish Linklater | Lily Rabe
Starring: August Blanco Rosenstein | Ed Harris | Jack Dylan Grazer | Lily Rabe | Vanessa Hudgens
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Joshua Tickell | Rebecca Harrell Tickell
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Sharan Sharma
Starring: Janhvi Kapoor | Kumud Mishra | Purnendu Bhattacharya | Rajesh Sharma | Rajkummar Rao
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jennifer Takaki
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: David Zellner | Nathan Zellner
Starring: Christophe Zajac-Denek | Jesse Eisenberg | Nathan Zellner | Riley Keough
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Rod Blackhurst
Starring: Ethan Suplee | Josh Lucas | Kit Harington | Nora Zehetner | Scoot McNairy
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: R.J. Daniel Hanna
Starring: Cynthia Kaye McWilliams | Jackson Kelly | Leslie David Baker | Matthew Modine | Sean Astin
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Aston McAuley | Jason Flemyng | Johanna Harlin | Raza Jaffrey | Sophie Simnett
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Theda Hammel
Starring: Amy Zimmer | Elizabeth Dement | John Early | Qaher Harhash | Theda Hammel
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Martin Bourboulon
Starring: Eva Green | François Civil | Pio Marmaï | Romain Duris | Vincent Cassel
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Sean Wang
Starring: Izaac Wang | Joan Chen | Mahaela Park | Shirley Chen | Zhang Li Hua
Val says: “Having read or seen nothing about the film or its director before watching it at IFFBoston, Sean Wang’s sharing of a last name with his main character and Didi’s interest in film makes me wonder how much of
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Rating: 4.7 cats
Director: Jeremy Workman
Brett says: “The title of the documentary SECRET MALL APARTMENT might appear to tell a person everything one needs to know, as four creative adults find an anomaly in the architecture of a local Providence mega-mall in the early 2000s
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Daina Oniunas-Pusic
Starring: Arinzé Kene | Ellie James | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Leah Harvey | Lola Petticrew
Val says: “The anthropomorphizing of death is not a new storytelling concept. But Daina Oniunas-Pusic’s story isn’t called ‘Death,’ it’s called ‘TUESDAY and in this film the talking death-parrot is a foil to her. It felt like a new take
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Annie Baker
Starring: Elias Koteas | Julianne Nicholson | Sophie Okonedo | Will Patton | Zoe Ziegler
Michael says: “Award-winning playwright Annie Baker makes the transition from theater to film and manages to bring with her the moments that make her plays so memorable, while utilizing the language of film to maximum effect. During the summer before
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Rating: 4.2 cats
Director: India Donaldson
Starring: Danny McCarthy | James Le Gros | Lily Collias | Peter McNally | Sumaya Bouhbal
Michael says: “We first meet Sam, hanging with her best friend, Jessie the night before she will head off on a weekend camping trip with her dad, her dad’s longtime buddy and his teenaged son. When her counterpart teen traveler
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Director: Devang Bhavsar
Starring: Jisshu Sengupta | Karan Sonawane | Mouni Roy | Sunil Grover | Vikrant Massey
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Marco Perego
Starring: Adria Arjona | Garrett Hedlund | Morningstar Angeline | Tom Waits | Zoe Saldana
