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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Alan Rudolph
Starring: Alfre Woodard | Anthony Perkins | Berry Berenson | Geraldine Chapman | Jeff Goldblum | Moses Gunn
Michael says: “Alan Rudolph was just starting to get a handle on his unique style of filmmaking, and while the ensemble cast in this film was top strong (including first speaking roles for Jeff Goldlbum and Alfre Woodard!), the script
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Director: Paul Weitz
Starring: Alfre Woodard | Anthony Carrigan | DeWanda Wise | Kevin Hart | Lil Rel Howery | Melody Hurd | Paul Reiser
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: John Sayles
Starring: Alfre Woodard | Angela Bassett | David Strathairn | Mary McDonnell | Nancy Mette | Nora Dunn | Sheila Kelley | Vondie Curtis-Hall
Michael says: “I can’t believe that it’s been nearly 30 years since John Sayles directed his eighth feature, the glorious PASSION FISH. Sayles was a top independent writer/director at the time, already having produced such work as MATEWAN, EIGHT MEN
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Director: Sean Hanish
Starring: Alfre Woodard | Alfred Molina | Common | Leem Lubany | Michelle Monaghan
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Chinonye Chukwu
Starring: Aldis Hodge | Alfre Woodard | LaMonica Garrett | Wendell Pierce
Michael says: “CLEMENCY is a powerful film with some great acting, but even the best of acting couldn’t quite give this film the spark it needed and honestly, deserved, to make it stand out. Alfre Woodard, always amazing, and top
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Tim Disney
Starring: Alfre Woodard | Michael O'Keefe | Nicole Beharie | Tim Blake Nelson | Will Patton
Julie says: “Docudrama of a young mother’s fight after being unfairly accused in drug raid of a predominantly black housing project in Arlington Texas. Will Patton was excellent. Nicole Beharie did do a good job as of course did Alfre
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: John Kent Harrison
Starring: Alfre Woodard | Alison Elliot | David Dorfman | Gregory Smith | Kate Nelligan | Katie Stuart
Robert says: “Author Madeleine L’Engle has been compared to titans like Isaac Asimov, both for the sheer volume of her literary output and the wide variety of it. L’Engle’s Newberry Award-winning young adult fantasy novel, A Wrinkle In Time, first
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