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Archenemy (2020)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer
Starring: Amy Seimetz | Glenn Howerton | Joe Manganiello | Paul Scheer | Skylan Brooks | Zolee Griggs

Archenemy
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Wild Nights with Emily (2019)

By Chris Kriofske
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Madeleine Olnek
Starring: Amy Seimetz | Brett Gelman | Jackie Monahan | Kevin Seal | Molly Shannon | Susan Ziegler

Wild Nights with Emily

Chris says: “Since it plays like a clunky SNL sketch at times, I wasn’t expecting to like this odd little film in the end, but I kinda did. I only appreciated what it was attempting once I realized Mabel Todd’s

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Lean on Pete (2018)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Andrew Haigh
Starring: Amy Seimetz | Charlie Plummer | Chloe Sevigny | Steve Buscemi | Travis Fimmel

Lean on Pete

Chris says: “Expanding his palette beyond the more contained worlds of 45 YEARS and WEEKEND, English director Andrew Haigh adapts a Willy Vlautin novel for his first American feature. The protagonist, transient 16-year-old Charlie (Charlie Plummer) unexpectedly finds solace when he

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The Sacrament (2014)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ti West
Starring: AJ Bowen | Amy Seimetz | Gene Jones | Joe Swanberg | Kentucker Audley

The Sacrament

Jason says: “The text at the beginning of THE SACRAMENT describes the journalistic style of its protagonists as ‘immersionism’, and I suspect that this is writer/director Ti West’s goal as well – getting the audience inside a situation that it

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Upstream Color (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Shane Carruth
Starring: Amy Seimetz | Andrew Sensenig | Kathy Carruth | Meredith Burke | Shane Carruth | Thiago Martin

Upstream Color

Jason says: “For all that the interconnectedness of today’s world can make it harder for something to truly take one by surprise – there’s non-stop casting news, coverage, previews, and analysis of it commercial and artistic outlook to the point

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A Horrible Way to Die (2011)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Adam Wingard
Starring: AJ Bowen | Amy Seimetz | Brandon Carroll | Joe Swanberg | Lane Hughes

A Horrible Way to Die

Jason says: “I don’t want genre filmmaking to become a paint-by-numbers affair, where we as an audience rejoice at basic competence and filmmakers strive to replicate a winning formula.  Crime, horror, and the like can be innovative and done with

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