Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Damian McCarthy
Starring: Adam Scott | Austin Amelio | David Wilmot | Mallory Adams | Peter Coonan
Peter says: “It’s a familiar story: A grieving, cynical novelist retreats to remote lodgings, only to become ensnared in a violent, supernatural spook session. With strong shades of 1408 and THE SHINING – even lifting an overhead car shot in homage to
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Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Adria Arjona | Austin Amelio | Glen Powell | Retta | Sanjay Rao
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Andrew Irvine | Mark Smoot
Starring: Austin Amelio | Catherine Keener | Charlie Heaton | Jackie Earle Haley | Jefferson White | Rosa Salazar
Michael says: “What sounds like a sordid plot from the trashy soap opera is handled with intelligence and care, and bolstered by remarkable lead performances to become a portrait of the collective trauma that is running rampant through small towns
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nicole Riegel
Starring: Austin Amelio | Becky Ann Baker | Gus Halper | Jessica Barden | Pamela Adlon
Chris says: “In her promising debut feature, writer/director Nicole Reigel depicts life in a small industrial Ohio town in a way that isn’t quite documentary-like, but with enough attention-to-detail to feel pretty authentic. As Ruth, a teen from a broken
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