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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mona Fastvold
Starring: Amanda Seyfried | Christopher Abbott | Lewis Pullman | Matthew Beard | Thomasin McKenzie
Brett says: “Mona Fastvold’s THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is a master class in film editing. The pace and construction is hypnotic, whether it be through the choreography and musical sections or the depictions of the actors’ portrayals with the added advantage
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Director: Chris Andrews
Starring: Barry Keoghan | Christopher Abbott | Colm Meaney | Nora-Jane Noone | Paul Ready
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Zachary Wigon
Starring: Christian Casatelli | Christopher Abbott | Danita Battle | Francisco Castaneda | Rene Calvo
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Starring: Caleb Landry Jones | Christopher Abbott | John Michael McDonagh | Lawrence Osborne
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Zachary Wigon
Starring: Christopher Abbott | Margaret Qualley
Brett says: “SANCTUARY explores power, identity, and trauma through a peculiar sexual relationship with a unique cinematic reality-bender format. There are only two featured characters, a dominant female sex worker and submissive male executive who finds himself struggling to find
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Jerrod Carmichael
Starring: Christopher Abbott | Henry Winkler | J.B Smoove | Jerrod Carmichael | Lavell Crawford | Tiffany Haddish
Michael says: “ON THE COUNT OF THREE is billed as a dark comedy, and while it is that, I felt that it was more an inevitable tragedy sprinkled with humor. It’s a bold story about two men who make a
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Director: Josh Mond
Starring: Christopher Abbott | Cynthia Nixon | David Call | Kid Cudi | Laura Johnston | Makenzie Leigh | Ron Livingston | Scott Cohen
Vicki says: “James White is not an easy character to portray. He is basically a self-destructive distraught train wreck of a young man who is called upon to take care of his dying mother, played wonderfully by Cynthia Nixon. As
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mona Fastvold
Starring: Andreea Vasile | Casey Affleck | Christopher Abbott | Daniel Blumberg | Ioachim Ciobanu | Karina Ziana Gherasim | Katherine Waterston | Vanessa Kirby
Michael says: “Stories of forbidden love are nothing new. Even adding a historical context, and a same sex passion isn’t all that original anymore. But that doesn’t mean you can’t do something beautiful with it. Witness this year’s Best Movie
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine
Starring: Aubrey Plaza | Christopher Abbott | Sarah Gadon
Michael says: “When I perused the listings for this year’s festival, BLACK BEAR jumped out immediately because of lead actor, and two time Chlotrudis nominee, Aubrey Plaza. In fact, I had the privilege of presenting Aubrey with PIFF’s first ever
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Director: Nicolas Pesce
Starring: Christopher Abbott | Laia Costa | Mia Wasikowska
