Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Noah Buschel
Starring: Jane Alexander | Kevin Corrigan | Marin Ireland | Odessa Young | Sam Waterston | William Jackson Harper
Michael says: “While not quite as accomplished as THE VAST OF NIGHT, this nostalgia-focused thriller set in 1963 hits some similar marks, and surprised me at its cleverness and strong writing, after a slightly awkward start. The budget is clearly
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Onur Tukel
Starring: Annie McCain Engman | Edward Carnevale | Kevin Corrigan | Max Casella | Natalie Carter | Richard Mark Jordan | Thomas Jay Ryan
Brett says: “From CATFIGHT director Onur Tukel comes a film generated out of the pandemic, and at the time of this writing, it sits at the top of the list among the many pandemic-inspired and topical films I’ve seen so far.
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Director: Nicole Holofcener
Starring: Anne Heche | Catherine Keener | Kevin Corrigan | Liev Schreiber | Todd Field
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Kevin McManus | Matthew McManus
Starring: Alex Maizus | Brandon Waltz | Charles Kwame Odei | Dylan Hartigan | Jordan Puzzo | Kevin Corrigan
Jason says: “You don’t really need that much of a hook for a coming-of-age film – they’re more or less going to cover the same territory, albeit in different ways – but it doesn’t hurt to have one. That way,
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Jack Perez
Starring: Ariel Gade | Barry Bostwick | Eric Price | Karen Black | Kevin Corrigan | Leo Fitzpatrick | Lucy Davis
Jason says: “Funnything about the festival circuit; a movie can be there for a while – I missed seeing this at Montreal’s Fantasia Festival last July, catching THE INNKEEPERS instead. I don’t regret seeing that at all, but I was
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Starring: Alex Maizus | Brandon Waltz | Charles Kwame Odei | Dylan Hartigan | Jordan Puzzo | Kevin Corrigan | Kevin McManus | Matthew McManus
Jason says: “You don’t really need that much of a hook for a coming-of-age film – they’re more or less going to cover the same territory, albeit in different ways – but it doesn’t hurt to have one. That way,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bob Byington
Starring: Alex Karpovsky | Justin Rice | Kevin Corrigan | Kristen Tucker | Pat Healy
Diane says: “Caught this at International Film Festival of Boston. A very funny, rambling story of one guy’s heartbreak, and the response of those around him. (Could he be compared to the Job of A SERIOUS MAN?) Justin Rice is
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Robert D. Siegel
Starring: Gino Cafarelli | Kevin Corrigan | Marcia Jean Kurtz | Matt Servitto | Michael Rapaport | Patton Oswalt
Diane says: “Hey, I thought this was going to be a nice, sweet movie, but it was very stressful! (I also had the idea that it was a documentary.) Patton Oswalt gives a fine perf as Giants fan Paul, whose
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Larry Fessenden
Starring: Connie Britton | James LeGros | Jamie Harrold | Joanne Shenandoah | Kevin Corrigan | Pato Hoffman | Ron Perlman | Zach Gilford
Jason says: “It would be completely wrong of me spoil the thing in THE LAST WINTER that made me go from thinking it was a nice little ‘isolated area (and maybe something else) starts messing with people’ horror movie to
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Steve Buscemi
Starring: Casey Affleck | Jack Rovello | Kevin Corrigan | Liv Tyler | Mary Kay Place | Seymour Cassel
Michael says: “I was very pleasantly surprised by Steve Buscemi’s tiny film about the shattered dreams and paralyzing ennui of a Midwestern family. Jim left his small-town Indiana home, including Mom, Dad and brother Tim, for NYC and thought he
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