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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Arthur Harari
Starring: Léa Seydoux | Lilith Grasmug | Niels Schneider | Radu Jude | Valérie Dréville
Michael says: “Arthur Harari, screenwriter for ANATOMY OF A FALL, has directed a film adapted from a graphic novel written by he and his brother Lucas, aptly called THE UNKNOWN. A science fiction tale only as a premise, the film explores
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Marie Kreutzer
Starring: Catherine Deneuve | Jella Haase | Laurence Rupp | Léa Seydoux | Sylvester Groth
Michael says: “Marie Kreutzer’s GENTLE MONSTER could have been a great film, but by tackling a very difficult subject with a procedurally straight-forward tone undercuts some of the emotion. Still, there was a lot to like about this film about
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz
Starring: Léa Seydoux | Nicole Garcia | Pierre Perrier | Théo Frilet | Yannick Renier
Thom says: “It’s a bit of a stretch to include this in an LGBT film festival, although one of the characters (maybe two?) is certainly homosexual. But, then again, director Lifshitz did make the rather confusing COME UNDONE, as well
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Ildikó Enyedi
Starring: Enzo Brumm | Léa Seydoux | Luna Wedler | Sylvester Groth | Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Chris says: “I love cities and have never not lived in one; however, reasonable proximity to a botanical garden, natural reserve or even a leafy neighborhood park is essential. To spend an hour or the better part of an afternoon
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Bertrand Bonello
Starring: Dasha Nekrasova | George MacKay | Guslagie Malanda | Léa Seydoux | Martin Scall
Chris says: “In past films like SAINT LAURENT and NOCTURAMA, I’ve admired director Bertrand Bonello’s approach and elements of his heightened style without finding them complete or entirely convincing. His latest gets closer than ever to feeling whole but that’s
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Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Starring: Camille Leban Martins | Léa Seydoux | Melvil Poupaud | Nicole Garcia | Pascal Greggory
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Don McKellar | Kristen Stewart | Léa Seydoux | Lihi Kornowski | Nadia Litz | Scott Speedman | Viggo Mortensen
Brett says: “David Cronenberg returns to his ‘Cronenbergian ways’ in this film full of his body horror, shock and awe oddities that delight some, deter others, and appall … well, everyone. That’s not to say CRIMES OF THE FUTURE is
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Director: Bruno Dumont
Starring: Benjamin Biolay | Blanche Gardin | Gaëtan Amiel | Jawad Zemmar | Juliane Köhler | Léa Seydoux
By Michael Colford
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Colin Farrell | John C. Reilly | Léa Seydoux | Olivia Colman | Rachel Weisz
Michael says: “I sure hope you got to see this when it had its very successful run earlier this year in the theaters. Greek director Yorgos Lathimos (DOGTOOTH; ALPS) brings us his first English-language film, a hilarious, dark, and pointed
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos | Aurélien Recoing | Catherine Salée | Léa Seydoux | Salim Kechiche
Diane says: “Or, by its more appropriate international title ADELE: CHAPTERS 1 AND 2. A.k.a. the three-hour lesbian sex movie. “I had expected a happy movie: girl discovers her sexuality, finds a thrilling blue-haired partner who opens her eyes to
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