Wes is Dying (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Parker Seaman
Starring: D'Arcy Carden | Devin Das | Mark Duplass | Parker Seaman | Wes Schlagenhauf
Biosphere (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Mel Eslyn
Starring: Mark Duplass | Sterling K. Brown
Language Lessons (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Natalie Morales
Starring: Desean Terry | Mark Duplass | Natalie Morales
Michael says: “A clever premise and a surprising twist turned LANGUAGE LESSONS, shot during the pandemic through videochat, an incredibly affecting and effective story. As a gift, Adam’s husband gives him weekly Spanish lessons online, taught immersively by Cariño, a native
Read the review...The One I Love (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Charlie McDowell
Starring: Elizabeth Moss | Mark Duplass | Marlee Matlin | Mary Steenburgen | Ted Danson
Jason says: “There are filmmakers that like to explain all the details of how their plot devices work, there are those who like to keep a little mystery, and then there are the makers of THE ONE I LOVE, who
Read the review...Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Harold Perrineau | James Gandolfini | Jason Clarke | Jennifer Ehle | Jeremy Strong | Jessica Chastain | Kyle Chandler | Mark Duplass
Diane says: “ZERO DARK THIRTY–the wonderful Kathryn Bigelow’s version of The Hunt for Osama bin Laden–is grueling and thrillerish. (Be forewarned about the trailers you might get on this one–some of them are really sick, e.g., THE CALL) It is
Read the review...Your Sister’s Sister (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.9
Director: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Emily Blunt | Mark Duplass | Mike Birbiglia | Rosemarie DeWitt
Thom says: “On the anniversary of his brother’s death Jack (Duplass, ½ of the Duplass brothers, who had a film at TIFF as well) is present at a remembrance party, also attended by the fiancé (Iris, played by Blunt) of
Read the review...True Adolescents (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Craig Johnson
Starring: Bret Loehr | Carr Thompson | Mark Duplass | Melissa Leo
Jason says: “TRUE ADOLESCENTS is a small-budgeted independent film that’s just a swift kick or two from the mainstream. Yes, the execution is mostly what one would expect from the recent wave of chatty, self-examining indie filmmakers, but the basic
Read the review...Humpday (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Alycia Delmore | Joshua Leonard | Mark Duplass
Jason says: “I haven’t seen Lynn Shelton’s first feature, but MY EFFORTLESS BRILLIANCE and HUMPDAYT form an interesting pattern, and not just in how both are kicked off by an old friend visiting unannounced. Unlike many female independent filmmakers who
Read the review...Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 0 cats
Director: Joe Swanberg
Starring: Andrew Bujalski | Greta Gerwig | Kent Osborne | Mark Duplass
Barbara says: “For the first time since I have been a member, I am giving a movie 0 cats. The whole film seemed like some drunken ramblings in an off-campus apartment.”
Read the review...The Puffy Chair (2006)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Jay Duplass
Starring: Kathryn Asleton | Mark Duplass | Rhett Wilkins
Chris says: “The titular piece of furniture is an old burgundy La-Z-Boy purchased on E-bay by Josh (Mark Duplass). He sets off from New York with his girlfriend Emily (Kathryn Aselton) to pick up the chair in rural Virginia so
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