The Year Between (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Alex Heller
Starring: David Brown | Emily Robinson | J. Smith-Cameron | Steve Buscemi | Wyatt Oleff
Trees Lounge (1996)
By Michael Colford
Director: Steve Buscemi
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia | Carol Kane | Chloe Sevigny | Elizabeth Bracco | Mark Boone Junior | Michael Buscemi | Steve Buscemi
Fargo (1996)
By Michael Colford
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Ethan Coen | Joel Coen
Starring: Frances McDormand | John Carroll Lynch | Kristin Rudrüd | Peter Stormare | Steve Buscemi | William H. Macy
Michael says: “I could say a lot of things about FARGO, all of them good, but what I most need to say is that Marge Gunderson is one of our all-time great cinematic heroes! Practical, unflappable, determined, and optimistic are
Read the review...The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Adam Driver | Bill Murray | Carol Kane | Chloe Sevigny | Danny Glover | Steve Buscemi | Tilda Swinton | Tom Waits
Thom says: “It would be presumptuous of me to call myself a huge Jim Jarmusch fan but he certainly has had a large number of top-rated films with me including PATERSON, ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, BROKEN FLOWERS, COFFEE & CIGARETTES,
Read the review...The Death of Stalin (2018)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Armando Iannucci
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor | Michael Palin | Paddy Considine | Simon Russell Beale | Steve Buscemi
Chris says: “Excessively funny and appropriately dark, from the ‘musical emergency’ opening to the slapstick moving-of-the-body to a deliriously profane argument playing out in front of a small child. I may need a second viewing to determine whether this is
Read the review...Lean on Pete (2018)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Andrew Haigh
Starring: Amy Seimetz | Charlie Plummer | Chloe Sevigny | Steve Buscemi | Travis Fimmel
Chris says: “Expanding his palette beyond the more contained worlds of 45 YEARS and WEEKEND, English director Andrew Haigh adapts a Willy Vlautin novel for his first American feature. The protagonist, transient 16-year-old Charlie (Charlie Plummer) unexpectedly finds solace when he
Read the review...The Cobbler (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1 cat
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Adam Sandler | Dan Stevens | Kim Cloutier | Lynn Cohen | Melonie Diaz | Sondra James | Steve Buscemi
Kyle says: “Lower East Side New York cobbler Max Simkin (Adam Sandler) struggles to make ends meet, supporting himself and his aged mother. He rediscovers a stitching machine that has been in his family for many generations and starts using
Read the review...Saint John of Las Vegas (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Hue Rhodes
Starring: John Cho | Peter Dinklage | Romany Malco | Sarah Silverman | Steve Buscemi | Tim Blake Nelson
Jason says: “This one had a short run on the plex’s smallest screen, and it’s not hard to see why. It’s a pretty decent movie, with a good cast, but it’s also a weird one, with gambling addict John encountering
Read the review...Handsome Harry (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Bette Gordon
Starring: Aidan Quinn | Campbell Scott | Jamey Sheridan | John Savage | Karen Young | Mariann Mayberry | Steve Buscemi
Bruce says: “In 1983 Bette Gordon was an underground artist who decided she could make as good a film as the next guy (let’s face it, there were few female filmmakers in 1983.) The result was the stunning VARIETY which
Read the review...Youth in Revolt (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Erik Knudsen | Jean Smart | Michael Cera | Portia Doubleday | Steve Buscemi | Zach Galifanakis
Jason says: “The night I saw this, I tweeted that I wasn’t sure whether Youth in Revolt was more amusingly or annoyingly mannered, and I still haven’t decided. It is, frequently, very funny, with great combinations of slapstick, wordplay, situations
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