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The Good Traitor (2021)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Christina Rosendahl
Starring: Burn Gorman | Denise Gough | Henry Goodman | Mikkel Boe Følsgaard | Nicholas Blane | Pixie Davies | Ross McCall | Ulrich Thomsen | Zoë Tapper

The Good Traitor
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Tell Tale (2009)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Michael Cuesta
Starring: Beatrice Miller | Brian Cox | Dallas Roberts | Josh Lucas | Lena Heady | Pablo Schreiber | Ulrich Thomsen

Tell Tale

Bruce says: “Director Michael Cuesta and screenwriter Dave Callaham go out of their way to tip their hats to Edgar Allan Poe.  Cuesta has succeeded in creating a gothic atmosphere by filming TELL TALE in the old section of Providence,

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The Substitute (2008)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Ole Bornedal
Starring: Jonas Wandschneider | Mollie Maria Gilmartin | Nikolaj Falkenberg-Klok | Paprika Steen | Ulrich Thomsen

The Substitute

Michael says: “This Danish science fiction/comedy/suspense film hits all the right notes, especially with the casting of the divine Paprika Steen in the title role. What’s a willful and rowdy class of students to do when they discover that the

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Fear Me Not (2008)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Kristian Levring
Starring: Lars Brygmann | Paprika Steen | Ulrich Thomsen

Fear Me Not

Bruce says: “Mikael (Ulrich Thomsen) is on six week leave from his job. Is he fighting boredom or depression? The answer seems apparent when his bother-in-law Frederik (Lars Brygmann) mentions that his hospital is involved in trials for a new

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Adam’s Apples (2007)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen | Nicolas Bro | Paprika Steen | Ulrich Thomsen

Adam’s Apples

Beth C says: “This must be the first time I’ve ever favorably rated a film that got a 48 on METACRITIC. Usually they love a film that I hated but this time it’s the other way around. I found it

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Brothers (2005)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Susanne Bier
Starring: Connie Nielsen | Nikolaj Lie Kaas | Sarah Juel Werner | Ulrich Thomsen

Brothers

Michael says: “Susanne Bier made a splash among Chlotrudis members with 2002’s OPEN HEARTS. In BROTHERS she creates a situation involving Michael (Ulrich Thomsen), a major in the Danish army who is being sent to Afghanistan as part of a

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The Inheritance (2004)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Per Fly
Starring: Ghita Nørby | Karina Skands | Lars Brygmann | Lisa Werlinder | Ulrich Thomsen

The Inheritance

Bruce says: “THE INHERITANCE is a complicated psychological drama about responsibility, manipulation, perception vs. reality and the prioritization of values. It is a very bleak and disturbing film. What I had read prior to seeing the film described the basic

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Max (2003)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.75
Director: Menno Meyjes
Starring: John Cusack | Kevin McKidd | Leelee Sobieski | Molly Parker | Noah Taylor | Ulrich Thomsen

Max

Laura says: “Max Rothman (John Cusack, HIGH FIDELITY) is a progressive art dealer in 1918 Munich when he meets a Corporal whom he fought with in Ypres who aspires to be an artist. Screenwriter Menno Meyjes (THE SIEGE) makes his

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