Michael says: “Zhangke Jia’s twelfth, full-length feature narrative, CAUGHT IN THE TIDES, is a challenging yet fascinating construction of his own past and present work to tell the tale of a woman searching for her beloved over decades. The film
Read the review...Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Recent Reviews by Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Caught by the Tides
The Legend of Ochi
Laks says: “THE LEGEND OF OCHI follows the story of Yuri, who is dressed in a bright yellow puffy jacket and begins with her hunting with her father and many brothers. We soon learn that they are hunting the Ochi
Read the review...
Baby Doe
Diane says: “I am so glad I saw this movie. BABY DOE is a doc by Jessica Earnshaw about a grandmother who is on trial for leaving a newborn to die at the side of the road 25 years before.
Read the review...
October 8
Prisoners of Fire
Raging Midlife
Who By Fire
Young Hearts
The World Will Tremble
Grand Tour
Pet Shop Days
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
Suze
Jeff says: “You will understand within 15 minutes exactly where this story will end up. These are its bones: Two lost souls, initially and profoundly incompatible, find common cause and forge a new relationship leaving them both better off. An
Read the review...
The Kingdom
Michael says: “Let me get this out of the way up front. I have a very strong dislike for stories about crime family/mafia. The only one I can think of that I enjoyed was BOUND, so the odds were stacked
Read the review...
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself!
Diane says: “Shame on me for not knowing the name Michel Gondry, particularly as the Oscar-winning director and co-writer of 2004’s ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND. This eponymous doc, assembled by Gondry’s friend and collaborator François Nemeta, presents a
Read the review...
OBEX
Val says: “A young man, possible agoraphobic but living a happy, quiet life with his dog in 1987 Baltimore has his world turned upside down when he decides to participate in an experimental new ‘interactive’ video game that leads him
Read the review...
Descendent
Val says: “A young father-to-be has an accident (and encounter) that makes him question what’s real and what’s not. “I love a good alien abduction film! This one was not. A promising premise that’s let down by bad writing and
Read the review...
The Arborist
Michael says: “Well, they can’t all be good. “Writer/Director Andrew Mudge got a world premiere for his second feature film, THE ARBORIST, at the Independent Film Festival Boston. This creepy, low-grade horror film is largely an examination of guilt and
Read the review...
An Unfinished Film
Michael says: “The year is 2019 and in Shanghai, a director reunites the cast and crew from a film they were making ten years ago but were unable to complete due to loss of funding. As the shooting nears its
Read the review...
Come See Me in the Good Light
Laks says: “I cannot remember the last time I was sat in a full cinema that wept and laughed all together in seeming quick succession. On several occasions they were genuine tears of joy on other occasions it was pure
Read the review...
High Rollers
The Lost Daughter
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Seven Veils
The Way, My Way
We’re All Gonna Die
You Burn Me
The Wild
The Actor
Can I Get a Witness?
The Performance
Rats!
Superboys of Malegaon
Unholy Song
There’s Still Tomorrow
Bloat
Queen of the Ring
The Empire
Eephus
Guns of Redemption
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-
A Sloth Story
My Dead Friend Zoe
Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day
The Golden Voice
Cold Wallet
The Gorge
No Address
You Me & Her
Ex-Husbands
Cleaner
Lifeline
Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
Millers in Marriage
Old Guy
The Quiet Ones
UnBroken
I Heart Willie
Renner
When I’m Ready
Ne Zha 2
Kid Snow
The Long Game
Rounding
Sex Love Venice
The Vortex
No Other Land
Time Passages
Black Panthers of WWII
Armand
Bring Them Down
Dark Nuns
I Love You Forever
Jazzy
A Knight’s War
Parthenope
Detective Chinatown 1900
Zombie Strain
Green and Gold
Art and Life: The Story of Jim Phillips
Clone Cops
Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force
Like Father Like Son
Love Me
Marcello Mio
The Martial Artist
Between The Temples
Diane says:”From the trailer, I expected a broad comedy. Instead it is a delicate treatment of people at fragile times in their lives. I’ll repeat the easy comparison to HAROLD AND MAUDE. “The cast is overall excellent. Carol Kane plays
Read the review...
Bogancloch
Laks says: “I was listening to Joyeeta & Debojyoti Sanyal’s Raag Malkauns on the peaceful journey home from the HFA tonight, having been reminded of my love for Indian classical music as Jake Williams played his excellent choices on dusty cassettes found in
Read the review...
Misericordia
Chris says: “Jérémie (Félix Kysyl) clearly belongs to an extended lineage of Alain Guiraudie protagonists: craggily handsome, somewhat sexually ambiguous, a laconic wanderer, an irritant to many who come into contact with him. However, unlike the others, he’s not as passive
Read the review...
Opus
Michael says: “Leading with an exciting and intriguing cast, Ayo Edeberi, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett and Amber Midthunder, I had high hopes for OPUS, despite the decidedly lukewarm reviews it has been receiving. Edeberi doesn’t disappoint, as a
Read the review...
Night Call
Wish You Were Here
The Wasps
Bau: Artist at War
Inheritance
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
The Colors Within
Disfluency
Myth of Man
