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Jamesy Boy (2014)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Trevor White
Starring: James Woods | Mary-Louise Parker | Spencer Lofranco | Taissa Farmiga | Ving Rhames

Kyle says: “‘All I want is a normal life.’ The moment this line is delivered by James (Spencer Lofranco) in the running time of JAMESY BOY is startling, first because every action and character preceding has made sure this is

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Gimme Shelter (2014)

Jason says: “There was applause in the theater at the end of GIMME SHELTER and even if I don’t think it’s a particularly impressive movie, I don’t begrudge anybody that reaction. Who doesn’t want to applaud a shelter that helps

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Ejecta (2014)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Chad Archibald | Matt Wiele
Starring: Adam Seybold | Julian Richings | Lisa Houle | Mark Gibson

Jason says: “In the Q&A after the movie, the filmmakers described how EJECTA sort of came together as a sort of chimera, with its two distinct tracks being shot well apart and stitched together like a Frankenstein’s monster. It’s not

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Diplomacy (2014)

Thom says: “While director Schlöndorff doesn’t have quite the cachet of contemporaries Herzog, Fassbinder, or Wenders he still has a fairly consistent track record with THE TIN DRUM, YOUNG TORLESS, THE LOST HONOUR OF KATHARINA BLUM, COUP DE GRACE, CIRCLE

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Butter on the Latch (2014)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Josephine Decker
Starring: Charlie Hewson | Isolde Chae-Lawrence | Sarah Small | Stephan Goldbach | Yury Yakor

Jason says: “BUTTER ON THE LATCH was listed in the program as playing before director Josephine Decker’s prior film, THOU WAST MILD AND LOVELY, as if it was a short film rather than a 63-minute feature. The programmers and projectionists

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Zero Charisma (2013)

Jason says: “If I were the type of person to walk out of movies (and could have done it without disturbing the rest of the audience), I would have bolted ZERO CHARISMA. That’s not to say it’s a terrible movie;

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Thale (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Aleksander Nordaas
Starring: Erlend Nervold | Jon Sigve Skard | Morten Andressen | Roland Astrand | Silje Reina

Thom says: “A two-man clean-up crew go deep into the Norwegian woods to a remote cabin where they discover a comatose woman that they revive. The woman has a long tail. Thale (the tailed figure) is apparently a Huldra a

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One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das (2021)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Jeremy Frindel

Thom says: “While I have a great admiration for Jeffrey Kagel (Krishna Das) on turning his life around a making a sizable contribution to the world scene, I wasn’t all that swept up with this film, mainly for the simple

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Motivational Growth (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Don Thacker
Starring: Adrian DiGiovanni | Danielle Doetsch | Jeffrey Combs | Ken Brown | Pete Giovangnoli

Jason says: “MOTIVATIONAL GROWTH ran twice at the festival, with overlapping crowds but different results: Once as a spotlight presentation with the director doing Q&A that was reasonably well received, and once as the 4am leg of a noon-to-noon marathon

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The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Jesse James Miller

Jason says: “Ray Mancini was at this screening for a Q&A, and he mentioned that when Mark Kreigel approached him with the idea of doing the book on which this movie was based, he wasn’t particularly interested; he’d told his

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