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The Signal (2014)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: William Eubank
Starring: Beau Knap | Brenton Thwaites | Lawrence Fishburne | Olivia Cooke

Jason says: “Mystery is not enough. Don’t misunderstand, it’s terrific when a story gets one to lean closer, tantalized by what’s going on, and creating that feeling is a matter of much more than leaving some details out while hinting

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Proxy (2014)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Zack Parker
Starring: Alexa Havins | Alexia Rasmussen | Joe Swanberg | Kristina Klebe

Jason says: “Give PROXY filmmaker Zack Parker this: Unlike many movies that wind up labeled ‘horror’, his delivers something that its audience will want to put out of their heads afterward because it doesn’t bear thinking about. Unfortunately, he keeps

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Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014)

Jason says: “Sometimes, a movie spends so long introducing itself that it barely has time to do anything, which feels like the case for KUNDO: AGE OF THE RAMPANT. I think it’s because this movie wants so badly to be

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The Judge (2014)

Thom says: “This is a bulging, pompous, treacly mess of a film that has big bucks written all over it. Here Downey Jr. (he takes his A-List status very seriously these days) plays a Chicago defense lawyer of dubious moral

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My Name is Jonah (2014)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: JB Sapienza | Phil Healy

Jason says: “I wonder where filmmakers start and wind up, in terms of motivation and attitude, when making something like MY NAME IS JONAH. It seems awfully cynical if the final product is what they envisioned, but if not… Well,

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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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