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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Isaac Rathé
Starring: Aaron Hrastovec | Leo Yako | Lucas Tommy Youkhana
Brett says: “A do-it-yourself thriller-comedy that throws back to Spielberg’s made-for-television DUEL, this film is a microscopic budget first feature that tosses out the tractor-trailer vs. automobile and inserts a motorboat and kayak instead. The absurdity of that concept is
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Ludovic Boukherma | Zoran Boukherma
Starring: Alain Boitel | Anthony Bajon | Christine Gautier | Guillaume Mattera | Jean-Michel Ricart | Ludovic Torrent | Noémie Lvovsky
“TEDDY is a modern take on werewolf lore and is set for release next week in French theaters. The film’s title protagonist is a young man in his early 20s that is still very much lost in the world. He
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Paul Meins
Starring: Antonio de la Torre | Carmen Maura | Edward James Olmos | Francesc Orella | Jessica Marais | Paz Vega | Quim Gutiérrez
Michael says: “Family saga about a multi-generational Spanish family with a successful wine business who move their family business to Australia. The film is told in flashback, when a young man returns home to Spain and discovers that the groundskeeper
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Daryl Wein | Zoe Lister-Jones
Starring: Bobby Lee | Cailee Spaeny | Finn Wolfhard | Logan Marshall-Green | Nick Kroll | oe Lister-Jones | Tawny Newsome | Whitney Cummings
Chris says: “Shot entirely during the COVID-19 quarantine, this end-of-the-world indie-com has a good premise (although Don McKellar’s LAST NIGHT got there first more than two decades ago), an impressive ensemble and a rather shoddy execution. Feeling much, much longer
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Adam Wingard
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård | Brian Tyree Henry | Demián Bichir | Eiza González | Julian Dennison | Kyle Chandler | Lance Reddick | Millie Bobby Brown | Rebecca Hall | Shun Oguri
Michael says: “**SPOILERS if you care about who wins.** “What I learned form watching GODZILLA VS. KONG was that I am either a) further from the mainstream than I had already thought, or b) Mothra’s appearance in a monster movie
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Robin Wright
Starring: Brad Leland | Demián Bichir | Finlay Wojtak-Hissong | Kim Dickens | Robin Wright | Sarah Dawn Pledge | Warren Christie
Diane says: “If you didn’t get enough ghost sex in BURNING GHOST, here’s another chance. In LAND, Robin Wright is wracked by grief after the sudden loss of her husband and son. Edee can’t stand human company, so opts for
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Sam Levinson
Starring: John David Washington | Zendaya
Michael says: “Sam Levinson wrote and directed this overwrought two-hander during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and what might have been a interesting examination of how love and hate aren’t all that far apart in a relationship, turns out to be a
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Starring: Cathy Belton | Clare Dunne | Conleth Hill | Ericka Roe | Harriet Walter | Ian Lloyd Anderson | Molly McCann | Rebecca O'Mara
Diane says: “Irish film HERSELF, a 2020 Sundance selection, is a pale shadow of last year’s WILD ROSE. Altho main character Sandra’s woes are more external than Jessie Buckley’s were, she’s a single mother with a dream. Having left an
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Gavin Rothery
Starring: Lia Williams | Peter Ferdinando | Rhona Mitra | Stacy Martin | Theo James
Diane says: “ARCHIVE had its digital release this summer, after losing a debut slot at the cancelled SXSW. It’s the first feature of Gavin Rothery, whose previous credits emphasize art direction and sfx. So ARCHIVE has a *great* look, in
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Manijeh Hekmat
Chris says: “Musical trio braves its way through a flood in a camper van in order to make it to a “Battle of the Bands” in Tehran where they believe fame and fortune will surely be theirs. The setting/situation makes
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