Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Werner Herzog
Chris says: “An account of a treacherous film shoot, a deep dive into Aboriginal customs and some ancient animal feces–just another Herzog doc, better than his Gorbachev one, not as stirring as the volcano one. 3.5 cats“
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Benjamin Kasulke
Starring: Dylan Sprouse | Hannah Marks | Liana Liberato | Luke Spencer Roberts
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Carlo Mirabella-Davis
Starring: Austin Stowell | Denis O'Hare | Elizabeth Marvel | Haley Bennett
Diane says: “SWALLOW is nominated for Best Cinematography. “For good or ill, I happened to see SWALLOW after finally watching SAFE, Todd Haynes’ film from 1995. There were so many similarities–in characters, scenes, design–that I thought it might be a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Alan Yang
Starring: Christine Ko | Fiona Fu | Hong-Chi Lee | Joan Chen | Tzi Ma
Michael says: “I encountered three instances in the past month, in movies, or books, where someone tells a child: “Never let them see you cry,” or some BS like that. It’s usually well-meaning, and sometimes even serves the character well
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Rating: 3.375 | 3.5 cats
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Starring: Agustí Villaronga | Catrinel Marlon | Rodica Lazar | Vlad Ivanov
Jeffrey says: “This Buried Treasure-eligible piece from Romanian director, Porumboiu (12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST, THE TREASURE), is billed as a heist movie, but, in its gritty meditation on corruption, bears little resemblance to its glossy Hollywood counterparts. Cristi (Vlad Ivanov)
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Richard Stanley
Starring: Elliot Knight | Joely Richardson | Madeleine Arthur | Nicholas Cage
Jeffrey says: “I wouldn’t nominate this for anything, but if you’re in the mood for a cheesy slice of Lovecraft-inspired horror, this will fill the bill. Nicolas Cage plays Nathan, a typically dotty Cage character. He’s moved his family out
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin | Tyler Gillett
Starring: Adam Brody | Andie MacDowell | Henry Czerny | Kristian Bruun | Mark O'Brien | Melanie Scrofano | Samara Weaving
Thom says: “If you’re looking for a late summer trashy treat you could certainly do worse than this fun little horror romp. When middle-class Grace (a gorgeous Samara Weaving, Hugo’s niece, you’ll remember her from ASH vs EVIL DEAD) marries
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Trey Edward Shults
Starring: Alexa Demie | Bill Wise | Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Taylor Russell
Chris says: “What I liked most about director Trey Edward Shults’ first feature KRISHA wasn’t so much the unique narrative structure, anxiety-stoking soundtrack or swooping camera movements but the lead performance by his own aunt, Krisha Fairchild, for it gave
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Julia Harty
Starring: David Strathairn | Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Lorraine Toussaint | Saniyya Sidney
Michael says: “This was a neat little film directed by JulIa Hart, witten by Hart and Jordan Horowitz, that tells the story of a near future earth that is broken. It hasn’t rained anywhere on the planet for eight years.
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Rating: 2.75 | 3.5 cats
Director: Robert Eggers
Starring: Robert Pattison | Valeriia Karaman | Willem Dafoe
Chris says: “Enjoyed this a little more than THE WITCH–it’s just as silly, but Eggers’ Lynch/Maddin pretensions are finely tuned and wrought, and a sense of encroaching madness forever drives things forward. DaFoe/Pattinson is also an inspired pairing, and where
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