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The Third Murder (2018)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Hirokazu Korreda
Starring: Koji Yakusho | MasaharuFukuyama | Shinnosuke Mitsushima

Chris says: “A legal thriller from a director best known for his Ozu-worthy family dramas? It slots more neatly into his oeuvre than you’d expect, primarily because the mystery per se is steeped in familial relationships, only this time with

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Lean on Pete (2018)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Andrew Haigh
Starring: Amy Seimetz | Charlie Plummer | Chloe Sevigny | Steve Buscemi | Travis Fimmel

Chris says: “Expanding his palette beyond the more contained worlds of 45 YEARS and WEEKEND, English director Andrew Haigh adapts a Willy Vlautin novel for his first American feature. The protagonist, transient 16-year-old Charlie (Charlie Plummer) unexpectedly finds solace when he

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Damsel (2018)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: David Zellener | Nathan Zellner
Starring: David Zellner | Mia Wasikowska | Nathan Zellner | Robert Pattinson

Chris says: “The Zellner Brothers’ previous film, KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER, may end up on my top ten list for the decade, so this is a slight comedown. The less one knows going into it, the better, so I’ll just

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The Wave (2016)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Roar Uthaug
Starring: Ane Dahl Torp | Edith Haagenrud-Sande | Jonas Hoff Oftebro | Kristoffer Joner

Jason says: “It’s odd but fortunate that THE WAVE is getting an American theatrical release; it’s the sort of international genre film that tends to go straight to video-on-demand and maybe doesn’t even get a Region A Blu-ray. It’s understandable,

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Touched with Fire (2016)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats

Jason says: “As a film, TOUCHED WITH FIRE sometimes struggles with being bipolar in one of the ways that its characters do, seemingly wanting to claim it as a source of creativity even if the connection is shaky, while the

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The Survivalist (2016)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Stephen Fingleton
Starring: Andrew Simpson | Martin McCann | Mia Goth | Olwen Fouere

Jason says:”There are several types of survivalist in stories t hat take place after the collapse of civilization, from the gregarious fellow who knows how to live off the land and aims to share that knowledge and bounty to the

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Polder (2016)

Jason says: “There are likely a great many odd cross-pollinations like POLDER that even the most dedicated watchers of world cinema miss because a German art-house adaptation of a Japanese science-fiction novel would appeal to fairly specialized tastes under the

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Monster Hunt (2016)

Jason says: “I’ve read that the English-dubbed version of MONSTER HUNT (releasing at about the same time the original Mandarin version hits the United States) cuts a few scenes, including one where dog meat is seen offered for sale in

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Manchester By The Sea (2016)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ken Lonergan
Starring: Casey Affleck | Kyle Chandler | Lucas Hedges | Michelle Williams | Susan Pourfar

Michael says: “Writer/director Ken Lonergan made a big splash with his directorial debut, YOU CAN COUNT ON ME. Since then, it’s been sixteen years, and MANCHESTER BY THE SEA is only his third directorial effort. He’s written a bunch of

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Love & Friendship (2016)

Thom says: “I’d like to recommend LOVE & FRIENDSHIP. Sire, who doesn’t love Jane Austen & Whit Stillman but this adaptation from Lady Susan a novella from the divine Austen is downright brilliant. Kate Beckinsale is stunning as the wicked

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