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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Maud Wyler | Micha Lescot | Nine d'Urso | Nora Hamzawi | Vincent Macaigne
Michael says: “I have a bit of a fascination with films set during and dealing directly with pandemic life (AN UNFINISHED FILM being another example). In Olivier Assayas’ SUSPENDED TIME, he creates a autobiographical narrative of the confinement period, when
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Amy Berg
Diane says: “Okay, there are two well-known facts about Jeff Buckley: he had an incredible voice, and he killed himself. Okay, three: he sang the popular version of ‘Hallelujah.’ “The doc IT’S NEVER OVER by Amy Berg has been very
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lisa Dapolito
Chris says: “Like many a bio-doc, it tells the viewer ad nauseam how great and talented its pioneering ventriloquist subject was but this does an eloquent job of backing that up with a variety of clips that also show it.
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Linus O'Brien
Michael says: “It’s funny how ‘The Rocky Horror Show’, and the subsequent movie-adaptation, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW are such iconic, pieces of entertainment that many people have seen multiple times, but as this documentary shows, I didn’t know a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Karan Kandhari
Starring: Ashok Pathak | Chhaya Kadam | Radhika Apte | Smita Tambe | Subhash Chandra
Adam says: “An original comedy with a strong visual style, great lead performance, and killer soundtrack, even if it suffers from some first film issues — namely that it’s overstuffed with ideas and way too long for what it is.
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Joel Potrykus
Starring: Joel Potrykus | Joshua Burge | Melissa Blanchard | Scott Ayotte | Solo Potrykus
Jeff says: “As it opens, VULCANIZADORA seems like it could end up as an OLD JOY-ish bromance. Two friends bicker, cajole, prank each other, sometimes cryptically mention their lives and their friendship as they tramp through the Michigan woods, seriously
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lorcan Finnegan
Starring: Alexander Bertrand | Finn Little | Michael Abercromby | Nicolas Cage | Rahel Romahn
Adam says: “Solid little Ozploitation riff in the vein of WAKE IN FRIGHT or LONG WEEKEND, with another great late period Cage performance. Pretty visually impressive for a movie that takes place almost entirely in a parking lot, but it
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Courtney Stephens
Starring: Callie Hernandez | James N. Kienitz Wilkins | Nicholas J. Facci | Paul Kleiman | Sahm McGlynn
Michael says: “I enjoyed it. Very understated, but a clever blending of documentary using archival footage of the filmmaker’s father, with a narrative. Intriguing premise. 3 1/2 cats” Laks said: “Maybe a stretch but it had a DEAD MAIL
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: James Griffiths
Starring: Akemnji Ndifornyen | Sian Clifford | Tim Key | Tom Basden
Adam says: “Sweet and charming Fox Searchlight-core British indie with a dash of Nick Hornby. Tim Key great. 3 1/2 cats“
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: François Nemeta
Diane says: “Shame on me for not knowing the name Michel Gondry, particularly as the Oscar-winning director and co-writer of 2004’s ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND. This eponymous doc, assembled by Gondry’s friend and collaborator François Nemeta, presents a
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