Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Carla Simón
Starring: Albert Bosch | Anna Otin | Jordi Pujol Dolcet | Josep Abad | Xènia Roset
Michael says: “An extended family living in Alcarràs, a small village in Catalonia has spent every summer they can remember harvesting peaches from their orchard. Now their way of life is threatened after their patriarch dies with a desire to seek their
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Mei Makino
Starring: Emily Garrett | Emma Galbraith | KaiChow Lau | Liz Waters | William Magnuson
Michael says: “Coming-of-age films are a dime a dozen, but what makes a film in this genre successful is when the experience is tackled with honesty and relatability, something Mei Making does quite weak in INBETWEEN GIRL. Asian-American Angie is
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Maureen Fazendeiro | Miguel Gomes
Starring: Carloto Cotta | Crista Alfaiate | João Nunes Monteiro
Chris says: “Fassbinder’s BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE in the time of Covid lockdown with a similar ennui but richer colors and textures, not to mention petty complaints about breakfast options. 3.5 cats“
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Bobbi Jo Hart
Chris says: “The form’s nothing special when you consider more ambitious rock docs from ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL to THE VELVET UNDERGROUND; fortunately, the content tells such an essential, long-obscured story that you come away from it practically beaming
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: John Patton Ford
Starring: Aubrey Plaza | Gina Gershon | Jonathan Avigdori | Kim Yarbrough | Theo Rossi
Chris says: “Aubrey Plaza is becoming a modern-day equivalent of an unconventional ’70s movie star in that her presence is deeply felt in every role and her mere appearance elevates what surrounds it–can’t wait to see what she does next.
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Christos Nikou
Starring: Anna Kalaitzidou | Argyris Bakirtzis | Aris Servetalis | Kostas Laskos | Sofia Georgovassili
Chris says: “Rest assured, this low-key, deadpan film about memory (or lack thereof) has plenty of apples in it (and a few oranges, too)–enough, in fact, to sustain a metaphor and occasionally transcend it. 3.5 cats“
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Sophie Hyde
Starring: Daryl McCormack | Emma Thompson | Isabella Laughland | Lennie Beare | Les Mabaleka
Chris says: “Slight but likable, just like Emma Thompson’s career as of late. 3.5 cats” Vicki says: “A retired frustrated widowed schoolteacher (brilliantly played by Emma Thompson) hires sexy sex escort (underplayed beautifully by Daryll McCormack) and their three
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Austin Butler | Helen Thomson | Olivia DeJonge | Richard Roxburgh | Tom Hanks
Cheryl says: “The decision to tell the story from Colonel Tom Parker’s point of view, as especially as played by Tom Hanks, seriously detracts from the joy of seeing Austin Butler bring ‘the king’ back to life on the big
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: David Siegel | Scott McGehee
Starring: Eugene Brave Rock | Gilbert Owuor | Haley Lu Richardson | Kimberly Guerrero | Owen Teague
Chris says: “Haley Lu Richardson as someone who fully understands in regards to animals what constitutes a pet vs. meat. 3.5 cats“
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Andrew Dominik
Michael says: “THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE is the second documentary by filmmaker Andrew Domink (BLONDE; THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD) to revolve around Nick Cave, the first being 2016’s ONCE MORE WITH FEELING.
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