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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ye Lou
Starring: Hao Qin | Ming Liang | Xi Qi | Xiaorui Mao | Xuan Huang
Michael says: “The year is 2019 and in Shanghai, a director reunites the cast and crew from a film they were making ten years ago but were unable to complete due to loss of funding. As the shooting nears its
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Naoko Yamada
Starring: Akari Takaishi | Aoi Yûki | Sayu Suzukawa | Taisei Kido | Yasuko
Adam says: “Well-directed and gorgeously animated coming-of-age film, with memorable music. However, while I would normally love a low-stakes, slice-of-life hangout movie, this one goes out of its way to set up so much potential juicy conflict, and then just
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Tim Fehlbaum
Starring: Ben Chaplin | John Magaro | Leonie Benesch | Peter Sarsgaard | Zinedine Soualem
Michael says: “Straight-forward, well-made political thriller about the terrorists who took 11 Israeli participants at the Munich Olympics in 1972 hostage, and the live news coverage by ABC. I was pleased to see a terrific performance by Leonie Benesch (THE
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Ellen Kuras
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård | Andrea Riseborough | Andy Samberg | Kate Winslet | Marion Cotillard
Laks says: “I was able to soak up two major works that commemorated towering American women that were released in 2024. The first being Laurie Anderson’s AMELIA which was based on the life of Amelia Earhart. The other being Ellen
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Sean Baker
Starring: Emily Weider | Lindsey Normington | Luna Sofía Miranda | Mikey Madison | Paul Weissman
Aaron says: “Sean Baker’s latest, is a blast—funny, raucous, heartfelt, and sad—it’s controlled chaos as only Baker can do. Sex worker Anora ‘Ani’ (Mikey Madison) gets swept up in a Cinderella romance with Ivan ‘Vanya’ (Mark Eydelshteyn), the son of
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Luke Gilford
Starring: Charlie Plummer | Eve Lindley | Mason Alexander Park | Rene Rosado | Robyn Lively
Michael says: “Charlie Plummer stars as Dylan, a 21-year-old holding his family, a mother slipping in and out of sobriety, and a younger brother how desperately needs the parenting Dylan provides. The hard-working young man jumps from job to job, finding
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