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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Raven Jackson
Starring: Bernadette Albright | Chris Chalk | Jayah Henry | Kaylee Nicole Johnson | Sheila Ati
Michael says: “Like DAUGHTERS IN THE DUST, when a fil is described as a tone poem, it’s probably not going to be my cup of tea. That said, there is a lot I can appreciate about such films, and ALL DIRT
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Rodrigo Moreno
Starring: Daniel Elías | Esteban Bigliardi | Germán de Silva | Margarita Molfino | Mariana Chaud
Chris says: “The longer I sat with this Argentinian film about a bank heist (but not really a heist film per se), the more I appreciated it, even if it really did not need to be three+ hours long. Apart
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Hong Sang-soo
Starring: Ha Seong-guk | Kim Min-hee | Kim Seung-yun | Shin Seok-ho
Michael says: “Also released in 2024, this brief film (61 minutes) focuses on a young aspiring filmmaker who travels with two colleagues (his cinematographer and an actress with whom he has worked before) to a coastal town to create a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Georgia Oakley
Starring: Kerrie Hayes | Lucy Halliday | Lydia Page | Rosy McEwen | Stacy Abalogun
Chris says: “This 1980s-set drama about a young teacher and Britain’s Section 28 legislation (which prohibited the promotion of homosexuality) is a bit heavy-handed at times in ways where, say, PRIDE was not. However, you should see it for Rosy
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lisa Cortes
Chris says: “As with many music docs, it’s overlong and reaches a bit too far stylistically; still, better that than just skimming the surface or regurgitating well-known factoids which this has no trouble avoiding in part because its subject is
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: Anaïs Demoustier | Gilles Lellouche | Jean-Pascal Zadi | Oulaya Amamra | Vincent Lacoste
Chris says: “From the central conceit of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers-esque pastiche to a suitably slimy Serge Gainsbourg tune playing at the opening, this is pure, unfiltered Quentin Dupieux madness; also, he should really consider an origin prequel series
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Anthony Shim
Starring: Anthony Shim | Choi Seung-yoon | Dohyun Noel Hwang | Ethan Hwang | Hunter Dillon
Michael says: “Even though I wasn’t able to catch the IFFBoston’s much lauded closing night film, I ended my festival experience the night before with a very strong showing. This powerful tale of a Korean immigrant who comes to Canada
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: James Adolphus
Michael says: “It would be difficult for me not to like a documentary about Mary Tyler Moore, an actor and celebrity that I am obviously very well aware of, have enjoyed in many TV and movie appearances, but actually not
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Andrea Pallaoro
Starring: Adriana Barrazza | Emily Browning | Joshua Close | Patricia Clarkson | Trace Lysette
Michael says: “MONICA is a finely constructed story about a fractured family reunited with the decline in health of the surviving matriarch. The title character particularly hasn’t had any contact with the family for years, and her return is brought
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Carolina Markowicz
Starring: Aline Marta Maia | César Bordón | Jean de Almeida Costa | Maeve Jinkings | Rômulo Braga
Brett says: “A kitchen sink drama that cuddles up with SCARFACE? Count me in. CHARCOAL is an anomalous genre bender out of Brazil that is part Tennessee ‘Joanópolis’ Williams and part Mario ‘CV’ Puzo. “Irene and Jairo are wife and
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