Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Kyle Edward Ball
Starring: Dali Rose Tetreault | Jaime Hill | Ross Paul | ucas Paul
Jeff says: “More experimental than straight up horror, SKINAMARINK looks like a fourth-generation VHS copy of a film originally shot on 16mm around 1972. It’s so grainy, you might find yourself asking if that fuzzy spot in the upper corner
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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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