Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Sean Wang
Starring: Izaac Wang | Joan Chen | Mahaela Park | Shirley Chen | Zhang Li Hua
Val says: “Having read or seen nothing about the film or its director before watching it at IFFBoston, Sean Wang’s sharing of a last name with his main character and Didi’s interest in film makes me wonder how much of
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Director: Annie Baker
Starring: Elias Koteas | Julianne Nicholson | Sophie Okonedo | Will Patton | Zoe Ziegler
Michael says: “Award-winning playwright Annie Baker makes the transition from theater to film and manages to bring with her the moments that make her plays so memorable, while utilizing the language of film to maximum effect. During the summer before
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Justine Triet
Starring: Antoine Reinartz | Milo Machado Graner | Samuel Theis | Sandra Hüller | Swann Arlaud
Brett says: “Justine Triet’s ANATOMY OF A FALL could be viewed as French cinema’s answer to CourtTV. While such a statement may trivialize the layers and depth therein, at its core, the premise is presented early on, and every scene
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Brooklyn Sudano | Roger Ross Williams
Brett says: “The documentary LOVE TO LOVE YOU, DONNA SUMMER accomplishes what most expect from a film about a famous pop icon in offering an audience the familiar trajectory into fame while exposing (part of) the behind-the-scenes person living in
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Anisia Uzeyman | Saul Williams
Starring: Bertrand Ninteretse | Cheryl Isheja | Dorcy Rugamba | Eliane Umuhire | Elvis Ngabo
Michael says: “I suppose if I have to be grateful to Lin Manuel Miranda for something, it’s the fact that he served as an Executive Producer for NEPTUNE FROST. Absent that I wonder if an Afrofuturisticm gender-fluid musical about a hacker
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Don McKellar | Kristen Stewart | Léa Seydoux | Lihi Kornowski | Nadia Litz | Scott Speedman | Viggo Mortensen
Brett says: “David Cronenberg returns to his ‘Cronenbergian ways’ in this film full of his body horror, shock and awe oddities that delight some, deter others, and appall … well, everyone. That’s not to say CRIMES OF THE FUTURE is
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Ivaylo Hristov
Starring: Ivan Savov | Michael Flemming | Miroslava Gogovska | Stoyan Bochev | Svetlana Yancheva
Michael says: “This Bulgarian film is a fascinating take on a story that has been very much in the film zeitgeist over the past few years. Hristov tells the story of the lives of a small town whose social and economic
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Panah Panahi
Starring: Amin Simiar | Hasan Majuni | Pantea Panahiha | Rayan Sarlak
Brett says: “HIT THE ROAD is an emotional gut punch disguised as a family road trip flick. In this feature film directorial debut from Panah Panahi, the audience slips into anomaly after anomaly underneath what is presented otherwise as a
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Samuel Kishi
Starring: Cici Lau | Johnson T. Lau | Kevin Medina | Leonardo Nájar Márquez | Martha Reyes Arias | Maximiliano Nájar Márquez
Michael says: “LOS LOBOS (THE WOLVES) is a semi-autobiographical story of Lucía, a young woman who emigrates to Albuquerque from Mexico with her two children, Max, age eight, and Leo, age five. After struggling to find a trashed studio to
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Maria Schrader
Starring: Annika Meier | Dan Stevens | Falilou Seck | Hans Löw | Maren Eggert | Sandra Hüller | Wolfgang Hübsch
Michael says: “***SLIGHT SPOILERS*** I’m behind on my reviews, and I’m still working on my soft pandemic commitment to review all the films i see. Several weeks back, we watched I’M YOUR MAN as part of our weekly discussion. This
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