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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.9
Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Jimmy Chin
Jason says: “The mountain that gives MERU its title is described within the film as ‘the anti-Everest’, although as you might expect, that does not mean that it is a pleasant ascent even for those who get winded by the
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Han Yan
Jason says: “The ‘cancer comedy’ is a minefield as genres go; cancer’s no laughing matter but it’s not a difficult path from tragedy to absurdity to jokes, at least for some. That’s the path Xiong Dun took when she was
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Brett Sullivan | Grant Harvey | Steven Hoban
Starring: George Buza | Percy Hynes-White | Shannon Kook | William Shatner | Zoé de Grand Maison
Jason says: “Planning and constructing A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY must have been a heck of a thing, because despite the indefinite article in the title, it’s actually several stories, each handled by different directors and intercut rather than presented one
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Starring: Chris Evans | Jamie Bell | John Hurt | Ko Ah-sung | Octavia Spencer | Song Kang-ho | Tilda Swinton
Jason says: “A Korean director making an English-language movie from a French graphic novel may seem like a random combination, but it’s really not: Both Korean genre film and French bandes dessinées often blur genre lines and forms, while English
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Rating: 3.9
Director: James Gray
Starring: Angela Sarafyan | Dagmara Dominczyk | Jeremy Renner | Joaquin Phoenix | Marion Cotillard
Jason says: “The first shot of THE IMMIGRANT- the Statue of Liberty seen from behind, through a brownish fog – is certainly the sort that let the audience know just what the next two hours have in store. Director James
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Rating: 3.9
Director: John Krokidas
Starring: Ben Foster | Dane DeHaan. Michael C. Hall | Daniel Radcliffe | David Cross | Elizabeth Olsen | Jack Huston | Jennifer Jason Leigh | John Cullum
Thom says: “WARNING SPOILER: I Do give some information away but since the film is based on fact I felt I had the license but if you would be disturbed stop reading now. “It’s rare to see such an utterly
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Don Coscarelli
Starring: Chase Williamson | Clancy Brown | Doug Jones | Glynn Turman | Paul Giamatti | Rob Mayes
Jason says: “According to the post-film Q&A (and others I’ve talked to), John Dies at the End is a cult novel that barely had time to gain a reputation as unfilmable before going before the cameras. Director and screenwriter Don
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Eugenio Derbez
Starring: Alessandra Rosaldo | Daniel Raymont | Eugenio Derbez | Jessica Lindsey | Loreto Peralta
Jason says: “INSTRUCTIONS NOT INCLUDED has proven surprisingly successful at the American box office over the past few weekends, and it’s not hard to see why: It’s got an appealing cast, it’s unpretentiously funny, and it makes a naked but
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Emily Blunt | Mark Duplass | Mike Birbiglia | Rosemarie DeWitt
Thom says: “On the anniversary of his brother’s death Jack (Duplass, ½ of the Duplass brothers, who had a film at TIFF as well) is present at a remembrance party, also attended by the fiancé (Iris, played by Blunt) of
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Starring: Ashley Gerasimovich | Ezra Miller | Jasper Newell | John C. Reilly | Rock Duer | Tilda Swinton
Jason says: “At no point during WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN are the words of the title actually spoken, but it’s not like it would have made a difference if they were. There’s just nothing you can do about
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