Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Amanda Kramer
Chris says: “Amanda Kramer’s follow up to GIVE ME PITY! is also infatuated with outdated media forms but this doc about early AI plays more like a fancy 3-D PowerPoint lecture (with perfectly robotic narration from Debbie Harry.) It’s well
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael Vlamos
Starring: Aurora Perrineau | Harvey Guillen | Michael Vlamis | Nick Thune | Sarah Ramos
Brett says: The puzzle thriller is not a new subgenre, but the daily crossword is not in the same vein as the rabbit holes one might find in a Dan Brown-based film. CROSSWORD is the directorial debut of Michael Vlamis
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael Vlamis
Starring: Aurora Perrineau | Harvey Guillen | Karan Oberoi | Nick Thune | Sarah Ramos
Brett says: “The puzzle thriller is not a new subgenre, but the daily crossword is not in the same vein as the rabbit holes one might find in a Dan Brown-based film. CROSSWORD is the directorial debut of Michael Vlamis
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Giovanni Tortorici
Starring: Dana Giuliano | Manfredi Marini | Sergio Benvenuto | Vittoria Planeta | Zackari Delmas
Chris says: “As a coming-of-age study, it’s fairly candid (almost blunt) in how unformed its protagonist is as most of us are at that age; the direction’s also somewhat unformed in a hit-or-miss way although the conclusion it arrives at
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Petra Costa
Chris says: “So, how do we prevent this (i.e., a political insurrection) from happening again? Filmmaker Petra Costa eloquently explains the why and the what in relation to Brazil’s heel-turn into religious fundamentalism but presents few solutions which leaves this
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Daniel J. Clark
Starring: Hayley McFarland | Joe Kwaczala | John Eisenrich | Jon Gabrus | Sam Wiles
Brett says: “On the heels of a movie like FRIENDSHIP, it’s clear to see that comedic sensibilities of the 18-34 range are definitely shifting the landscape of the comedy genre. Joe Kwaczala writes a screenplay for AMERICAN COMIC, directed by Daniel
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sanjay Patel
Starring: Adam Beach | Carmen Moore | Graham Greene | Simon Baker | Tanaya Beatty
Michael says: “I enjoyed this tale of two brothers struggling with their native identity when thrown into a battle to reclaim their inheritance after their father leaves it to the native community living in the northern Canadian town of Bird.
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Philippe Lesage
Starring: Antoine Marchand-Gagnon | Arieh Worthalter | Aurélia Arandi-Longpré | Noah Parker | Paul Ahmarani
Chris says: “‘Cabin Fever!’, one woman quips at the dinner table following a particularly cringe-laden tirade thrown by another of its occupants; this occurs closer towards the end of this character study about ten or so people staying at a
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Julien Colonna
Starring: Andre Cossu | Anthony Morganti | Frederic Poggi | Ghjuvanna Benedetti | Saveriu Santucci
Michael says: “Let me get this out of the way up front. I have a very strong dislike for stories about crime family/mafia. The only one I can think of that I enjoyed was BOUND, so the odds were stacked
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Morrisa Maltz
Starring: Golden Rose | Jasmine Shangreaux | Landon Adams | Lily Gladstone | Raymond Lee | Syriah Fool Head Means
Diane says: “JAZZY (Buried Treasure nom) is a sequel of sorts to 2022’s UNKNOWN COUNTRY. You may recall Lily Gladstone as Tana, pulled out of mourning her grandmother to drive to her cousin’s wedding in Texas. “Now that same cousin’s
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