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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats | 3 cats
Director: Mike Hansen
Starring: Mike Hansen | Raphael Sikic | Ryon Thomas
Brett says: “The genre western-comedy does not exactly have a long list of acclaimed representatives to its credit. In fact, the all-around rugged, image-conscious, hidden-emotions heroic quality of westerns usually means that attaching the word comedy to it is an
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Penny Lane
Tom M. says: “Had a great time at CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD SAMARITAN. Penny Lane is such a trip and the kidney donation narrative had a personal tie for me.” Diane says: “Documentary director Penny Lane (LISTENING TO KENNY G,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Justin Chon
Starring: Alex Chi | David Matheny | Joseph Dang | Rich Brian | Yayu A.W. Unru
Diane says: “My third film ‘at’ Sundance: “Young Indonesian rapper James arrives in Hawaii to record his first album. He’s recently dumped his father as manager, replacing him with a much more savvy woman from LA. But Dad won’t stay
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Susanna Fogel
Starring: Emilia Jones | Geraldine Viswanathan | Hope Davis | Isabella Rossellini | Nicholas Braun
Diane says: “Based on a story that appeared in the New Yorker a few years ago and ignited controversy, this 2-hour adaptation takes us out of the narrator’s head and pushes Margaret Atwood’s observation as far as it can go:
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Benny Safdie | Danny Ramirez | Joe Alwyn | Margaret Qualley | Nick Romano
Michael says: “Claire, you had me for almost 90 minutes until Joe Alwyn’s Daniel blurts out a painfully earnest, but still sadly wooden ‘I love you,” to Margaret Qualley’s Trish in this erotic political thriller. I guffawed so suddenly that Eddy
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Anna Rose Holmer | Saela Davis
Starring: Aisling Franciosi | Declan Conlon | Emily Watson | Marion O'Dwyer | Paul Mescal
Chris says: “Emily Watson always had a bit of an old soul in her and she’s aged brilliantly into the archetype you’d want to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders. She also adds heft to a beautifully
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Bruno Samper | Kristina Buozyte
Starring: Eddie Marsan | Melanie Gaydos | Raffiella Chapman | Richard Brake | Rosy McEwen
Michael says: “This ambitious science fiction film takes the viewer into a post-apocalyptic dystopia where animals have been wiped out, wealthy, privileged humans live in protected enclaves, the rest of humanity struggle for food, water and shelter in an inhospitable
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sebastián Lelio
Starring: David Wilmot | Florence Pugh | Niamh Algar | Ruth Bradley | Toby Jones
Chris says: “A triumph of production design and tone rather than story, though Florence Pugh is so convincingly invested in it one’s almost inclined to actually buy it. And I’d leave it at that if it weren’t for those opening
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Mark Cousins
Chris says: “At 160 minutes, it’s too much of a good thing (the hour-long chunks of the original miniseries were ideal in that regard) and I would’ve rather digested this as the two separate halves in which it presents itself.
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ougie Pak
Starring: Haru Kim | Jongman Kim | Taehee Kim
Chris says: “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as a drunken bitch-slap fight. 3 cats“
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