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Rating: 3 cats
Director: James Gray
Starring: Anne Hathaway | Anthony Hopkins | Banks Repeta | Jaylin Webb | Jeremy Strong
Chris says: “The latest from writer/director James Gray is almost nakedly autobiographical. His 11-year-old alter ego, Paul (Banks Repeta) lives in Queens, 1980 (as Gray did), the younger son of a middle-class Jewish-American family whose grandfather (Anthony Hopkins) arrived at
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Lisa Hurwitz
Chris says: “Standard talking heads doc that’s nonetheless zippy thanks to the quality of the interviewees (you can never go wrong with Mel Brooks in one of these) and an abundance of archival photos and footage that tell you everything
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jono McLeod
Starring: Alan Cumming | Clare Grogan | Dawn Steele | Joe McFadden | Lulu
Chris says: “Kind of an upper-middle class Scottish take on THE ARBOR with Alan Cumming lip-syncing the testimony of the main subject, who did not want to be filmed (for good reason, as you’ll see.) Altogether a fascinating subject and
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jacqueline Lentzou
Chris says: “Well, there is a shot of the moon. I didn’t count to see if there are, in fact, as many questions as the title promises. Regardless, much of this Greek feature is good and unique and ambitious, but,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Peter Strickland
Starring: Ginger Brunton | Harry Alexander | Leo Bill | Paolo Bafico | Richard Bremmer
Chris says: “Production design’s less invasive and conceptually it’s far more theoretical than what came before, but it’s still a Peter Strickland film, one centered on desire, tenacity, taboo and general weirdness. Headier thrills for sure, but also a tad
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Nikyatu Jusu
Starring: Anna Diop | Leslie Uggams | Michelle Monaghan | Morgan Spector | Rose Decker | Sinqua Walls
Brett says: “NANNY is a hybrid genre film based loosely on the story of director Nikyatu Jusu’s own mother and her experience with domestic work in New York City. The genre elements include West African folklore to amplify the horror
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Daniel Craig | Dave Bautista | Edward Norton | Ethan Hawke | Jessica Henwick | Kate Hudson | Kathryn Hahn
Brett says: “KNIVES OUT scratched an itch in audiences that they may have not known they even had when the first film in the franchise revived a standard for classic murder mystery characters in a refreshing new standard of modern
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Marie Clements
Starring: Alyssa Wapanatâhk | Grace Dove | Karine Vanasse | Phillip Lewitski | Rémy Girard
Brett says: “Sometimes the power and outreach of an artistic venture is more important than the attempt to measure or ‘rate’ the art within. BONES OF CROWS is a timely piece that narrates intergenerational tragedy after tragedy among a family
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jalmari Helander
Starring: Jack Doolan | Jorma Tommila | ksel Hennie | Mimosa Willamo | Onni Tommila
Brett says: “According to the film, SISU is a word that has no clear translation but one that reflects undeterred courage and determination when all hope is on the chopping block. This Finnish film from RARE EXPORTS director Jalmari Helander
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Elena López Riera
Starring: Alberto Olmo | Bárbara Lennie | Luna Pamiés | Nieve de Medina
Brett says: ” This first feature from director Elena López Riera is part fable within a fable in which a small Valencia village is ravaged by generational floods. The legend behind the floods framing the story within is tied to
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