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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jay Burleson
Starring: Allison Shrum | Darius Willis | K.J. Baker | Kansas Bowling | Poppy Cunningham | Taylor Smith
“Slasher films are a dime a dozen, so when an authentic standout rears its intimidating, masked head lurking from the shadows, it would be … criminal not to give such a film(s) its proper due. “THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Marat Sarulu
Starring: Akmaral Uzbekova | Aziz Yusupov | Jyldyz Bekova | Kurmanbek Mamyrov | Meerim Atantaeva
Brett says: “A cryptic excerpt from a poem by W.H. Auden about Atlantis opens this equally dream-like film. The underwater isle of fantasy in this particular excerpt of the poem is described with a similar flair as Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Barrett Burgin
Starring: Curt Doussett | Emily Marie Palmer | Jyllian Petrie | Mason D. Davis | Michael Flynn | Morgan Gunter
Brett says: “CRYO is a science-fiction psychological thriller that borrows tidbits from previous sci-fi films, but some of these borrowings fly under the mainstream radar. In this case, the sci-fi considerations are effective as ideas and setting components that accompany
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Eric Pennycoff
Starring: Graham Skipper | Jeremy Gardner | Rigo Garay | Taylor Zaudtke
Brett says: “The horror Christmas movie tradition might bring to mind some cult classics like BLACK CHRISTMAS; SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT; and RARE EXPORTS. It might be a bit too early to tell, but if given a fair shake and
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