Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Natalie Morales
Starring: Desean Terry | Mark Duplass | Natalie Morales
Michael says: “A clever premise and a surprising twist turned LANGUAGE LESSONS, shot during the pandemic through videochat, an incredibly affecting and effective story. As a gift, Adam’s husband gives him weekly Spanish lessons online, taught immersively by Cariño, a native
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Rating: 4 cats | 4.125 cats
Director: Garrett Bradley
Diane says: “TIME is a documentary that covers 20 years in the life of a family waiting for the father to be released from prison. Surprisingly, it’s not commentary on our criminal justice system, but about how the woman outside
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Amy Geller | Gerry Peary
Diane says: “What do you do when a competitor horns in on your territory? Specifically, how can liberal religion hold its own against the enthusiasm, reassuring convictions, and deliberate outreach of fundamentalist sects? This is the question of most interest
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Rating: 4 cats | 4.125 cats
Director: Josephine Decker
Starring: Elisabeth Moss | Logan Lerman | Michael Stuhlbarg | Odessa Young
Chris says: “The notion of a star-studded film about mid-20th Century gothic author Shirley Jackson would seem either a promising or dicey proposition; recruiting director Josepine Decker (MADELINE’S MADELINE), of all people, muddies it further. Fortunately, the result, adapted from a
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Rating: 4 cats | 4.125 cats
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: documentray
Jason says: “Michael Moore is likely the world’s best-known documentary filmmaker, and that is an obvious double-edged sword; while his first new film in years will certainly bring in one group of fans, the very fact that it’s from him
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Emmanuel Shirinian
Starring: Aaron Abrams | Alon Nashman | Anna Hopkins | Emma Fleury | Michael D. Cohen | Phyllis Ellis
Michael says: “Here’s an independent film that deserves a wider audience, and I wouldn’t have known about it at all except that a Chlotrudis member is actually the star of the film. Michael D. Cohen stars as Abner in IT
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Alexis Denisoff | Amy Acker | Clark Gregg | Fran Kanz | Jillian Morgese | Nathan Fillion | Tom Lenk
Thom says: “This adaptation of the Divine William Shakespeare comedy masterpiece fully deserved the accolades it received at TIFF as this modern reading in gorgeous black & white photography was spectacularly successful. Many rehearsals must have been scheduled for the
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Rufus Norris
Starring: Bill Milner | Cillian Murphy | Denis Lawson | Eloise Laurence | Nell Tiger Free | Rory Kinnear | Tim Roth
Bruce says: “Yet another Film Movement find although with the cast involved & that the film will open in theaters in March I suppose I would have run across it sooner than later, Still this is a marvelous first-time effort
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Valeriy Todorovskiy
Starring: Anton Shagin | Evgeniya Khirivskaya | Igor Voynarovskiy | Maksim Matveev | Oksana Akinshina
Jason says: “It seems like every time I’ve seen western culture sneaking behind the iron curtain, it’s been about The Beatles. Of course, youth chafing at authority existed well before the Fab Four, and represents more than mere fandom. So
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Toni Myers
Jason says: “The Hubble Space Telescope did not make a great first impression; its launch in 1989 was quickly followed by the discovery that a warped mirror rendered it no more powerful than ground-based telescopes. This got a lot of
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