Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Hong Seo-baek | Hoon Ryoo | Young-doo Oh | Yun-Jeong Jang
Starring: Eun-Jung Ha | Ji-hun Bae | Kim Hyeon-tae | Yeo-jini Kim | Yong-geun Bae
Jason says: “Zombie movies have the potential to be a dime a dozen, and not just because they can be made on a shoestring budget, as this South Korean anthology film is. What makes it stand out from the crowd?
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Starring: Gekidan Hitori | Hidetaka Yoshiokam | Masato Sakai | Teruyuki Kagawa | Yûko Takeuchi
Jason says: “FISH STORY may not have set the Japanese box office on fire, but the folks who saw it loved it, so it’s no wonder that director Yoshihiro Nakamura chose another Kotaro Isaka novel (with a musical title) as
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Rachael J. Morrison
Peter says: “Never did I realize just how equalizing the telephone is for blind people. It’s true: we’re all ‘blind’ on the phone. It’s for that reason that Joe Engressia, aka ‘Joybubbles,’ became an obsessed ‘phone phreak’ – using the
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Alysa Nahmias
Peter says: “I’m not sure if other countries experience anything similar, but Girl Scout Cookies are a BIG DEAL in America. Hordes of wee little girls station themselves outside of grocery stores and local businesses, selling boxes upon boxes of
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Nnamdi Asomugha
Starring: Aiden Gabrielle Price | Aja Naomi King | Amari Alexis Price | Manny Jacinto | Melissa Leo | Nnamdi Asomugha
Michael says: “There’s a lot about THE KNIFE that impressed me. A complicated tale of a young, black family doing their best to climb the ladder and live the American dream. That dream turns into a nightmare when the patriarch
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Ebrahim Azizi | Hadis Pakbaten | Majid Panahi | Mariam Afshari | Vahid Mobasseri
Cobi says: “A deeply human film with more humor — even occasional slapstick — than I expected. Knowing it was made in the shadow of political imprisonment gives it added weight, but it stands firmly on its own. The film
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Tom Stern
Julie B. says: “BUTT HOLE SURFERS: THE HOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUTTt, a documentary directed by Tom Stern, co- produced by Simon Weinstein, edited by Scott Evans (who directed last year’s ROAD TO RUANE doc) is about a wild Texas post
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Anu Valia
Starring: Hari Dhillon | Kirby Howell-Baptiste | Maria Dizzia | Paul Adelstein | Sarah Goldberg
Jeff says: “WE STRANGERS uses comedy and some pretty pointed satire to explore issues of race and class, combining elements of PARASITE and NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN. Ray (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), a Black woman, works for a commercial cleaning service in Gary, Indiana
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: R.T. Thorne
Starring: Danielle Deadwyler | Kataem O'Connor | Leenah Robinson | Michael Greyeyes | Milcania Diaz-Rojas
Jeff says: “A pastoral dystopian thriller set on a Canadian farm originally established by Black refugees from the first American Civil War, 40 ACRES follows their descendants as they defend the farm from roving bands of cannibalistic marauders after a
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Rating: 3.625 cats | 4.25 cats
Starring: Michael Gill | Scott Evans
Julie B. says: “I was motivated to go to this years Boson Independent Film Festival when I saw that a documentary would be shown on Billy Ruane. Here’s my review. Even though I say a lot there are no real spoilers
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