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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Marielle Heller
Starring: Amy Adams | Arleigh Snowden | Emmett Snowden | Jessica Harper | Scoot McNairy
Brett says: “Both director Marielle Heller (THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL) and actor Amy Adams deliver yet again in NIGHTBITCH, a drama-comedy that goes dark at times to tear into the daunting expectations of motherhood. The film is a
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Agniia Galdanova
Michael says: “Gwen is a non-binary, drag, performance artist who grew up with his grandparents in a village in Russia. As a young adult, they use their outrageous, confrontational performance art for various forms of protest against the system in
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Jessica Hausner
Starring: Florence Baker | Ksenia Devriendt | Luke Barker | Mia Wasikowska | Samuel D. Anderson
Michael says: “This highly stylized, dark satire is an international affair produced by a plethora of countries, but shot in Austria and the UK. It follows a group of students who are influenced by a new teacher at a private
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Bakhtiyar Panjeei | Jafar Panahi | Mina Kavani | Narges Delaram | Vahid Mobasseri
Diane says: “NO BEARS is the latest from Jafar Panahi, the outlawed Iranian director. I’m still wondering about the tone of the film: I took much of it to be hilarious satire, but I’m not sure that it actually is.
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