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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Bas Devos
Starring: Cédric Luvuezo | Liyo Gong | Saadia Bentaïeb | Stefan Gota | Teodor Corban
Chris says: “The latest from Bas Devos, the director of 2021 Buried Treasure winner GHOST TROPIC almost feels like a wisp of a film, at least narrative-wise. In Belgium, as a Romanian construction worker and a Chinese doctoral student (specializing
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Greg Kwedar
Starring: Clarence Maclin | Colman Domingo | David Giraudy | Paul Raci | Sean San Jose
Michael says: “Colman Domingo stars as an inmate wrongly convicted and incarcerated at a maximum security prison. While working tirelessly on his clemency appeal, he is a motivating force behind the Rehabilitation Through the Arts: Prison Arts Program. While recruiting
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Aki Kurismaki
Starring: Alina Tomnikov | Alma Pöysti | Janne Hyytiäinen | Jussi Vatanen | Martti Suosalo
Michael says: “Those who appreciate Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki enjoy his incredibly dry wit and deadpan humor. His latest film, FALLEN LEAVES, doesn’t alter his formula, but perhaps takes it even further. The story revolves around two lonely people, Holappa, a
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Sarah Polley
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Claire Foy | Frances McDormand | Jessie Buckley | Judith Ivey | Rooney Mara | Sheila McCarthy
Brett says: “WOMEN TALKING re-molds a world of an isolated religious community that is at least somewhat familiar to most North American audiences. It is a reshaping, reimagining of Mennonite society, even though the film is careful never to utter that
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Goran Stolevski
Starring: Alice Englert | Anamaria Marinca | Carloto Cotta | Félix Maritaud | Noomi Rapace | Sara Klimoska
Brett says: “Fitting snugly within the borders of the enigmatic sub-genre dubbed elevated horror, YOU WON’T BE ALONE takes a challenging approach to the theme of examining what it is to be human. This is the feature film debut for
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Rating: 4.25 cats | 4.3 cats
Director: Florian Zeller
Starring: Anthony Hopkins | Ayesha Dharker | Imogen Poots | Mark Gatiss | Olivia Colman | Olivia Williams | Rufus Sewall
Julie says: “On top of the (never less than) stellar performances by Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, the production design, editing, direction and writing (original screenplay) are all perfectly executed. The way this story is told is very effective in
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Maya Da-Rin
Starring: Anunciata Teles Soares | Edmildo Vaz Pimentel | Johnatan Sodré | Regis Myrupu | Rosa Peixoto
Diane says: “Brazilian feature THE FEVER is subtle. I kept expecting it to develop propulsive plot threads (a murder!, a heist!), but the joke was on me. FEVER holds true to its quiet, almost mystical tone. Justino, father of two
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Debbie Honeywood | Katie Proctor | Kris Hitchen | Rhys Stone
Diane says: “A nuclear family in Newcastle, England takes a beating in the latest from director Ken Loach (82 years old!). In the first scene, Dad signs on as an independent contractor for a delivery company—already enough to start this
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Bo Burnham
Starring: Daniel Zolghadri | Elsie Fisher | Emily Robinson | Fred Hechinger | Imani Lewis | Jake Ryan | Josh Hamilton | Luke Prael | Missy Yager | Thomas John O'Reilly
Chris says: “I can’t overstate how terrific Elsie Fisher is as Kayla, an awkward, average fourteen-year-old who’s quirky enough to stand apart from any other similarly-aged protagonist you’ve seen before and also recognizable to an almost painfully universal degree. Delectably
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Ben Blaine | Chris Blaine
Jason says: “Ben & Chris Blaine have a heck of a great idea for a movie here – when Rob (Cian Barry), who tried to commit suicide after the death of his girlfriend but failed, starts seeing Holly (Abigail Hardingham),
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