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Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal | Rene Russo | Tom Sturridge | Toni Collette | Zawe Ashton

Michael says: “Part satire of the art world, part black comedy, part horror movie, VELVET BUZZSAW is pitch perfect. The acting, the production design, the direction and cinematography, were just so much fun to watch as this tale of a

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Photograph (2019)

By Michael Colford
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ritesh Batra
Starring: Denzil Smith | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Sachin Khedekar | Sanya Malhotra

Michael says: “PHOTOGRAPH is an Indian film directed by Ritesh Batra, follow-up his 2013 smash, international breakthrough, THE LUNCHBOX. PHOTOGRAPH is a gently paced, sweet romance across class boundaries. Raif is a street photographer who takes pictures of tourists in front

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Halston (2019)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Frédéric Tcheng

Thom says: “French-born Frédéric Tcheng has also directed the memorable DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL (4.5 CATS) & DIOR & I (4 CATS) so he certainly has his fashion chops down but that he hasn’t quite hit the

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Give Me Liberty (2019)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kirill Mikhanovsky
Starring: Chris Galust | Darya Ekamasova | Lauren 'Lolo' Spencer | Maxim Stoyanov

Chris says: “Unfolding over a single day in Milwaukee, Kirill Mikhanovsky’s film follows Vic (Chris Galust), a young medical transport driver and son of Russian immigrants. In addition to getting his own clients from point A to B, he also

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Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Craig Brewer
Starring: Craig Robinson | Eddie Murphy | Keegan-Michael Key | Mike Epps

Diane says: “I’m giving a shout-out for DOLEMITE IS MY NAME starring Eddie Murphy. Based on a real story, a continually discouraged guy makes it as an entertainer on a wild path in self-promotion and blaxploitation films. For a while

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Kusama: Infinity (2018)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Heather Lenz

Thom says: “This is they type of documentary that rings all my bells. It’s the life story of now hugely successful Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, whose work now pops the million dollar ceiling, but for years she suffered through bouts

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Love Simon (2018)

Thom says: “This got a big publicity push earlier this year and was a minor success. A coming-of-age story about a gay teen boy just coming out is as sweet as all-get-out. Simon is an adorable boy with terrific parents,

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Personal Shopper (2017)

Thom says: “French director Olivier Assayas has been something of an in-and-outer director for me but his best films are indeed world class brilliant. I loved CLEAN (2004), SUMMER HOURS (2008), CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (2014), & especially DEMONLOVER, my

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And Breathe Normally (2019)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Isold Uggadottir
Starring: Babetida Sadjo | Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir | Patrik Nökkvi Pétursson

Michael says: “In a moment of rare alignment, my favorite film at the Provincetown Film Festival also won the Audience Choice Award. I truly hope this film gets a domestic release, because it is really well done. This Icelandic film

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Support the Girls (2018)

Chris says “Building on the underrated RESULTS, Andrew Bujalski’s sixth feature might be his most satisfying one to date. Using a Hooter’s-like restaurant called Double Whammie’s as its unlikely setting, he portrays what amounts to a makeshift workplace family that

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