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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: John Magaro | Orion Lee | Rene Auberjonois | Toby Jones
Chris says: “Throughout Kelly Reichardt’s latest film, I couldn’t help but detect motifs from across her oeuvre. It’s set in the 19th century along the Oregon Trail like MEEK’S CUTOFF, the focus is on a friendship between two men reminiscent
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Greg Berlanti
Starring: Alexandra Shipp | Jennifer Garner | Josh Duhamel | Katherine Langford | Keiynan Lonsdale | Logan Miller | Nick Robinson
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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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie | Kristen Stewart | Lars Eidinger | Nora von Waldstätten | Sigrid Bouaziz | Ty Olwin
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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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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