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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ryan J. Sloan
Starring: Ariella Mastroianni | Jack Alberts | Marianne Goodell | Renee Gagner | Tommy Kang
Jeff says: “A widow by suicide, Frankie (Ariella Mastroianni) suffers from dyschronometria, a neurodegenerative and eventually fatal disease which alters her perception of time. She can’t hold down a job because of it, her daughter’s caretaker is her former husband’s
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Alex Barland | Ray Mendoza
Starring: Aaron Mackenzie | Alex Brockdorff | Cosmo Jarvis | D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai | Joseph Quinn
Diane says: “WARFARE is a recreated 2006 incident from the Iraq War, involving a group of mostly Navy SEALS. Co-director Ray Mendoza (along with Alex Garland) was part of the platoon. They used the testimony of platoon members to write the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Tommaso Santambrogio
Starring: Alain Alain Alfonso González | Alexander Diego | Edith Ibarra | Frank Ernesto Lam
Jeff says: “An early season favorite for me. Filmed in Cuba by an Italian director and crew, OCEANS ARE THE REAL CONTINENTS takes its cue, fittingly, from Italian neorealism, telling three proletarian stories set in a small town in the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Gints Zilbalodis
Michael says: “What a delight it was going into the film FLOW with no knowledge of the plot, other than it was a dialog-free, animated film about a cat. As the film began, it quickly became apparent this this tale
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mati Diop
Laks says: “The former British Prime Minister had caused international scandal when he blew off the Greeks on discussing the restitution of the Parthenon sculptures and the establishment echoed the same tired colonial nonsense as it does to all nations,
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
Starring: Mahsa Rostami | Missagh Zareh | Niousha Akhshi | Setareh Maleki | Soheila Golestani
Diane says: “Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof indicts the harsh and corrupt Iranian legal system through the lens of one family in THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG. As the seedlings of the fig strangle their parent, here a man finally promoted
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: Brady Hepner | Carrie Preston | Da'Vine Joy Randolph | Dominic Sessa | Paul Giamatti
Chris says: “If Alexander Payne’s last film, 2017’s sci-fi allegory DOWNSIZING was a big swing and a miss, his latest plays it much safer for the benefit of everyone involved. A return to smart, dyspeptic comedy, THE HOLDOVERS also reunites
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Benjamin Ree
Val says: “This heart-soaring story of Mats ‘Ibelin’ Steen was excellently told by Benjamin Ree, who hit the archival jackpot with his chosen subject. Not only did Ree have access to extensive family videos, but footage from a professionally produced
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Chris McGlade | Claire Rodgerson | Dave Turner | Ebla Mari | Trevor Fox
Chris says: “Ken Loach’s supposed final feature is one of the more socio-politically relevant films you’ll see in these challenging times. Set in a small former mining town on the eve of the 2016 Brexit vote, this takes a fairly
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang
Starring: Jiang Du | Jingchun Wang | Mei Yong | Roy Wang | Xi Qi
Chris says: “If you’re a Mubi subscriber and a fan of slow Asian cinema, I recommend this 2019 film from director Wang Xiaoshaui, best known for BEIJING BICYCLE (2001) and also SHANGHAI DREAMS (2005), which I saw and loved at
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