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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.6
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Bae Doona | Dong-Won Gang | Ji-eun Lee | Lee Joo-young | Song Kang-ho
Chris says: “After a brief sojourn in France (THE TRUTH), director Hirokazu Kore-eda made this movie in South Korea rather than his home country of Japan, purportedly so he could work with the actor Song Kang-ho (he was most recently
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Owen Kline
Starring: Daniel Zolghadri | Josh Pais | Maria Dizzia | Matthew Maher | Miles Emanuel
Julie says: “Whoa… okay so this one was quite the story! Dark and funny. I liked this one a lot! Story of a kid who wants to drop out of school to write comics (encouraged by his art teacher) to
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Max Walker-Silverman
Starring: Benja K. Thomas | Dale Dickey | John Way | Michelle Wilson | Wes Studi
Chris says: “With her weathered face, Tennessee accent and general moxie, Dale Dickey is an actress who brings something inimitable to the table. This distinctness has relegated her to smaller, supporting parts and there’s nothing wrong with that. Still, just because
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Ekwa Msangi
Starring: Jayme Lawson | Joie Lee | Nana Mensah | Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine | Zainab Jah
Michael says: “Told in ‘Rashomon’ style, from three different points of view, FAREWELL AMOR is a complex and difficult story of a family trying ti come to America from Angola after the Civil War. Walter has been in New York
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Rating: 4.5 cats | 4.6
Director: Bas Devos
Starring: Guy Dermul | Maaike Neuville | Nora Dari | Saadia Bentaïeb | Stefan Gota
Michael says: “This beautiful little film about a Maghrebi woman in Brussels sparked quite a bit of discussion among Chlotrudis members. For example, the only reason why I know that the Khadija, the woman in question, is from the Maghreb region
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Kantemir Balagov
Starring: Andrey Bykov | Igor Shirokov | Vasilisa Perelygina | Viktoria Miroshnichenko
Jeffrey says: “BEANPOLE tells the fraught story of Iya, AKA Beanpole (Viktoria Miroshnichenko), and Masha (Vasilisa Perelygina) living in Leningrad just at the end of World War II. They had served together on the Western front as anti-aircraft gunners before
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Zhang Yimou
Bruce says: “The opening scene of COMING HOME sets the tone. Pre-teen ballerinas are rehearsing – on point, pirouetting, and then crashing their rifles to the floor in unison. One of them is Dandan (Zhang Huiwen) who is suddenly called
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Jessie Moss
Jason says: “THE OVERNIGHTERS starts with economics on-screen and probably could have the same sort of genesis as a project: The fracking-based oil boom in North Dakota brings people there in search of jobs that pay well, but a lack
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Dorothy Atkinson | Karl Johnson | Marion Bailey | Paul Jesson | Timothy Spall
Jason says: “This is Mike Leigh’s third historical biography, which is somewhat surprising considering what a loosely outlined style he is famous for using – improvisation and recreation do not necessarily go hand-in-hand. And yet, somehow, this winds up an
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Sarah Polley
Bruce says: “Sarah Polley first dazzled film lovers with wonderful performances in THE SWEET HEREAFTER, EXOTICA, THE HANGING GARDEN, LAST NIGHT, and MY LIFE WITHOUT ME. Then she turned to directing and dazzled once again with the narrative features AWAY
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