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Pavements (2025)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alex Ross Perry

Pavements

Chris says: “Where to begin with PAVEMENTS? Is it a vehicle meant to document the famed 1990s indie-rock quintet Pavement as they reunite and rehearse for a 2022 tour? A biopic of the band casting the likes of Joe Keery

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Bob Trevino Likes It (2025)

By Michael Colford
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tracie Laymon
Starring: Barbie Ferreira | French Stewart | John Leguizamo | Lauren 'Lolo' Spencer | Rachel Bay Jones

Bob Trevino Likes It

Diane says: “My movie companion turned to me at the end of BOB TREVINO LIKES IT and said, ‘Maybe cinephiles would find some flaws in this movie, but it was just perfect.’ “So I won’t mention the occasional clunky dialogue.

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The Legend of Ochi (2025)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Isaiah Saxon
Starring: Emily Watson | Finn Wolfhard | Helena Zengel | Razvan Stoica | Willem Dafoe

The Legend of Ochi

Laks says: “THE LEGEND OF OCHI follows the story of Yuri, who is dressed in a bright yellow puffy jacket and begins with her hunting with her father and many brothers. We soon learn that they are hunting the Ochi

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Suze (2025)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dane Clark | Linsey Stewart
Starring: Charlie Gillespie | Michaela Watkins | Sandy Jobin-Bevans | Sara Waisglass | Sorika Wolf

Suze

Jeff says: “You will understand within 15 minutes exactly where this story will end up. These are its bones: Two lost souls, initially and profoundly incompatible, find common cause and forge a new relationship leaving them both better off. An

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Between The Temples (2025)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nathan Silver
Starring: Carol Kane | Caroline Aaron | Dolly De Leon | Jason Schwartzman | Robert Smigel

Between The Temples

Diane says:”From the trailer, I expected a broad comedy. Instead it is a delicate treatment of people at fragile times in their lives. I’ll repeat the easy comparison to HAROLD AND MAUDE. “The cast is overall excellent. Carol Kane plays

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Disfluency (2025)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Anna Baumgarten
Starring: Ariela Barer | Chelsea Alden | Dylan Arnold | Libe Barer | Travis Tope

Disfluency

Michael says: “Awkward title ties together the awkward way we mangle the English language, often when we’r trying to say something important is e3ffectively used in this drama about Jane, a young woman who aborts a successful academic career just

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Extremely Unique Dynamic (2025)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Harrison Xu | Ivan Leung | Katherine Dudas
Starring: Harrison Xu | Hudson Yang | Ivan Leung | Nathan Doan

Extremely Unique Dynamic

Jeff says: Gen Z Angelinos Daniel (Ivan Leung) and Ryan (Harrison Xu), best friends since childhood, are facing a breakup (perhaps literally), as Ryan is moving to Edmonton with his fiancé. On their last weekend together, Ryan convinces a reluctant

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A Traveler’s Needs (2024)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hong Sang-soo
Starring: Ha Seong-guk | Isabelle Huppert | Jo Yoon-he | Kwon Hae-hyo | Lee Hye-yeong

A Traveler’s Needs

Diane says: “South Korean director Hong Sang-Soo gives us another of his triplets–a dialogue repeated three times, with three sets of changing characters–in A TRAVELER’S NEEDS. If you’re attuned to the director, you’ll really enjoy this one and have some

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Union (2024)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Brett Story | Stephen Maing

Union

Diane says: “”With the Teamsters calling for Amazon to finally come to the table by December 15, this is a good time to watch UNION, a doc about the two-year struggle by union organizers at Staten Island’s Amazon warehouse. Related

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Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point (2024)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tyler Taormina
Starring: Ben Shenkman | Francesca Scorsese | Maria Dizzia | Matilda Fleming | Michael Cera

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Diane says: “Is this a bigger budget remake of HAM ON RYE? And why is it playing in my multiplex? (Four people in the audience, three walked out.) “Director Tyler Taormina revisits suburban ritual and the end of adolescence. A

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