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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Frédéric Ralière | Xavier Fournier
Michael says: “Anyone who knows me, knows that this documentary, that follows the evolution of the female superhero characters in comics from the 1940s up to today, is made for me. As a self-avowed super-heroine advocate, i rejoice in an
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Michael Mayer
Starring: Alexandra Beaton | Barry Bostwick | Jennifer Robertson | Luke Macfarlane | Madison Brydges | Michael Urie | Philemon Chambers
Philip says: “SINGLE ALL THE WAY closely follows the formula of romantic holiday movies but adds the importance of LGBTQ representation and just as importantly models the behavior family’s should display supporting their gay kids. Add this to your list
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Floyd Russ
Starring: Ariana Ron Pedrique | Caesar Hartman | Calliah Sophie Estrada | Henry Foster Brown | Simon Haycock | Vilma Vega
Michael says: “AYAR is an experimental, compelling film that blends the real life stories of the actors involved, with a fictional narrative about three generations of immigrant women exploring complex mother/daughter relationships and the difficult choices that they face. Ayar wants
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Alana Haim | Benny Safdie | Bradley Cooper | Cooper Hoffman | Jon Peters | Maya Rudolph | Sean Penn | Tom Waits
Chris says: “Not as shaggy or wacky as INHERENT VICE but pretty damn close at times. Magnificently directed, as usual. Could’ve done without the whole Penn/Waits sequence but only if it allowed time for more Hoffman/Haim sparring–at peak moments, their
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Deborah Strang | Gaby Hoffmann | Jaboukie Young-White | Joaquin Phoenix | Molly Webster | Scoot McNairy | Woody Norman
Brett says: “Director Mike Mills is up to Mike Mills things once again with another A24 home-run in C’MON C’MON. Show up for the enthralling dialogue, stay for the emotional tug-of-wars (yes, plural), and leave with a lump in your
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Joanna Hogg
Starring: Alice McMillan | Ariane Labed | Honor Swinton Byrne | James Spencer Ashworth | Jaygann Ayeh | Oli Bauer | Tilda Swinton
Chris says: “Felt a little redundant at first until it became apparent how what initially appears as a rehash evolves into a continuation and that the whole project is really Joanna Hogg’s KILL BILL: a four-hour epic cut into halfsies.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Andrew Irvine | Mark Smoot
Starring: Austin Amelio | Catherine Keener | Charlie Heaton | Jackie Earle Haley | Jefferson White | Rosa Salazar
Michael says: “What sounds like a sordid plot from the trashy soap opera is handled with intelligence and care, and bolstered by remarkable lead performances to become a portrait of the collective trauma that is running rampant through small towns
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jean-Paul Salomé
Starring: Hippolyte Girardot | Isabelle Huppert | Liliane Rovère | Michaël Louchart | Mounir Kateb | Raphaël Quenard | Yann Sundberg
Michael says: “It’s nice to see Isabelle Huppert still in fine form, leading a lively cast through a bit of a crime romp about some drug smugglers. Huppert plays Patience, a French-Arabic translator for the Paris police anti-narcotics unit, who interprets
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sarah Gavron
Starring: Bukky Bakray | D'angelou Osei Kissiedu | Kosar Ali | Ruby Stokes | Shaneigha-Monik Greyson
Michael says: “Ever since her powerful debut, the British TV Movie THIS LITTLE LIFE, and her big screen debut in 2007, BRICK LANE, I’ve been curious about director Sarah Gavron, but I hadn’t seen anything else from her until I
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jayro Bustamante
Starring: Ayla-Elea Hurtado | Juan Pablo Olyslager | Julio Diaz | Margarita Kenéfic | María Mercedes Coroy | María Telón | Sabrina De La Hoz
Michael says: “Here’s a Guatemalan horror film that features the Central American legend of ‘the wailing woman’ a spirit who returns to avenge an injustice to women, but uses the the actions of a military government that resulted in the
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