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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Fred G. Sullivan
Starring: Don Samuels | James Hogue | Jan Jalenak | Jon Granik | Judith Mayes
Brett says: “It’s not often a film appears out of nowhere that feels almost completely lost to time and actually makes one rethink film-making structure. A BEER DRINKER’S GUIDE is largely a comedy, part autobiography, part documentary, part avant garde,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ali Kalthami
Starring: Abo Salu | Hajar Alshammari | Mohamad Aldokhei | Mohammed Altawyan | Morouj
Michael says: “After making a dozen or more short films, writer/director Ali Kalthami has made his first feature film, where desperation meets opportunity, embodied by a man who spends long hours in his car, delivering a variety of products after
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Christopher Wilcha
Chris says: “Chris Wilcha, who worked as a producer on the TV version of THIS AMERICAN LIFE has numerous unfinished projects scattered throughout his career. This documentary, ostensibly about the still-hanging-on, small-town New Jersey record store he worked in as
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dominic Savage
Starring: Elliot Page | Hillary Baack | Janet Porter | Peter Outerbridge | Wendy Crewson
Chris says: “When Elliot Page announced his transition, I was curious as to how this might change his acting career; his first major film role since then does suggest a new phase, returning to the small-scale, nuanced indie dramas that showcased his
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ninna Pálmadóttir
Starring: Anna Gunndís Guðmundsdóttir | Hermann Samúelsson | Jóel Sæmundsson | Jóhann Jónsson | Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
Michael says: “It’s not an international film festival without a moody, introspective Icelandic film, and Pálmadóttir’s debut feature, SOLITUDE fits the bill beautiful, but as is often the case, such as in 2019’s riveting tale of grief, A WHITE, WHITE DAY,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Thea Hvistendahl
Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie | Bahar Pars | Bjørn Sundquist | Denise Trankalis | Renate Reinsve
Julie says: “It had been a long day, having arrived at the Coolidge at 4:30 pm for MY OWN NORMAL, then seeing the heart string tugging SING SING and most of the Q&A for that. As I was almost exiting
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Daina Oniunas-Pusic
Starring: Arinzé Kene | Ellie James | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Leah Harvey | Lola Petticrew
Val says: “The anthropomorphizing of death is not a new storytelling concept. But Daina Oniunas-Pusic’s story isn’t called ‘Death,’ it’s called ‘TUESDAY and in this film the talking death-parrot is a foil to her. It felt like a new take
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sofia Alaoui
Starring: Fouad Oughaou | Mehdi Dehbi | Oumaima Barid | Rajaa Essaaidi | Souad Khouyi
Laks says: “Science fiction about extraterrestrial encounters often feel exclusively produced within US and UK cinema. A foray into the genre from a Moroccan writer and director immediately got my attention. The film opens within a opulent palatial mansion as it
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hao Wu | Miao Wang
Michael says: “I learned a lot in this very even-handed, information packed doc about the Supreme Court case to overturn Affirmative Action and the subtleties and conflicting belief around discrimination, particularly around Asian-Americans admissions at Harvard University. There were times
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Starring: Brigette Lundy-Paine | Helena Howard | Ian Foreman | Justice Smith | Lindsey Jordan
Michael says: “After making a splash with their debut film, WE ARE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR, writer/director Jane Schoenbrun follows-up with a creative, thought-provoking, and devastating examination of the struggle between our outer and inner selves through the
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