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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: John Carney
Starring: Beth Fallon | Marcella Plunkett | Nick Jonas | Paul Rudd | Peter McDonald
Vicki says: “POWER BALLAD is a crowd-pleasing movie about friendship, ambition, and the world of songwriting. Paul Rudd plays Rick Power, a wedding singer whose dreams of musical success remain unfulfilled while Nick Jonas plays Danny, former boy-band star trying
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dylan Frederick | Nicholas Clark
Brett says: “If one goes into AMERICAN THEATER without prior knowledge, the first few minutes could likely have that person questioning if this is an actual theatrical production or a WAITING FOR GUFFMAN redux. Despite this, it does not take
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Starring: Dylan Baker | Gillian Anderson | Hannah Einbinder | Jack Haven | Patrick Fischler | Zach Cerry
Michael says: “Jane Schoenbrun’s follow-up to I SAW THE TV GLOW moves from sad to joyful in the fascinating take on slasher films being a perverse orgasmic release for many fans of the genre. it’s also an unabashedly queer film
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Robin Campillo
Starring: Elodie Bouchez | Eloy Pohu | Maksym Slivinskyi | Nathan Japy | Pierfrancesco Favino
Michael says: “Enzo, a sixteen-year-old boy from a wealthy family in France, becomes dissatisfied with his life of privilege and manifests his teen rebellion by shifting his attention from his education to working on a construction site. There he befriends
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Radu Jude
Starring: Adonis Tanta | Alexandra Haripu | Ana Dumitrascu | Gabriel Spahiu | Oana Maria Zaharia
Chris says: “Jude’s take on the venerable Bram Stoker character is gleefully profane and maybe the best possible use of AI (i.e.–satirically.) Split into a dozen or so vignettes, at nearly three hours, it didn’t need to be longer than Do
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Elliot Tuttle
Starring: Kieron Moore | Reed Birney | Turner Beckett
Michael says: “Aaron Eagle is a dom camboy who poses for his fans in his tight-whities, then humiliates them online. For a fee, he’ll even get naked for them — or, as we find out soon enough, for $50K he’ll
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Maryam Touzani
Starring: Ahmed Boulane | Carmen Maura | María Alfonsa Rosso | Marta Etura | Sanae Regragui
Michael says: “Having spent her entire life in Tangier, Morocco, and the past several decades alone since her husband died Maria Angeles has established herself in her colorful, vibrant community. She is stunned when her adult daughter, facing divorce and
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Martín Rejtman
Starring: Amparo Noguera | Camila Hirane | Esteban Bigliardi | Gabriel Cañas | Manuela Oyarzún
Michael says: “Slightly absurdist in a deadpan delivery Martín Rejtman’s fifth feature explores a large cast of characters revolving around a mildly depressed yoga instructor, newly separated from his wife, all seemingly practicing for a life they are living. Great
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Benicio Del Toro | Chase Infiniti | Leonardo DiCaprio | Regina Hall | Sean Penn | Teyana Taylor
Diane says: “Hip hip hooray for PT Anderson! His new ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is an intense thrill ride (like BUGONIA is intense, but you’re happier afterwards). Deserving of a screenplay nom for updating Pynchon’s Vineland (once I get my
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Park Chan-wook
Starring: Lee Byung-hun | Lee Sung-min | Park Hee-soon | Son Ye-jin | Yeom Hye-ran
Cobi says: “Easily one of my favorites this year. Park Chan-wook remains arguably the most inventive director working, always finding new ways to use camera, editing, set, color, blocking, and tone. The film looks directly at class division, corporate consolidation,
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