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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Marianna Palka
Starring: Alysia Reiner | Anna Camp | Christina Hendricks | David Allen Basche | Gbenga Akinnagbe
Thom says: “I loved how this dramedy starring major television stars came across more like a play than a film with almost the entire film taking place in a large Brooklyn loft. The film forcefully makes a showing of small
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kazik Radwanski
Starring: Deragh Campbell | Dorothea Paas | Lawrene Denkers | Matt Johnson
Michael says: “For my second film at the New Directors/New Film Festival, I screened ANNE AT 13,000 FT., a film with a Chlotrudis connection. Writer/director Kazik Radwanski submitted a short film in 2007 for the 8th annual Chlotrudis Short Film
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Fengliang Yang | Yimou Zhang
Starring: Baotian Li | Ji-an Zheng | Li Gong | Wei Li | Zhang Yi
Bob says: “I watched JU DOU tonight. Did you know that it was made in Technicolor? In 1990? In China? So sayeth the Wiki, so it must be true. I do remember, when I first saw it in a theater,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: Abby Quinn | David Thewlis | Gus Birney | Guy Boyd | Hadley Robinson | Jesse Plemons | Jessie Buckley | Toni Collette
Bob says: “Charlie Kaufman’s latest head-fuck is I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS. I’m thinking at least one of the characters is another’s invention. Maybe both are.” Chris says: “Jessie Buckley is great and Jesse Plemons’ performance of the Tulsey
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sean Durkin
Starring: Carrie Coon | Charlie Shotwell | Jude Law | Marcus Cornwall | Oona Roche | Tanya Allen | Tattiawna Jones | Wendy Crewson
Michael says: “THE NEST tells the story of a family that is falling apart due to the pressures and excesses of the late 1980’s culture. Rory and Allison O’Hara are living the good life, enough money for a gorgeous home
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Gregory Kershaw | Michael Dweck
Chris says: “I don’t think I’ve ever tasted or sniffed a truffle, much less hunted one but I continuously felt that this wry, warm, deadpan documentary about mostly older male Italian truffle hunters (and their trusty canine companions) was made
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dong-hoon Baek
Starring: Hyeon-ho Heo | Ja-Hyeon Chu | Jin Goo | Jin-Ki Baek | Kook-jin Han
Jason says: “Looking at the cast list for LE GRAND CHEF 2: KIMCHI BATTLE should raise some alarms; the main couple from the first film has been recast and a completely new character has first billing. Given that the plot
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Starring: Chisa Bandai | J. David Brimmer | Masao Agawa | Romy Beckman
Jason says: “MAI MAI MIRACLE is charming. It’s a nostalgic memoir about growing up as free-range kids, but we can use all the good ones we can get before we run out of people who grew up that way. Nicely
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Aisling Chin-Yee | Chase Joynt
Chris says: “Billy Tipton, a jazz musician born as a woman who presented himself to the world as a man, is obviously an intriguing subject for a documentary, but it’s actually only a part of this one. NO ORDINARY MAN
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jeff Orlowski
Michael says: “Workshopped at the Sundance Institute, this whistle-blowing documentary about the social media industry was picked up by Netflix. While not all that surprising for anyone who’s paying attention, it’s still pretty chilling as it paints a picture of
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