Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats | 4.4
Director: Bridget Savage Cole | Danielle Krudy
Starring: June Squibb | Margot Martindale | Morgan Saylor | Sophie Lowe
Michael says: “It’s often a little dicey to expect much from a regional film, especially one set in coastal Maine, rife with strong accents and the potential for caricature. Writer/director team of Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy know what
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hlynur Palmason
Starring: Hilmir Snær Guðnason | Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir | Ingvar Sigurdsson | Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir
Michael says: “There’s something visually striking about the films that come out of Iceland. The landscape, so alien, lends itself well to both quirky humor and dark drama. A WHITE, WHITE DAY is of the latter genre, and is another
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alex Thompson
Starring: Braden Crothers | Charin Alvarez | Kelly O'Sullivan | Ramona Edith Williams | William Drain
Ivy says: “This film is being made available in Boston through the Coolidge’s virtual screening room, and I assume it will be available nationally at other art house cinemas. “I recommend this small, American indie. I think it’s a perfect
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Juliano Dornelles | Kleber Mendonça Filho
Starring: Bárbara Colen | Silvero Pereira | Sonia Braga | Thardelly Lima | Thomas Aquino
Chris says: “Kleber Mendonça Filho’s previous film AQUARIUS was an ideal vehicle for actress Sonia Braga who played a woman fighting to keep real estate developers from decimating her longtime home. In this follow-up (co-directed with Juliano Dornelles), Braga has
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Britt Poulton | Dan Madison Savage
Starring: Jim Gaffigan | Kaitlyn Dever | Olivia Colman | Thomas Mann | Walton Goggins
Julie says: “From netflix: “‘Deep in Appalachia, Pastor Lemuel Childs presides over an isolated community of Pentecostal snake handlers. As his devoted daughter Mara prepares for her wedding under the watchful eye of Hope Slaughter, Mara reveals a deadly secret
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Christa Théret | Guillaume Canet | Juliette Binoche | Nora Hamzawi | Vincent Macaigne
Michael says: ” NON-FICTION is the latest film by Olivier Assayas, starring the ubiquitous, yet always reliable Juliette Binoche; a talky, smart, amusing story of a publisher, an author and their wives set in the changing world of publishing. Much
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Noah Baumbach
Starring: Adam Driver | Azhy Robertson | Julia Greer | Scarlett Johansson | Wallace Shawn
Michael says: “WHY DIDN’T ANYONE TELL ME MERRIT WEVER WAS IN THIS? She is so amazing in everything she’s in, even a small role like this! “Noah Baumbach’s well directed and fine acted film about divorce was great. It’s a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Roman Griffin Davis | Sam Rockwell | Scarlett Johansson | Taika Waititi | Thomasin McKenzie
Thom says: “Again, too much information in my head, for I went into this well-received film supposing I was unfamiliar with director Waititi (from New Zealand) but research proved I’ve already seen all of his feature-length movies: EAGLE vs SHARK
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Christopher Morris
Starring: Andrel McPherson | Anna Kendrick | Marchánt Davis | Miles Robbins
Michael says: “A harmless, and somewhat delusional preacher who has created a farm to help support the project in Miami ends up involved with a bizarre plot by the FBI to create a terrorist situation in order to stop it.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Rachel Tunnard
Starring: Brett Goldstein | Eileen Davies | Jodie Whittaker | Lorraine Ashbourne | Rachael Deering
Michael says: “Here’s a beautiful and sad movie about a woman about to turn 30, who can’t move on with her life after her twin brother dies. She has taken up residence in the shed at the bottom of her mother’s
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