Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Fernando Grostein Andrade
Starring: Arian Moayed | Dagmara Dominczyk | Noah Schnapp | Seu Jorge
Michael says: “Most people have families that have an element of drama to them, especially if they come from different cultures/backgrounds/traditions. In these cases, it’s often the children of these mixed marriages that help to bring different perspectives together, but
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska
Starring: Kelly Campbell | Mallory Adams | Michiel Huisman | Raffey Cassidy
Michael says: “After discovering that Malgorzata Szumowska had a film eligible this year, and that it was already on my list of movies I wanted to watch, I wasted no time in checking out THE OTHER LAMB. I had been
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Annie Silverstein
Starring: Amber Havard | Rob Morgan | Sara Allbright | Yolonda Ross
Michael says: “Annie Silverstein’s narrative, feature debut tackles a teenage girl living in a desolate subdivision near Houston, TX, with an incarcerated mother and an absent father, and her next door neighbor, a black, aging rodeo rider who’s is struggling
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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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