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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Starring: Aleksey Rozin | Maryana Spivak | Matvey Novikov
Chris says: “Not as sharp a political allegory as LEVIATHAN, nor does it possess that film’s necessary gallows humor (which might’ve been out of place here, anyway.) However, Andrey Zvyagintsev (whose greatest film remains his first, THE RETURN remains a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Debra Granik
Starring: Ben Foster | Jeffery Rifflard | Thomasin McKenzie
Chris says: “Although far less prolific, I’d like to think of Debra Granik as the American Mike Leigh for her depiction (consideration, even) of the working-class without condescending to them. Not as seminal or all-out engrossing as WINTER’SBONE, but teenager
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ethan Coen | Joel Coen
Starring: Clancy Brown | Danny McCarthy | David Krumholtz | James Franco | Tim Blake Nelson | Willie Watson
Chris says: “Pretty consistent for what amounts to six separate stories only related by genre (in this case, the Western); also solid for a Coen Brothers film, given how scattershot the last one was. Not as fully realized as NO
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nacho Vigalando
Starring: Anne Hathaway | Austin Stowell | Dan Stevens | Jason Sudeikis | Tim Blake Nelson
Michael says: “Sure it’s got some flaws, but this darkly hilarious romp from TIMEFRAMES director Nacho Vigalondo and star Anne Hathaway was a rollicking good time. After an intriguing prologue featuring a young Korean girl, her mother, and a giant, Godzilla-like kaiju,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Andrew Sullivan | Geoffrey Orthwein
Starring: Maika Monroe | Matt O'Leary
Michael says: “Tonight’s fascinating film is called BOKEH, an Icelandic indie that takes gorgeous advantage of that island-countries primordial, pastoral landscapes and otherworldly qualities. A young couple, Riley and Jenai, who are on holiday from the States are enjoying a fun
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Rating: 4 cats | 4.125 cats
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: documentray
Jason says: “Michael Moore is likely the world’s best-known documentary filmmaker, and that is an obvious double-edged sword; while his first new film in years will certainly bring in one group of fans, the very fact that it’s from him
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Starring: Adrian Purcarescu | Corneliu Cozme | Nicodim Toma | Toma Cuzin
Jason says: “Even the titles of Corneliu Porumboiu’s best-known recent films – 12;08 EAST OF BUCHAREST and POLICE, ADJECTIVE – are focused on a sort of precision that can sometimes be maddening and THE TREASURE, (‘Comoara’ in the original Romanian)
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Maren Ade
Starring: Michael Wittenborn | Peter Simonischek | Sandra Hüller
Brett says: “TONI ERDMANN is a comedic drama containing a premise that might seem similar to a large number of films, but this is a film that relies on a subtle characterization and timely humor as its backbone, opposed to
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Warren Beatty
Starring: Annette Bening | Candice Bergen | Lily Collins | Matthew Broderick | Paul Sorvino | Warren Beatty
Thom says: “I was totally amazed at my appreciation for this film especially because it was for all the wrong reasons, at least as my expectations went. I picked this up due to the presence of Annette Bening, the lovely
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: William Monahan
Starring: Fran Kranz | Garrett Hedlund | LouiseBourgoin | Mark Wahlberg | Oscar Isaac | Walton Goggins
Jason says: “William Monahan’s new film is right on the line between the crime movies where the filmmakers are aware of the genre’s tropes and can therefore share a wink as it uses or avoids them and the movies which
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