Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Fleur Fortune
Starring: Alicia Vikander | Charlotte Ritchie | Elizabeth Olsen | Himesh Patel | Indira Varma
Adam says: “Extremely GATTACA-coded (complimentary). 4 cats“
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Rating: 3.625 cats | 4 cats
Director: Alex Ross Perry
Chris says: “Where to begin with PAVEMENTS? Is it a vehicle meant to document the famed 1990s indie-rock quintet Pavement as they reunite and rehearse for a 2022 tour? A biopic of the band casting the likes of Joe Keery
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tracie Laymon
Starring: Barbie Ferreira | French Stewart | John Leguizamo | Lauren 'Lolo' Spencer | Rachel Bay Jones
Diane says: “My movie companion turned to me at the end of BOB TREVINO LIKES IT and said, ‘Maybe cinephiles would find some flaws in this movie, but it was just perfect.’ “So I won’t mention the occasional clunky dialogue.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Isaiah Saxon
Starring: Emily Watson | Finn Wolfhard | Helena Zengel | Razvan Stoica | Willem Dafoe
Laks says: “THE LEGEND OF OCHI follows the story of Yuri, who is dressed in a bright yellow puffy jacket and begins with her hunting with her father and many brothers. We soon learn that they are hunting the Ochi
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dane Clark | Linsey Stewart
Starring: Charlie Gillespie | Michaela Watkins | Sandy Jobin-Bevans | Sara Waisglass | Sorika Wolf
Jeff says: “You will understand within 15 minutes exactly where this story will end up. These are its bones: Two lost souls, initially and profoundly incompatible, find common cause and forge a new relationship leaving them both better off. An
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Carson Lund
Starring: Bill Lee | Cliff Blake | Frederick Wiseman | Keith William Richards | Wayne Diamond
Jeff says: “The local ballpark is slated for demolition to make room for a new school. Today will mark the last showdown, forever, between the team sponsored by Adler’s Paints and the Riverdogs. EEPHUS may be the best movie about baseball
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nathan Silver
Starring: Carol Kane | Caroline Aaron | Dolly De Leon | Jason Schwartzman | Robert Smigel
Diane says:”From the trailer, I expected a broad comedy. Instead it is a delicate treatment of people at fragile times in their lives. I’ll repeat the easy comparison to HAROLD AND MAUDE. “The cast is overall excellent. Carol Kane plays
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Anna Baumgarten
Starring: Ariela Barer | Chelsea Alden | Dylan Arnold | Libe Barer | Travis Tope
Michael says: “Awkward title ties together the awkward way we mangle the English language, often when we’r trying to say something important is e3ffectively used in this drama about Jane, a young woman who aborts a successful academic career just
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Harrison Xu | Ivan Leung | Katherine Dudas
Starring: Harrison Xu | Hudson Yang | Ivan Leung | Nathan Doan
Jeff says: Gen Z Angelinos Daniel (Ivan Leung) and Ryan (Harrison Xu), best friends since childhood, are facing a breakup (perhaps literally), as Ryan is moving to Edmonton with his fiancé. On their last weekend together, Ryan convinces a reluctant
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hong Sang-soo
Starring: Ha Seong-guk | Isabelle Huppert | Jo Yoon-he | Kwon Hae-hyo | Lee Hye-yeong
Diane says: “South Korean director Hong Sang-Soo gives us another of his triplets–a dialogue repeated three times, with three sets of changing characters–in A TRAVELER’S NEEDS. If you’re attuned to the director, you’ll really enjoy this one and have some
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