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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Andrew Haigh
Starring: Andrew Scott | Carter John Grout | Claire Foy | Jamie Bell | Paul Mescal
Diane says: “ALL OF US STRANGERS opens with three scenes of admirable economy. Later on, director and screenwriter Andrew Haigh (45 YEARS, LEAN ON PETE) finds creative and convincing ways to pull us deep into someone’s psyche, adapting a novel
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ilker Çatak
Starring: Anne-Kathrin Gummich | Eva Löbau | Leonard Stettnisch | Leonie Benesch | Michael Klammer
Chris says: “A junior high school is as ideal a setting as any for a taut thriller and this German film gets all the little details right as to why—in particular, a mounting, no-going-back pressure of the sort easily egged
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
Chris says: “The influence of THE WIZARD OF OZ on David Lynch is frankly obvious for anyone who has seen WILD AT HEART but I can’t recall the last time I had such a blast watching any documentary. John Waters
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mark Slutsky | Sarah Watts
Starring: Antoine Yared | Anwen O'Driscoll | Hasani Freeman | June Laporte | Liane Balaban
Michael says: “Thoughtful script, and some strong performances, coupled with a haunting, effective score, lift YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER above that could be TV movie fare. After the death of her father, a high school girl goes to Quebec to
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Morrisa Maltz
Starring: Devin Shangreaux | Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux | Lily Gladstone | Raymond Lee | Richard Ray Whitman
Chris says: “Lily Gladstone recently won a Gotham Award for her lovely, subtle performance as a woman on a road trip from Minnesota to Texas following her grandmother’s death. However, this feature debut from writer/director Marissa Maltz is also award-worthy
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Peter Horgan
Starring: Caitlin Zoz | Chinaza Uche | Eli Powers | Joshua Koopman | Vera Teixeira
Jeff says: “Not so much a thriller, HOW TO ROB is more of a low budget, tough-guy movie, but it packs some thrills. The plot involves two boyhood friends grown up and working for a local gangster as stick-up guys who
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hong Seong-eun
Starring: Gong Seung-Yeon | Jeong Da-eun | Jeong-hak Park | Seo Hyun-woo
Michael says: “I thought 2022 – 2021 was the year of films about grief, but as evidenced by this post alone, that topic remains a strong one for filmmakers. (Although admittedly, this South Korean film was made in 2021). That’s
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tina Satter
Starring: Benny Elledge | John Way | Josh Hamilton | Marchánt Davis | Sydney Sweeney
Chris says: “If one can successfully adapt a screenplay from a Twitter thread a la ZOLA, then one can also do so from an FBI recording. This rolls out straightforwardly until it doesn’t; Sydney Sweeney also nails the (at first,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Starring: Arian Moayed | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Michaela Watkins | Owen Teague | Tobias Menzies
Chris says: “It takes some skill to get something this masterfully funny and humane from such a potentially inconsequential premise. Has a superb cast (Tobias Menzies, Owen Teague, Michaela Watkins), but can Julia Louis-Dreyfus please just star in all of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Francisca Alegria
Starring: Benjamin Soto | Enzo Ferrada Rosati | Frederique Gudelj | Leonor Varela | Mia Maestro
Michael says: “This debut feature from Chile is a magical realist fable that tackles a lot of issues with a cryptic story that’s pretty indecipherable, but it’s beautiful to look at and sounds great, and the themes around rebirth, environment
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