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Big Ass Spider (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mike Mendez
Starring: Clare Kramer | Greg Grunberg | Lombardo Boyar | Patrick Bauchau | Ray Wise

Jason says: “Well, there’s certainly no denying that BIG ASS SPIDER! delivers what it promises – that is certainly one big-ass spider menacing Los Angeles from the very start. For those that want maybe a little more to their movies,

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Becoming Traviata (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Philippe Béziat

Kyle says: “BECOMING TRAVIATA, or in its much better French title TRAVIATA ET NOUS, is a documentary on preparations and rehearsals for a production of Giuseppe Verdi’s beloved 1853 opera ‘La Traviata’ at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, starring charismatic soprano Natalie

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Arcadia (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Olivia Silver
Starring: John Hawkes | Kendall Toole | Mary Pat Gleason | Ryan Simpkins | Ty Simpkins

Thom says: “Rarely does Film Movement introduce a film with a major actor like John Hawkes but the film did win the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and certainly deserves a wider audience. This one is a

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Antisocial (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Cody Calahan
Starring: Adam Christie | Ana Alic | Cody Thompson | Michelle Mylett | Romaine Waite

Jason says: “ANTISOCIAL is an impressive little horror movie that distinguishes itself by showing how it’s not necessarily what a movie does that matters, but how it pulls it off. Sure, the initial plot is built on a foundation of

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Animals (2013)

Jason says: “ANIMALS is a coming-of-age story that perches right on the border between an impressive level of ambition and complexity on the one side and trying to do too much on the other. There’s a whole movie just in

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The Angels’ Share (2013)

Jeff says: “Ken Loach takes a page from the Bill Forsyth playbook in this small story of redemption. “We first meet Robbie (Paul Brannigan) in a Glasgow courtroom listening to a solicitor argue before the judge that despite his thuggish

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American Mary (2013)

Jason says: “I’m not sure what its Canadian filmmakers figure is so specifically American about AMERICAN MARY but, hey, whatever. Jen & Sylvia Soska have made an impressive little movie that may not exactly be horror but can certainly make

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Across the River (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lorenzo Bianchini
Starring: Lidia Zabrieszach | Marco Marchese | Renzo Gariup

Jason says: “I had the feeling when I saw ACROSS THE RIVER (OLTRE IL GAUDO in Italian) that when the time came to expand the capsule I wrote for my blog to a full entry, I would not have a

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The ABCs of Death (2013)

Thom says: “The idea for this film is certainly clever enough and if tight enough reins had been applied it might well have been a classic but to choose 27 directors to make 26 short films, each choosing a letter

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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Diane says: “ZERO DARK THIRTY–the wonderful Kathryn Bigelow’s version of The Hunt for Osama bin Laden–is grueling and thrillerish. (Be forewarned about the trailers you might get on this one–some of them are really sick, e.g., THE CALL) It is

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