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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring: Kirin Kiki | Lily Franky | Mayu Matsuoka | Sakura Andô
Chris says: “Naming a favorite film by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda is like doing the same for his closest progenitor, Yasujiro Ozu–nearly impossible, given their tendencies to revisit and refine themes of domesticity and humanism while maintaining a higher-than-average consistency.
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Carlose Peralta | Daniela Demes | Diego Cortina Autrey | Marco Graf | Marina de Tavira | Yalitza Aparicio
Brett says: “Jaw-dropping cinematography perfectly fits a form-follows-function approach in which the audience eavesdrops and hovers around the tale, which is a sort of ominous love letter or thank-you note to the voiceless. Clearly a personal film for director Alfonso
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Casey Affleck | Kesha | Rooney Mara
Brett says: “The films that stand the test of time are the ones we take home with us long after we’ve had the pleasure of experiencing them. A GHOST STORY is a visual narrative that explores the very concept of
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Rating: 5 cats
Bruce says: “While not exactly covering new territory in terms of content,SUMMERTIME is a satisfying coming-of-age lesbian drama because of the carefully-crafted characters, beautifully brought to life by its three main actors – Izϊa Higelin, Cécile de France and Noémie
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Wiebke von Carolsfeld
Starring: Brandon Oakes | Hamidou Savadogo | Imajyn Cardinal | Pascale Bussières | Paul Spence
Michael says: “The new film by Wiebke von Carolsfeld (MARION BRIDGE) has not been officially released in the States yet. It’s small distribution deal will hit this fall, but I was lucky enough to see it at the Provincetown International
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tom Ford
Starring: Amy Adams | Armie Hammer | Isla Fisher | Jake Gyllenhall | Laura Linney | Michael Shannon
Bruce says: “NOCTURNAL ANIMALS brings as layered and complex a narrative as anyone will find this year, combined with an unapologetic visual style that accents every complex fold of the plot. Added to the vision of Tom Ford as it
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Justin Roberts
Lorraine says: “NO GREATER LOVE is ending a festival run but will be making a theatrical run and I want to put it on your radar. “It played in the Beaufort Film Festival. I missed the screening but met the
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Starring: Blanca Suárez | Carmen Machi | EnriqueVillén | Hugo Silva | Mario Casas | Pepón Nieto | Raphael
Thom says: “Alex de la Iglesia is such a fun director that I think about him all the time. For some 23 years now he has consistently gone the extra mile to make extravagant rich entertainments that are delightfully complex
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jia Zhangke
Starring: Dong Zijian | Liang Jing Dong | Sylvia Chang | Zhang Yi | Zhao Tao
Kyle says: “MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART is only the eighth feature film by iconoclastic virtually legendary Chinese director Jia Zhangke. According to his own words during a New York Film Festival Q & A last fall, he had thought about not
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Colin Farrell | John C. Reilly | Léa Seydoux | Olivia Colman | Rachel Weisz
Michael says: “I sure hope you got to see this when it had its very successful run earlier this year in the theaters. Greek director Yorgos Lathimos (DOGTOOTH; ALPS) brings us his first English-language film, a hilarious, dark, and pointed
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