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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Kris Elgstrand
Starring: Arabella Bushnell | Brad Dryborough | Ross Smith
Chris says: “BEGIN AGAIN, John Carney’s follow-up film to ONCE originally sported the far more on-the-nose title CAN A SONG SAVE YOUR LIFE? when it played the festival circuit. It’s a phrase Carol (Arabella Bushnell), the quietly acerbic lead of
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Tomm Moore
Starring: Brendan Gleeson | David Rawle | Fionnula Flanagan | Jon Kenny | Lisa Hannigan | Lucy O'Connell
Jason says: “There have generally been one or two movies like SONG OF THE SEA among the nominees every year since the Oscars started giving out an award for best animated feature, and they’re the best argument for the award’s
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Andrei Gruzsniczki
Kyle says: “Students of Latin and mathematical and philosophical arguments will know QUOD ERAT DEMONSTRANDUM by its more familiar abbreviation QED, meaning ‘that which has been demonstrated.’ It is an essential journey into the Romanian New Wave by way of
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Alexandre Goyette | Anne Dorval | Antoine-Olivier Pilon | Patrick Huard | Suzanne Clément
Chris says: “Those familiar with Quebecois wunderkind Xavier Dolan’s small, extraordinary oeuvre may notice the title and remember that his first feature was called I KILLED MY MOTHER. This, his fifth, is not a sequel, but it occasionally scans as
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Steven Knight
Starring: Andrew Scott | Ben Daniels | Olivia Colman | Ruth Wilson | Tom Hardy | Tom Holland
Jason says: “Steven Knight’s LOCKE does not take place entirely within the confines of the title character’s car as he makes the ninety-minute drive north to London, as there may in fact be an entire minute or two given to
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Keita Ninomiya | Machiko Ono | Masaharu Fukuyama | Riri Furanki Kirin Kiki | Shogen Hwang | Yoko Maki
Jason says: “Those who have been following Hirokazu Kore-eda’s career for roughly the last decade may find it a little surprising that the two six-year-old boys at the center of LIKE FATHER LIKE SON (SOSHITE CHICI NI NARU in the
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Adriene Mishler | Gary Poulter | Nicholas Cage | Ronnie Gene Blevins | Tye Sheridan
Jason says: “Look at JOE and you see a couple of people who haven’t necessarily done their best work for the past few years. Some will say director David Gordon Green’s PRINCE AVALANCHE was a return to form after a
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Kieran Turner
Bruce says: “The hype machine is usually associated with success stories. JOBRIATH A. D. is a fascinating documentary about a colossal failure in spite of tremendous hype. Jobriath (rhymes with Goliath) Salisbury was the stage name chosen by Bruce Wayne
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Albert Shin
Starring: Anh Ji Hye | Chang-hwan Kim | Hae-yeon Kil | Kyung-Ik Kim | Yoon Da-Kyung
Bruce says: “Films from other countries often are less appreciated than they should be due to the gap in understanding of those countries mores and taboos. In the case of IN HER PLACE, knowing about the South Korean taboo of
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Pawel Pawlikoski
Starring: Adam Szyszkowski | Agata Kulesza | Agata Trzebuchowska | Dawid Ogrodnik | Jerzy Trela
Jason says: “Roughly three scenes into IDA, I figured that a good way to review this movie might be to simply list every scene – nay, every shot – and say why I loved it. Eighty minutes later, I was
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