Freaky Tales (2025)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Anna Boden | Ryan Fleck
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn | Jay Ellis | Ji-young Yoo | Pedro Pascal | Too $hort
It’s Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Anna Boden | Ryan Fleck
Starring: Emma Roberts | Jeremy Davies | Keir Gilchrist | Lauren Graham | Viola Davis | Zach Galifianakis
Jason says: “The title of IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY is its own review. It’s just a matter of where you want to put the emphasis. It’s got enough jokes and amusing moments to qualify as a funny story,
Read the review...Sugar (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Anna Boden | Ryan Fleck
Starring: Algenis Perez Solo | Andre Holland | Ann Whitney | Ellary Potterfield | Jaime Tirelli | Rayniel Rufino
Diane says: “Loved SUGAR. More kudos to that fab filmmaking duo, Boden-Fleck. SUGAR is beautifully filmed and edited. Every shot has an emotion underlying it. This baseball ignoramus was able to get the story completely. My only complaint: I thought
Read the review...Half Nelson (2006)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ryan Fleck
Starring: Anthony Mackie | Ryan Gosling | Shareeka Epps
Chris says: “Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling), a young, white history teacher and girls’ basketball coach in a mostly black Brooklyn middle school would seem like the ideal mentor. Eschewing the required curriculum, he genuinely inspires his students to think about
Read the review...Gowanus, Brooklyn (2004)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ryan Fleck
Starring: Karen Clinton | Matt Kerr | Shareeka Epps
Chris says: “I wish our short film festival received more entries like this somber, subtle, soulful sketch about a 12 year-old girl and one of her teachers. Everything is delicately nuanced and left open; if the filmmakers succeed in expanding
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