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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Andrew DeYoung
Starring: Jack Dylan Grazer | Kate Mara | Paul Rudd | Rick Worthy | Tim Robinson
Michael says: “This dark buddy comedy succeeds or fails on your knowledge and appreciation of star Tim Robinson, a sketch comic who is best known for his TV show, ‘I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson.’ I had never
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Rating: 3.625 cats | 3.75 cats
Director: Bernhard Wenger
Starring: Albrecht Schuch | Anton Noori | Julia Franz Richter | Salka Weber | Theresa Frostad Eggesbø
Chris says: “Matthias (handsome beanpole Albrecht Schuch) has a most unusual job ‘renting’ himself out to temporarily be whomever one needs him to: whether a friend, son, father or dinner-date companion, he’s a willing blank slate, a cipher who can
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Rating: 3.625 cats | 4 cats
Director: Alex Ross Perry
Chris says: “Where to begin with PAVEMENTS? Is it a vehicle meant to document the famed 1990s indie-rock quintet Pavement as they reunite and rehearse for a 2022 tour? A biopic of the band casting the likes of Joe Keery
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Rating: 2.3 cats
Director: Neo Sora
Starring: Hayato Kurihara | Makiko Watanabe | Shia Peng | Shirô Sano | Yuta Koga
Michael says: “Japanese film, HAPPYEND is the debut narrative feature from director Neo Sora, whose previous work has been in shorts and documentaries. HAPPYEND is a fairly standard story about a group of high school friends nearing graduation who are
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Mstyslav Chernov
Laks says: “We got a timely Chlotrudis review of Alex Garland’s WARFARE which I kept in mind as I went in to see Mstyslav Chernov’s (20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL) 2000 METERS IN ANDRIIVKA. The film opens with a description of the
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Rating: 4.625 cats
Director: David Osit
Aaron says “PREDATORS is an upsetting and provocative documentary that plays like a morally urgent thriller. Filmmaker David Osit examines the fallout of ‘To Catch a Predator, the NBC show that used decoy actors playing minors to lure would-be sex
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Rating: 3.25 cats
Director: Mariana Wainstein
Starring: Agustín Della Corte | Felipe Gonzalez Otaño | Julieta Cardinali | Minerva Casero | Rafael Spregelburd
Aaron says: “LINDA doubles as a thriller that doesn’t quite thrill and a portrait of an enigmatic main character that never gels into a thoughtful enough character study. Mariana Wainstein’s Argentinian film has a promising setup: alluring maid Linda (Eugenia
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Rating: 4.2 cats
Director: Elizabeth Lo
Val says: “A wife discovers her husband is having an affair, and hires a specialist to get rid of the mistress, but not in the way you might think. “This documentary watches like a narrative, with gorgeous shot composition, characters,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tracie Laymon
Starring: Barbie Ferreira | French Stewart | John Leguizamo | Lauren 'Lolo' Spencer | Rachel Bay Jones
Diane says: “My movie companion turned to me at the end of BOB TREVINO LIKES IT and said, ‘Maybe cinephiles would find some flaws in this movie, but it was just perfect.’ “So I won’t mention the occasional clunky dialogue.
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Alex Barland | Ray Mendoza
Starring: Aaron Mackenzie | Alex Brockdorff | Cosmo Jarvis | D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai | Joseph Quinn
Diane says: “WARFARE is a recreated 2006 incident from the Iraq War, involving a group of mostly Navy SEALS. Co-director Ray Mendoza (along with Alex Garland) was part of the platoon. They used the testimony of platoon members to write the
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