Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudovic Reels (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Mila Turajlic
Earlybird (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Martin Kaszubowski
Starring: Amanda Platt | Chloe Skoczen | Joshua Koopman | Julie Pope | Zachary Krueger
Art Talent Show (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Adéla Komrzý | Tomás Bojar
Animalia (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sofia Alaoui
Starring: Fouad Oughaou | Mehdi Dehbi | Oumaima Barid | Rajaa Essaaidi | Souad Khouyi
Laks says: “Science fiction about extraterrestrial encounters often feel exclusively produced within US and UK cinema. A foray into the genre from a Moroccan writer and director immediately got my attention. The film opens within a opulent palatial mansion as it
Read the review...Admissions Granted (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hao Wu | Miao Wang
Michael says: “I learned a lot in this very even-handed, information packed doc about the Supreme Court case to overturn Affirmative Action and the subtleties and conflicting belief around discrimination, particularly around Asian-Americans admissions at Harvard University. There were times
Read the review...I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Starring: Brigette Lundy-Paine | Helena Howard | Ian Foreman | Justice Smith | Lindsey Jordan
Michael says: “After making a splash with their debut film, WE ARE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR, writer/director Jane Schoenbrun follows-up with a creative, thought-provoking, and devastating examination of the struggle between our outer and inner selves through the
Read the review...Dandelion (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Nicole Riegel
Starring: Erin Reardon | Jenny McManus | KiKi Layne | Melanie Nicholls-King | Thomas Doherty
Brett says: “From director Nicole Riegel, DANDELION is the latest installment of musical drama that showcases the title fictional singer-songwriter in the familiar position of struggling artist. In fact, much of the plot within is familiar territory for many audiences.
Read the review...Ghostlight (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Alex Thompson | Kelly O'Sullivan
Starring: Dolly De Leon | Hanna Dworkin | Katherine Mallen Kupferer | Keith Kupferer | Tara Mallen
Brett says: “Men will literally kill the envious moon who is already sick and pale with grief instead of going to therapy. Alright, methinks this review doth meme too much. So, if the language of the plays of ‘The Bard’
Read the review...Robot Dreams (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.9
Director: Pablo Berger
Starring: Albert Trifol Segarra | Ivan Labanda | José García Tos | José Luis Mediavilla | Rafa Calvo
Val says: “Though they’re both about robot companions entering the animated world of people (using that term loosely), I wouldn’t call ROBOT DREAMS, writer/director Pablo Berger’s first animated feature, a spiritual successor to THE IRON GIANT – stylistically and thematically, ROBOT
Read the review...So Long, My Son (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang
Starring: Jiang Du | Jingchun Wang | Mei Yong | Roy Wang | Xi Qi
Chris says: “If you’re a Mubi subscriber and a fan of slow Asian cinema, I recommend this 2019 film from director Wang Xiaoshaui, best known for BEIJING BICYCLE (2001) and also SHANGHAI DREAMS (2005), which I saw and loved at
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