Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Brett Morgen
Cheryl says: “I had high hopes for this documentary and was really looking forward to seeing it when I finally made it to the Arlington Capitol for the last night of its 3-plus week run. “The promo promised never-before-seen live
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Barry Koeghan | Brendan Gleeson | Colin Farrell | Gary Lydon | Kerry Condon
Brett says: “Martin McDonagh paradoxically blasts the audience with deadpan in another highly ironic and character-driven film that adds to an already near-pristine catalog of acclaimed hits from the director. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN fits snugly into what might be
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Ondi Timoner
Diane says: “For viewers interested in death and dying, LAST FLIGHT HOME is a powerful film. Documentarian Ondi Timoner wasn’t expecting to make a movie—she just habitually films everything in her family’s life. But when she began to create a
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Sara Dosa
Diane says: “I had shied away from this doc earlier, about a French vulcanologist couple who died in the line of work. But it is fantastic! Of course there are the mesmerizing shots of lava flow and eruptions, but also
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Brendan Fraser | Hong Chau | Sadie Sink | Samantha Morton | Ty Simpkins
Brett says: “Already before coming to theaters with a whole convoy of dump trucks’ worth of hype, THE WHALE is a film that, unfortunately, will fall flat for many who are expecting some sort of transformative cinematic experience. For others
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Sarah Polley
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Claire Foy | Frances McDormand | Jessie Buckley | Judith Ivey | Rooney Mara | Sheila McCarthy
Brett says: “WOMEN TALKING re-molds a world of an isolated religious community that is at least somewhat familiar to most North American audiences. It is a reshaping, reimagining of Mennonite society, even though the film is careful never to utter that
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Robert Machoian
Starring: Carl Kennedy | Clayne Crawford | Colt Crawford | Hix Crawford | Jordana Brewster
Brett says: “Be vewy, vewy quiet. I’m hunting toxic masculinity. “Following up a powerful success of THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS, director Robert Machoian returns with THE INTEGRITY OF JOSEPH CHAMBERS, which tangles itself up into several knots of frustration,
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Director: Ayan Mukerji
Starring: Alia Bhatt | Amitabh Bachchan | Nagarjuna Akkineni | Ranbir Kapoor | Shah Rukh Khan
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Alejandro Monteverde
Starring: Bill Camp | Jim Caviezel | José Zúñiga | Kurt Fuller | Mira Sorvino
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Hallee Adelman | Sean King O'Grady
