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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Afsaneh Salari
Val says: “Salari’s first film is a powerful look at the cosmetic surgery epidemic in Tehran. She gains amazing access into surgical ’boutiques’, the influencer-doctors that run them, and their clientele. In one notable scene, Salari takes the viewer inside
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Barbara Kopple
Val says: “Barbara Kopple and her team take us into the beating heart of New York City’s delivery culture, the delivery workers who staff UPS, Amazon, and the many food delivery apps that New Yorkers depend on daily. It’s a
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring: Furi Nanase | Maho Yamada | Miyu Sasaki | Rokko Okada | Ryô Ikeda
Val says: “Beautiful and devastating; this one’s sure to be a favorite. It’s a more sincere turn from Kore-eda, and rightly so considering his source material. I loved it’s soaring score, touching relationship between the two main characters, and how
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Rating: 0 cats
Director: Deanté Gray
Starring: Ezekiel Ajeigbe | Francis C. Edemobi | Jamal R. Averett | Lex Bethea | Raél Ba
Val says: “‘Jeff said ‘This just wasn’t ready for TIFF,’ and I think I couldn’t say it better. A trio of musicians recon with their deadly choices as they spend a (excruciatingly long) few hours in a hotel room preparing
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Marie Clements
Starring: Alyssa Wapanatâhk | Amber Midthunder | Cara Jade Myers | Evan Adams | Gary Farmer | Gil Bellows
Michael says: “This strong tale of racial injustice takes place in the 1970’s, following the lives of three young women, sisters are were separated as children, each following different paths in Los Angeles after a relocation program in the 50’s
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Arthur Harari
Starring: Léa Seydoux | Lilith Grasmug | Niels Schneider | Radu Jude | Valérie Dréville
Michael says: “Arthur Harari, screenwriter for ANATOMY OF A FALL, has directed a film adapted from a graphic novel written by he and his brother Lucas, aptly called THE UNKNOWN. A science fiction tale only as a premise, the film explores
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ione Hernández
Starring: Aritz Kortabarria | Carlota Keiko | Elena Anaya | Emma Suárez | León Martínez
Michael says: “Spanish films SISTERS (HERMANAS), written and directed by Ione Hernández, was a competently-made film with a screenplay that lacked the needed emotional impact to make it really succeed. Two sisters, Chelo and Marta, bring their families together to
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: David Turpin
Starring: Christina Hendricks | Éanna Hardwicke | Jack Wolffe | Jessica Reynolds | Rupert Everett
Michael says: “David Turpin’s turgid debut was not for me. More of a tone poem than a film, it was bewildering as to why this AIDS story that embraces every trope and slows its pacing down to the most sluggish
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Marie Kreutzer
Starring: Catherine Deneuve | Jella Haase | Laurence Rupp | Léa Seydoux | Sylvester Groth
Michael says: “Marie Kreutzer’s GENTLE MONSTER could have been a great film, but by tackling a very difficult subject with a procedurally straight-forward tone undercuts some of the emotion. Still, there was a lot to like about this film about
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kim Bartley
Starring: Barry Keoghan | Carla Tous | Eileen Walsh | Justin Daniels Anene | Lewis Brophy
Michael says: “Moving, optimistic portrait of a young Irish man turning after 18 after living his childhood in foster care after being separated from his younger brother and his social worker. Danny falls into a bit of trouble after hardships
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