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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Austin Butler | Helen Thomson | Olivia DeJonge | Richard Roxburgh | Tom Hanks
Cheryl says: “The decision to tell the story from Colonel Tom Parker’s point of view, as especially as played by Tom Hanks, seriously detracts from the joy of seeing Austin Butler bring ‘the king’ back to life on the big
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kevin Kopacka
Starring: Anna Platen | Frederik von Lüttichau | Jeff Wilbusch | Luisa Taraz | Robert Nickisch
Brett says: “Aesthetically soothing, frightening, trippy, and feverish all in perfect rhythm with whichever atmosphere the scene calls for at the time, one way to introduce the film DAWN BREAKS BEHIND THE EYES is to go ahead and establish that’s
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Elise Finnerty
Starring: Elise Finnerty | Estelle Girard Parks | Jenna Rose Sander | Nathan Wallace | Samuel Dunning
Brett says: “This debut feature from director Elise Finnerty is an elevated genre film that leans into the familiar folk horror tradition of tying present to pagan pasts. As the title implies, herein lies a new take on the witchcraft
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Eric Pennycoff
Starring: Graham Skipper | Jeremy Gardner | Rigo Garay | Taylor Zaudtke
Brett says: “The horror Christmas movie tradition might bring to mind some cult classics like BLACK CHRISTMAS; SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT; and RARE EXPORTS. It might be a bit too early to tell, but if given a fair shake and
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Avalon Fast
Starring: Henri Gillespi | Jillian Frank | Mari Geraghty | Max Graham | Sophie Bawks-Smith
Brett says: “A film that’s still a little rough around the edges, this is a teen/20-somethings romp centered on a female circle of friends. Though they engage in annual summer escapades with their male companions, one of the girls has
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Ivaylo Hristov
Starring: Ivan Savov | Michael Flemming | Miroslava Gogovska | Stoyan Bochev | Svetlana Yancheva
Michael says: “This Bulgarian film is a fascinating take on a story that has been very much in the film zeitgeist over the past few years. Hristov tells the story of the lives of a small town whose social and economic
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Panah Panahi
Starring: Amin Simiar | Hasan Majuni | Pantea Panahiha | Rayan Sarlak
Brett says: “HIT THE ROAD is an emotional gut punch disguised as a family road trip flick. In this feature film directorial debut from Panah Panahi, the audience slips into anomaly after anomaly underneath what is presented otherwise as a
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Director: Noam Tomaschoff
Starring: Christopher Lloyd | Joe Adler | Nadia Alexander | Richard Kind | Stephen Friedrich | Tara Holt
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Chris Sivertson
Starring: Christina Ricci | Colleen Camp | Don Durrell | Lew Temple | Santino Barnard
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jack Fessenden
Starring: Alex Breaux | Alex Hurt | Andi Matichak | Angus O'Brien | James Le Gros
