Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Jonathan Wysocki
Starring: Anna Grace Barlow | Danielle Kay | Megan Suri | Nick Pugliese | Nico Greetham | Zak Henri
Michael says: “I’m not sure what possessed me to watch this film. Could it have been the 100% fresh rating from the (only) 12 critics who reviewed in on Rotten Tomatoes? That might have been it, and it was probably
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Starring: Amir Jadidi | Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy | Mohsen Tanabandeh | Sahar Goldoust
Michael says: “Asghar Farhadi is the master of the ethical quandary. His complex stories put people in situations where they just can’t win, whether they are trying to do good, or acting in their own self-interest. And that’s the real
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Director: Sean Baker
Starring: Bashir Abboud | Bree Elrod | Brenda Deiss | Caressa Garza | Kevin Cavanaugh | Simon Rex | Sophie | Suzanna Son | Vickie Pearce
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Starring: Dagmara Dominczyk | Dakota Johnson | Ed Harris | Jessie Buckley | Olivia Colman | Paul Mescal | Peter Sarsgaard
Michael says: “Bravo to Maggie Gyllenhaal for adapting a complex novel into a visually arresting, and thematically engrossing film in her first time out as a screenwriter and director. Leda is a middle-aged woman visiting a resort in Greece for
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Director: Mathew J. Wilkinson
Starring: Daniel Moody | Georgia Williams | Isabella Robinson | Kathleen Halligan | Marcello D'Onofrio | Ognjen Trisic
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: João Paulo Miranda Maria
Starring: Aline Marta Maia | Ana Flavia Cavalcanti | ntonio Pitanga | Sam Louwyck | Soren Hellerup
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Song Wen
Starring: Borui Dong | Qiyan Zhang | Wei Liu | Xian Li | Xiaofan Lin | Xuan Gu | Zonglei Li
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Moges Tafesse
Starring: Assefa GebreMichael | Dimamu Yitayih | Firehiwot Kelkilew | Tesfaye Yimam | Yemesrach Girma | Zerihun Mulatu
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Kyle Thomas
Starring: Alana Hawley Purvis | Chad Brownlee | Joe Perry | Jude Thomas | Kris Demeanor | Nicole de Boer | Nikki Rae Hallow
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Samuel Kay Forrest
Starring: Andriana Manfredi | Beatrix Michelet | Enzo de Liguoro | Ian Loughran | Javier Taboada | Jurjen van Nes | Marie Céline Yildirim | Samuel Kay Forrest
Michael says: “After appearing in a handful of shorts and supporting parts in low-budget features, actor Samuel Kay Forrest decided to produce, write, and direct his own film. In HIPBEAT, a love letter to the modern-day Berlin for young people,
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