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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Bob Peterson | Pete Docter
Starring: Bob Peterson | Christopher Plummer | Delroy Lindo | Edward Asner | Jordan Nagai
Diane says: “Latest Pixar is bedeviled by a MacGuffin chase that makes it generic. It’s the first half hour of the film, the beautifully moving story of a couple passing from youth to old age and relinquished dreams, that makes this
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos | Bruno Lochet | Coralie Russier | David Marsais | Grégoire Ludig | India Hair | Raphaël Quenard | Roméo Elvis
Michael says: “Most of French director Quentin Dupieux’s films begin with a simple, but completely bizarre and often ridiculous premise, that he is then able to spin into an entertaining yarn with some social commentary threaded in. With MANDIBLES, a
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Geeta Malik
Starring: Adil Hussain | Ashritha Kancharla | Manisha Koirala | Moses Das | Rish Shah | Sophia Ali | Thomas Kasp
Vicki says: “INDIA SWEETS AND SPICES is an Indian inter-generational coming of age film. It tries to take on too many themes and , as a result, it falls flat. It has some good moments and a fine performance by
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Douglas Tirola
Vicki says: “What is unique about Tirola’s extremely well-crafted documentary is that it is told through interviews, tv footage, letters, home movies and audio clips. It traces from his early life to his protesting the Vietnam War and doesn’t shy
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: D'Arcy Drollinger
Starring: Adam Roy | Alaska Thunderfuck | D'Arcy Drollinger | James Arthur M. | Leigh Crow | Manuel Caneri | Nancy French | Seton Brown
Beth C. says: “Directed by D’Arcy Drollinger, this narrative is a hilarious drag queen extravaganza! The cast is phenomenal, all funny. Over the top physical comedy and ridiculous plot twists, the film earns high marks from me this Ptown festival!
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Marion Hill
Starring: Hannah Pepper | Idella Johnson | Lucien Guignard | Sivan Noam Shimon
Beth C. says: “Directed by I don’t care who, is a terrible, terrible film. (Spoilers below) I suppose this film made it into the festival because it was shot in Paris on a lovely property and the characters cast were
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Jon M. Chu
Starring: Anthony Ramos | Corey Hawkins | Daphne Rubin-Vega | Dascha Polanco | Gregory Diaz IV | Jimmy Smitts | Leslie Grace | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Melissa Barrera | Noah Catala | Olga Merediz | Stephanie Beatriz
Michael says: “I’m just sliding this in because I’m the only person I know who didn’t like this film, so don’t listen to me, because it really seems to be universally beloved. I, on the other hand, am apparently a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Starring: Gaby Hoffman | Jon Tenney | Laura Linney | Mark Ruffalo | Matthew Broderick | Rory Culkin
Michael says: “After watching SPOTLIGHT, and ruminating on Mark Ruffalo as an actor, and how people just seem to go gaga over him, but I find him… fine, I decided to go back to the first film I saw him
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dan Chen
Vicki says: “ACCEPTED is a provocative and timely documentary. What makes it stand out is its bizarre number of unexpected turns. Chen follows four students as he begins his profile of the TM Landry Prep school where all students achieve
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: David Gelb
Vicki says: “David Gelb of JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI fame now turns his camera on Wolfgang Puck. Puck began cooking for celebrities and then became a celebrity chef. We learn quite a bit about Wolfgang in this well-done profile of
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