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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Robert Woods
Starring: Daniel Buckle | Evan Williams | Mary Soudi | Nadia Collins | Naomi Brockwell | St John Cowcher | Tristan McInnes
Brett says: “AN IDEAL HOST is a horror-comedy feature film debut from director Robert Woods that has cult classic written all over it. As part of many raucous midnight festival screening events, I must say that the audiences at those
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Peter Collins Campbell
Starring: Aubin Wise | Martha Brown | Morgan Campbell | Nate Wise | Odinaka Malachi Ezeokoli
Brett says: “‘This place isn’t like anything. It’s like the absence of things.’ “The debut feature film DIMLAND is Peter Collins Campbell’s exploration into lost youth and disappointment with idle maturity. Highly understated, the film guides audiences to its central
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Christopher Alender
Starring: AJ Bowen | Andrea Cortés | Brigitte Kali Canales | Julia Vera | Sal Lopez | Weston Meredith
Brett says: “This is a tale of possession lodged in brujeria lore in which protagonist Cristina is discovered by locals after visiting to report on local tribal customs in an isolated region of Veracruz. Immediately, she is taken into custody
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Wes Hurley
Starring: Dan Lauria | Hersh Powers | Jonathan Bennett | Lea DeLaria | Marya Sea Kaminski | Sera Barbieri | Tyler Bocock
Michael says: “This stylized autobiography of a precocious gay boy growing up in Russia, his mail-order bride mother, and their escape to American is sweet and clever, with a few awkward moments, but overall and entertaining jaunt. The first half
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Onur Tukel
Starring: Annie McCain Engman | Edward Carnevale | Kevin Corrigan | Max Casella | Natalie Carter | Richard Mark Jordan | Thomas Jay Ryan
Brett says: “From CATFIGHT director Onur Tukel comes a film generated out of the pandemic, and at the time of this writing, it sits at the top of the list among the many pandemic-inspired and topical films I’ve seen so far.
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Isaac Rathé
Starring: Aaron Hrastovec | Leo Yako | Lucas Tommy Youkhana
Brett says: “A do-it-yourself thriller-comedy that throws back to Spielberg’s made-for-television DUEL, this film is a microscopic budget first feature that tosses out the tractor-trailer vs. automobile and inserts a motorboat and kayak instead. The absurdity of that concept is
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Emily Branham
Chris says: “BeBe Zahara Benet won the first season of RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE, but that was back in 2009 when the show’s cultural footprint was comparatively microscopic to now. Although Benet has reemerged in the spotlight, thanks to a final four
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Sally Aitken
Michael says: “This fascinating Australian documentary illuminated for me that fascinating and inspiring life of Valerie Taylor. Today, Valerie is 85, and she is still fighting battles on behalf of the underwater world, a staunch marine conservationist with a most
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Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Natalie Morales
Starring: Desean Terry | Mark Duplass | Natalie Morales
Michael says: “A clever premise and a surprising twist turned LANGUAGE LESSONS, shot during the pandemic through videochat, an incredibly affecting and effective story. As a gift, Adam’s husband gives him weekly Spanish lessons online, taught immersively by Cariño, a native
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Ludovic Boukherma | Zoran Boukherma
Starring: Alain Boitel | Anthony Bajon | Christine Gautier | Guillaume Mattera | Jean-Michel Ricart | Ludovic Torrent | Noémie Lvovsky
“TEDDY is a modern take on werewolf lore and is set for release next week in French theaters. The film’s title protagonist is a young man in his early 20s that is still very much lost in the world. He
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