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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ayten Amin
Starring: Basmala Elghaiesh | Bassant Ahmed | Carol Ackad | Hagar Mahmoud | Hussein Ghanem | Sarah Shedid
Michael says: “In SOUAD, writer/director Ayten Amin examines the inherent dichotomy of conservative religion and social media. The film centers on a pair of sister, Souad and Rabab living in a small city north of Cairo, in a two-act structure
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Vivian Kleiman
Michael says: “Vivian Kleiman’s documentary about the emergence of queer comics as an underground force, and eventually as a mainstream pop offering, is a good introduction to the subject. It mainly focuses on some of the pioneers who started the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ziyang Zhou
Starring: Tumen | Xuan Huang | Zishan Yang
Michael says: “Easy money and investments gone wrong power this downward spiral of a film about Yang Hua, a young man flexing his entrepreneurial spirit to make some big money. His first plan, a dinosaur park on the outskirts of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Gaysorn Thavat
Starring: Amelie Baynes | Angus Stevens | Erroll Shand | Essie Davis | Ryan O'Kane | Thomasin McKenzie
Michael says: “Essie Davis is on a roll with portrayals of fierce but flawed mothers protecting their children. She made a big impression in THE BABADOOK, then followed that up with BABYTEETH. Now she tops THE JUSTICE OF BUNNY KING,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Adam Leon
Starring: Claire Buchanan | David Ajala | Lauren Colasanti | Maya Hawke | Simon Brickner | Taylor Clanton | Vanessa Kirby
Michael says: “This is a curious, nearly experimental film that rides mainly on the strength of Vanessa Kirby’s performance. In a dreamlike sojourn through a New York City night, Kirby plays Alina Reynolds, a writer of a collection of short
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Noah Dixon | Ori Segev
Starring: Abdul Seidu | Bobbi Kitten | Drew Johnson | Nick Samson | Rachel Keefe | Sylvie Mix
Michael says: “POSER starts off promisingly enough, with Lennon, a introverted young woman who starts a podcast to profile the indie musicians populating the vibrant Columbus, OH music scene. She attends shows and interviews a variety of musicians, adding in
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Amber Sealey
Starring: Aleksa Palladino | Christian Clemenson | Elijah Wood | Luke Kirby | Robert Patrick
Michael says: “I’m not a fan of movies about serial killers, and I have no interest generally, in getting into their heads to see how their minds work. However I was drawn to Amber Sealey’s NO MAN OF GOD, a
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Delmar Washington
Starring: Bill Engvall | Diamond White | Hart Denton | Loren Gray | Rutina Wesley | Shane West | Skylan Brooks
Michael says: “I don’t see a lot of films about UFO abductions, but NO RUNNING was certainly no THE VAST OF NIGHT. Both films borrow from earlier genres… VAST the radio syndicated program, and NO RUNNING B-movie science fiction, but
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Talya Lavie
Starring: Avigail Harari | Elisha Banai | Meir Suissa | Orly Silbersatz | Ran Danker | Yael Folman
Michael says: “This Israeli film joins the ranks of fun and whacky movies about everything going wrong overnight in a big city. Newlyweds arrive at their luxurious hotel suite after the reception festivities and quickly break down into a fight
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Hannah Marks
Starring: Ben Rosenfield | Hayley Law | Kelli Berglund | Matt Shively | Nik Dodani | Sofia Bryanht
Michael says: “Off to a disappointing start, actor/director Hannah Marks’ second feature explores ethical non-monogamy, a philosophy about relationships that has been growing in popularity among young folks. Unfortunately, Marks said in an interview, it’s not a philosophy that she
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