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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ulrike Tony Vahl
Starring: Clemens Schick | Frida-Lovisa Hamann | Jella Haase | Lukas Miko | Martin Wuttke
Val says: “Tony Vahl’s first feature is a dark, disturbing, gorgeous triumph. She explains that when she was young, her grandmother told her about people from villages around East Germany that ‘went into the water’ right as Germany was about
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Kamila Andini
Starring: Arya Saloka | Christine Hakim | Hana Malsn | Hargi Sundari | Iswadi Pratama | Putri Marino
Michael says: “Both bold, and retro, with a modern twist, writer/director Kamila Andini takes a classic western revenge tale and modernizes it from a feminist point of view and tosses in a dash of mysticism and otherworldliness. Led by a
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Rating: 3.9 cats
Director: Cody Fern
Starring: Dianne Weist | Naomi Watts | Odessa A'zion | Sarah Paulson | Toby Wallace
Michael says: “Fern Cody’s CLOSING NIGHT is a difficult film. It’s also a tear-jerker, and a laugh-out-loud experience. When celebrated stage and film actress Sandra Vale (a tightly wound Sarah Paulson), takes the Broadway stage in ‘Mother Courage and her
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Bertil Nilsson
Starring: Ed White | Joshua Griffin | Lincoln Conway | Reece King | Tega Alexander
Michael says: “Boldy, experimental narrative about a queer, neurodivergent young man’s experiences moving through life. The film is broken up into segments, where Robin tries different roles in life to see how he can fit in as a man. The
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Omar E. Ospina Giraldo
Starring: Amanda Maldonado | Carlos Fernández | Jesus David Reyes | José David Sierra | Jose Sandoval
Val says: “Giraldo’s debut film is a quiet meditation on a series of horrific massacres precipitated by political unrest in Colombia in the 1990s. The horror and violence occurs offscreen, and the audience is left to sit with the children
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Karthik Subbaraj
Starring: Keerthy Suresh | Ramachandran Durairaj | Rishikanth | Sananth | Soundararaja
Val says: “I can’t say enough about DOROTHY. I actually can’t because the midway point features a huge spoiler which will ruin your experience of the film if I reveal it. I can tell you that it defies genres and
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Rating: 3.7 cats
Director: Benjamín Naishtat
Starring: Esteban Bigliardi | Esteban Lamothe | Joaquin Bonadeo | Lali Espósito | Marcelo Subiotto
Val says: “A stunning combination of film noir and the graduate, set in a the political unrest of 50’s Argentina. In a small town south of the capital, a man returns from prison and we are launched into a time-hopping
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Arie Esiri | Chuko Esiri
Starring: Ayo Edeberi | Danny Sapani | David Oyelowo | Nikki Amuka-Bird | Sophie Okonedo
Val says: “Yes to a sumptuous production, vibrant celebration of Nigeria’s diverse landscape, lickable cinematography, gorgeous cast and award-worthy hair, makeup and costume. I very much enjoyed the subtelty and yet undeniable juxtaposition of the privelaged lives of our main
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Kris Rey
Starring: Caleb Hearon | Holmes | Jaboukie Young-White | Jacki Weaver | Zooey Deschanel
Michael says: “My biggest disappointment so far, TRASH MOUNTAIN was a good movie, but I was hoping for something great. When Gavin’s father dies, he must leave his queer community in Chicago to return to rural Missouri to help his
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Mina Shum
Starring: Helen Dang | Isabella Wei | Manny Fernandez | Ming-Na Wen | Tzi Ma
Michael says: “Feel good film about trophy wives from Hong Kong living in America. Yin, played by Isabelle Wei, is fairly newly married to a wealthy IT guru, BT, whose job takes him to Hong Kong for lengthy stints. Her
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