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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Debbie Lum
Julie says: “Focuses on Lowell High School, a top public high school in San Francisco. The seniors there are stressed out as they apply for their dream colleges. They scrutinize how every element of their application from classes, extracurricular activities
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kristian Petri | Kristina Lindström
Julie says: “Documentary about Bjorn Andresen and the effects of fame thrust upon him when he was cast in Luchino Visconti’s 1971 film Death In Venice Story at just 15. His past and present are more interesting than one might
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Hal Holbrook | Jane Fonda | Jason Robards | Maximilian Schell | Meryl Streep | Rosemary Murphy | Vanessa Redgrave
Philip says: “There exist a handful of films I watch so many times with such intensity I imagine the next scene a moment before it arrives on the screen. Such is my experience with JULIA, the 1977 adaptation of the
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