Queen Bees (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Michael Lembeck
Starring: Alec Mapa | Ann-Margret | Christopher Lloyd | Ellen Burstyn | French Stewart | James Caan | Jane Curtin | Loretta Devine
Censor (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Prano Bailey-Bond
Starring: Adrian Schiller | Michael Smiley | Niamh Algar | Nicholas Burns | Sophia La Porta | Vincent Franklin
Jeff says: “A woman charged with walking a fine line in deciding which of the scenes in the continuously and uniformly brutal movies she evaluates cross that line and must be cut is asked to watch one from a legendary
Read the review...Queen of Spades (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Patrick White
Starring: Ava Preston | Eric Osborne | Jamie Bloch | Kaelen Ohm | Krista Marchand | Nabil Rajo
Gully (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Nabil Elderkin
Starring: Amber Heard | Charlie Plummer | Jacob Latimore | John Corbett | Jonathan Majors | Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Robin Givens | Terrence Howard
Boy Meets Boy (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.25
Director: Daniel Sanchez Lopez
Starring: Alexandros Koutsoulis | Matthew James Morrison
Cheryl says: “Although it can easily been compared to both Andrew Haigh’s WEEKEND and Richard Linklater’s BEFORE series, for me this beautifully shot film felt more like an early Godard meditation on life, love, and sex. Harry, played by Matthew
Read the review...False Positive (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: John Lee
Starring: Gretchen Mol | Ilana Glazer | Josh Hamilton | Justin Theroux | Lucy Walters | Pierce Brosnan
Michael says: “In the tradition of a creepy, slow burn horror/thriller, FALSE POSITIVE successfully balances the dark tone with a lighter b-horror tone to tell a story of genetics and the patriarchy out of control. What starts off as bit
Read the review...Peace by Chocolate (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jonathan Keijser
Starring: Ayham Abou Ammar | Hatem Ali | Kathryn Kirkpatrick | Mark Camacho | Mark Hachem | Najlaa Al Khamri | Yara Sabri
Michael says: “This gentle story about a Syrian refugee family who find refuge and success in Nova Scotia is based on a true story, and reminiscent thematically of the Broadway music, Come from Away. After the bombing of the family
Read the review...Souad (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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
Read the review...No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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
Read the review...Wu Hai (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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