Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Sean Gannet
Starring: Greyson Cage | Jeremy Sisto | Kevin Chapman | Neil Brown Jr. | Nicky Whelan | Ryan Canale
Chris says: “The poster and the premise might lead one to expect another low-budget, mean-streets-of-Boston crime drama; thankfully, this goes a little deeper than that set-up. 25 years after a traumatic event that we only see fragments of until its full
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Kate Tsang
Starring: chech | Jae Suh Park | Keith Powell | Leonardo Nam | Lucy DeVito | Miya Cech | Rhea Perlman
Chris says: “An unlikely friendship develops between 13-year-old Sammy (Miya Cech), who has been acting out in the year following her mom’s death and Margot (Rhea Perlman), an eccentric, older magician who becomes her mentor. Director Kate Tsang’s feature debut
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Alex Camilleri
Starring: David Scicluna | Frida Cauchi | Jesmark Scicluna | Michela Farrugia | Stephen Buhagiar | Uday McLean
Bob says: “A luzzu is a tiny Maltese fishing boat, only about 3 meters long, brightly painted and with eyes adorning the bow. Jesmark’s luzzu has been in his family for generations, and it shows — both in the imprint
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Celeste Bell | Paul Sng
Chris says: “As the female, biracial lead singer for the British punk band X-Ray Spex, Poly Styrene was an undeniable trailblazer: self-styled and decked out in braces, she sang/shouted her own provocative lyrics and was briefly a counterculture star. This is
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Albert Birney | Kentucker Audley
Starring: Constance Shulman | Grace Glowicki | Kentucker Audley | Linas Phillips | Penny Fuller | Reed Birney
Chris says: “I knew I adored this film about ten minutes in when the title card appeared (let’s just say it involves an ice cream cone.) It’s quirky for sure, set in a near-future where dreams are taxed by the
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Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Ana de la Reguera | Dave Bautista | Ella Purnell | Garret Dillahunt | Hiroyuki Sanada | Nora Arnezeder | Omari Hardwick | Theo Rossi | Tig Notaro
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Robert Machoian
Starring: Avery Pizzuto | Barbara Whinnery | Chris Coy | Clayne Crawford | Noah Krershisnik | Sepideh Moafi
Bob says: “David and Niki are a married couple in a small rural town in Utah. They got married right after high school, and have a teenaged daughter and three younger sons. Things are not great in the marriage. They’re
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Director: Caroline Link
Starring: Carla Juri | Justus von Dohnányi | Marinus Hohmann | Oliver Masucci | Riva Krymalowski | Ursula Werner
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Robert Connolly
Starring: Bruce Spence | Eric Bana | Genevieve O'Reilly | John Polson | Julia Blake | Keir O'Donnell | William Zappa
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Luke Holland
