Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Shatara Michelle Ford
Starring: Amani Starnes | Ben Levin | Brittany S. Hall | Caroline Bloom | Drew Fuller | Gail Bean | Will Brill
Michael says: “This chilling, or perhaps sobering films leaves quite a lasting impression. Renesha is out dancing at a bar with her girlfriends. Evan starts to dance with her at at the end of the night he asks asks for
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Roseanne Liang
Starring: Benedict Wall | Beulah Koale | Callan Mulvey | Chloë Grace Moretz | Nick Robinson | Taylor John Smith
Jeff says: “My 10-year-old Mom could have watched SHADOW IN THE CLOUD serialized on the screen at the Billings movie theater where she spent many of her Saturday afternoons. The cliffhangers, the edge-of-the-seat thrills, the non-stop action, the heroism and
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Director: Lynne Sachs
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Naomi Kawase
Starring: Aju Makita | Arata Iura | Hiroko Nakajima | Hiromi Nagasaku | Ren Komai | Reo Sato | Takato Tanaka | Tetsu Hirahara
Michael says: “There’s something about a mother that stirs up emotions. A mother fighting for her child is a force to be reckoned with. In TRUE MOTHERS, Japanese director Naomi Kawase gently and thoughtfully explores the conflict between two women and
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Director: Stéphanie Chuat | Véronique Reymond
Starring: Jens Albinus | Lars Eidinger | Marthe Keller | Nina Hoss | Thomas Ostermeier
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Noah Hutton
Starring: Arliss Howard | Babe Howard | Dean Imperial | Dora Madison | Frank Wood | Ivory Aquino | James McDaniel | Madeline Wise
Michael says: “I’ve got a nice start on my 2021 films now that I’ve wrapped up my nomination viewing. I recently watched the amusing and nicely done LAPSIS through the Brattle Theatre’s virtual cinema. For his feature debut, writer/director Noah
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Valentyn Vasyanovych
Starring: Andriy Rymaruk | Lily Hyde | Liudmyla Bileka | Vasyl Antoniak
Michael says: “ATLANTIS is the Ukraine’s 2021 entry to the Oscars. A simple, straight-forward story that tells a grim tale set four years in the future with glimmer of hope in the form of love. While efforts are underway to
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Director: Matthew Heineman
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Steve James
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Ceyda Torun
