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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jeff Orlowski
Michael says: “Workshopped at the Sundance Institute, this whistle-blowing documentary about the social media industry was picked up by Netflix. While not all that surprising for anyone who’s paying attention, it’s still pretty chilling as it paints a picture of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Makoto Nagahisa
Starring: Keita Ninomiya | Kuranosuke Sasaki | Mondo Okumura | Rinko Kikuchi | Satoshi Mizuno | Sena Nakajima
Michael says: “The one-line synopsis on the Internet Movie Database for WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES states, ‘Four Japanese orphans form a rock band.’ While that statement is a fact, it barely scratches the surface of this fun, colorful, frankly, insane
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Hong Khaou
Starring: David Tran | Henry Golding | Molly Harris | Parker Sawyers
Michael says: “There’s a bit of a thread between COMING HOME AGAIN and MONSOON. Both deal with Asian families, and particularly sons dealing with the death of parents, and difficulty of accessing emotions. But where COMING HOME AGAIN was more
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Wayne Wang
Starring: Christina July Kim | Jackie Chung | John Lie | Justin Chon
Michael says: “This gentle film about losing a parent was based on an autobiographical ‘New Yorker’ essay written by Chang-Rae Lee, who then co-wrote the screenplay with director Wayne Wang, best known for his adaptation of Amy Tan’s THE JOY LUCK
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Alan Ball
Starring: Judy Greer | Margo Martindale | Paul Bettany | Peter Macdissi | Sophia Lillis | Steve Zahn
Diane says: “I’ll put UNCLE FRANK a notch above a Hallmark movie. An Amazon original by Alan Ball (screenplay, AMERICAN BEAUTY), this 1970s-set drama uses the perspective of adolescent Beth (well played by Sophia Lillis) who yearns for something more
Read the review...By Michael Colford
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: David Gulpilil | Frederick Parslow | Nandjiwarra Amagula | Olivia Hamnett | Richard Chamberlain | Vivean Gray
Michael says: “There’s something about a Peter Weir film that appeals to me… even if I don’t like the film overall. Case in point: I’m not a fan of DEAD POET’S SOCIETY in the least, but I can’t deny the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Daniel Cockburn
Starring: Anand Rajaram | Nadia Capone | Nadia Litz | R.D. Reid | Tracy Wright
Michael says: “I was reading a negative review of TRIGGER, Bruce McDonald’s spiritual sequel to HARD CORE LOGO, starring Molly Parker and Tracy Wright, when a line caught my eye. Paraphrased, it something to the effect of while TRIGGER was
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Rating: 3.6
Director: Fernando Frias
Starring: Adriana Arbelaes | Coral Puente | Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño | Leo Zapata | Sophia Metcalf | Xueming Angelina Chen
Diane says: “In a part of Mexico wracked with violent gangs, Ulises is the leader of a group of young dancers, Los Terkos. Day after day they get together to hone their moves to cumbia, slowed-down Colombian songs. Ulises is
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Director: Michael Angelo Covino
Starring: Gayle Rankin | Judith Godrèche | Kyle Marvin | Michael Angelo Covino | Talia Balsam
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Paul Leyden
Starring: Bella Thorne | Dulcé Sloan. Kevin Connolly | Malin Akerman
