Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Shalini Kantayya
Michael says: “This film couldn’t have been released at a better time as it explores the problematic uses and misuses of facial recognition, applied algorithms, artificial intelligence, and bias. But best of all it introduced me to Joy Buolamwini, a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Adam Jones | Darby Duffin
Michael says: “Filmmakers do a great job weaving multiple narratives into a cohesive story about the fishing industry from ocean to plate. From Gloucester, MA to Norway, Japan, Montauk NY, Washington DC, Wellfleet, and Los Angeles, this film manages to
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Filippo Meneghetti
Starring: Barbara Sukowa | Jérôme Varanfrain | Léa Drucker | Martine Chevallier
Michael says: “Two older, retired women who have been romantically involved for the past twenty years live in neighboring apartments. They plan to move to Italy to live out the remainder of their lives together now that Madeleine has become
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Director: Scott Speer
Starring: Alexandra Shipp | DeRon Horton | Ian Tracey | Nicholas Hamilton
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Eugene Kotlyarenko
Starring: David Arquette | Joe Keery | Kyle Mooney | Sasheer Zamata
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Amanda McBaine | Jesse Moss
Chris says: “I’m often drawn to documentaries that focus on a subculture or an event that I personally would never, ever want to participate in, like this conference of a thousand teenage boys from Texas who come together in state
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Director: Robin Pront
Starring: Annabelle Wallis | Charlotte Lindsay Marron | Hero Fiennes Tiffin | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Sanyuan Peng
Starring: Andy Lau | Boran Jing | Sandra Kwan Yue Ng | Tony Ka Fai Leung
Thom says: “It’s rather disconcerting to me that this excellent film from China took such a circuitous route to my viewing pleasure. First-time director Peng might have been a minor problem, but must-see Andy Lau is an in international superstar.
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Radu Jude
Starring: Dana Marineci | Ivana Mladenovic | Lucian Teodor Rus | Serban Pavu
Thom says: “I’m roaring around my brain trying to discover who recommended this superlative film fare to me. While Jude is an established director in Romania I’ve only seen one of his 7 other full-length fiction films AFERIM!, which didn’t
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Julia Reichert | Steven Bognar
Starring: Junming 'Jimmy' Wang | Robert Allen | Sherrod Brown
Diane says: “I guess I was mistaken that AMERICAN FACTORY was eligible, but anyway… This documentary played me like a pinball. It brought out my prejudices, made me question my values, and gave me a lot of angst. Directors Bognar
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