You Should Have Left (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: David Koepp
Starring: Amanda Seyfried | Avery Tiiu Essex | Colin Blumenau | Kevin Bacon
Yes, God, Yes (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Karen Maines
Starring: Alisha Boe | Francesca Reale | Natalia Dyer | Susan Blackwell | Timothy Simons | Wolfgang Novogratz
Chris says: “As someone who had to attend a Catholic school retreat or two as a teen, what’s depicted here feels more heightened and strident than my own experiences, but I was so entertained by Timothy Simons as a bearded
Read the review...Family Romance, LLC (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Ishii Yuichi | Mahiro Tanimoto | Miki Fujimaki | Takashi Nakatani
Diane says: “Werner Herzog is an odd duck, isn’t he? He comes upon an outré topic and treats it like no one else would. In FAMILY ROMANCE LLC (4 cats) Herzog takes off from a magazine story by a former
Read the review...The 11th Green (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Christopher Munch
Starring: Agnes Bruckner | Campbell Scott | George Gerdes | Leith M. Burke
Diane says: “UFO fans (like my sweetheart) will enjoy Christopher Munch’s feature THE 11TH GREEN, and its insistence that the U.S government has squelched evidence of alien encounters for over 70 years. Even our presidents can’t overrule the military cabal
Read the review...Miss Juneteenth (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples
Starring: Akron Watson | Alexis Chikaeze | Kendrick Sampson | Lori Hayes | Nicole Beharie
Michael says: “MISS JUNETEENTH tells the story of Turquoise, a mother whose dreams fell short of reality after winning the Miss Juneteenth pageant which offered her a scholarship to any historically black college of her choice. Now she wants her
Read the review...Yesterday (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ellise Chappell | Himesh Patel | Lily James | Sophia Di Martino
Thom says: “Oh dear, amidst Danny Boyle’s really great films including SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, TRAINSPOTTING, 127 HOURS, & SUNSHINE there was always the stench of mediocrity in THE BEACH, A LIFE LESS ORDINARY, & TRANCE, & while YESTERDAY isn’t as bad
Read the review...Late Night (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Starring: Emma Thompson | Hugh Dancy | John Lithgow | Mindy Kaling
Thom says: “I had rather high expecta tions for this film, but still was thrilled at how much I enjoyed it. Director Ganatra has had lots of television experience, but previously her features were lackluster. But a great (if cookie-cutter)
Read the review...Drag Kids (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Megan Wennberg
Thom says: “This was being offered for free by PrimeVideo so I decided why not. Earlier in my life, even though I’ve always been gay, I wasn’t particularly interested in drag queens until I discovered the incomparable Divine, whom I
Read the review...School’s Out (2018)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Sébastien Marnier
Starring: Emmanuelle Bercot | Laurent Lafitte | Luàna Bajrami | Pascal Greggory | Victor Bonnel
Thom says: “Director Marnier has made only one previous unseen feature FAULTLESS (2016) so I had no idea what to expect here & I was enthralled with this dark surprise. The film largely takes place within the confines of a
Read the review...Mrs. Hyde (2018)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Serge Bozon
Starring: Adda Senani | Isabelle Huppert | José Garcia | Romain Duris
Thom says: “As you’d suspect from the title this is yet another take on the supposed-classic Robert Louis Stevenson DR. JECKYLL & MR. HYDE shape-shifting horror novel. With so many examples of previous attempts to capture the essence of the
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