63 Up (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Michael Apted
Tel Aviv on Fire (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Sameh Zoabi
Starring: Kais Nashif | Lubna Azabal | Maisa Abd Elhadi | Yaniv Biton
Michael says: “This is a fun comedy about the creative team of a Palestinian soap opera. Salam gets a job on the set of this television show which is run by his Uncle.. He’s hired because he’s fluent in Hebrew
Read the review...Rafiki (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Wanuri Kahiu
Starring: Charlie Karumi | Neville Misati | Nice Githinji | Samantha Mugatsia
Bacurau (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Juliano Dornelles | Kleber Mendonça Filho
Starring: Bárbara Colen | Silvero Pereira | Sonia Braga | Thardelly Lima | Thomas Aquino
Chris says: “Kleber Mendonça Filho’s previous film AQUARIUS was an ideal vehicle for actress Sonia Braga who played a woman fighting to keep real estate developers from decimating her longtime home. In this follow-up (co-directed with Juliano Dornelles), Braga has
Read the review...Lost & Found (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Liam O Mochain
Starring: Aoibhin Garrihy | Brendan Conroy | Liam O Mochain | Norma Sheahan
Chris says: “An Irish indie centered on seven linked tales at a train station lost-and-found office that’s as charming as it is slight (which, alas, dampens the charm somewhat.) The interconnected story structure has been executed far more swiftly elsewhere,
Read the review...Avenues (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Michael Angarano
Starring: Adelaide Clemens | Ari Graynor | Michael Angarano | Nicholas Braun
Michael says: “Cute, nicely made film written and directed by prolific young actor Michael Angarano, about Max, a young man celebrating his 25th birthday, a month after his older brother had killed himself. He’s a bit at a loss, so
Read the review...Colewell (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.4
Director: Tom Quinn
Starring: Craig Walker | Hannah Gross | Karen Allen | Kevin J. O'Connor
Michael says: “What a lovely and beautiful film, written and directed by Tom Quinn. It’s a quiet film, with lots of moments of stillness, which is part of the point. Nora is a postal worker, who lives alone in the
Read the review...Hell on the Border (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Wes Miller
Starring: David Gyasi | Frank Grillo | Ron Perlman | Zahn McClarnon
Head Count (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Elle Callaghan
Starring: Ashleigh Morghan | Bevin Bru | Isaac Jay | Jay Lee
Ready or Not (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin | Tyler Gillett
Starring: Adam Brody | Andie MacDowell | Henry Czerny | Kristian Bruun | Mark O'Brien | Melanie Scrofano | Samara Weaving
Thom says: “If you’re looking for a late summer trashy treat you could certainly do worse than this fun little horror romp. When middle-class Grace (a gorgeous Samara Weaving, Hugo’s niece, you’ll remember her from ASH vs EVIL DEAD) marries
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