5B (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Paul Haggis
15 Minutes of War (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Fred Grivois
Starring: Alban Lenoir | David Murgia | Olga Kurylenko | Sébastien Lalanne
10 Minutes Gone (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Brian A. Miller
Starring: Bruce Willis | Kyle Schmid | Meadow Williams | Michael Chiklis | Texas Battle
7 Days to Vegas (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Eric Balfour
Starring: Eileen Davidson | Paul Walter Hauser | Rose McCall | Vincent Van Patten
Little Woods (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nia DaCosta
Starring: James Badge Dale | Lance Reddick | Lily James | Luke Kirby | Tessa Thompson
Ivy says: “This film is a revelation! A woman-directed, modern, feminist western set in North Dakota starring Tessa Thompson and Lily James. I really don’t want to tell you more. It is one of my favorite films of the year and
Read the review...Parasite (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Starring: Hye-jin Jan | Ji-so Jung | Kang-ho Song | Myeong-hoon Park | Seo-joon Park | So-dam Park | Sun-kyun Lee | Woo-sik Choi | Yeo-jeong Jo
Thom says: “Director Bong Joon Ho has been the darling of international film festivals for years with his varied, dazzling, & inventive stories and techniques. Since the super-fun monster film THE HOST (2006) he’s directed the superb MOTHER (2009), SNOWPIERCER
Read the review...Destroyer (2019)
By Michael Colford
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Karyn Kusama
Starring: Bradley Whitford | Nicole Kidman | Scott McNairy | Sebastian Stan | Tatiana Maslany | Toby Kebbell
Michael says: “Karyn Kusama’s latest film got a bit of a tiny buzz when it was released, around the possibility of Oscar notice because of Nicole Kidman’s strung-out, driven, and totally unglamorous portrayal of Detective Bell, wracked with guilt and
Read the review...Giant Little Ones (2019)
By Michael Colford
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Keith Behrman
Starring: Darren Mann | Josh Wiggins | Kyle MacLachlan | Maria Bello | Niamh Wilson | Taylor Hickson
Michael says: “Okay, what a surprise “I’m on a mission to get my 25 eligible films in, and I’m just coming down with a cold, so I’m not feeling great. So I wanted a movie that was relatively short and
Read the review...Shadow (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Chao Deng | Jingchun Wang | Jun Hu | Li Sun | Qianyuan Wang | Ryan Zheng | Xiaotong Guan
Michael says: “Who knew Zhang Yimou had a new movie out this year? Certainly not me (thanks, Bob!) I’ve loved a lot of Zhang Yimou’s films, both his gorgeous, epics, and his tiny character films. SHADOW is one of the
Read the review...The Lighthouse (2019)
By Chris Kriofske
Rating: 2.75 | 3.5 cats
Director: Robert Eggers
Starring: Robert Pattison | Valeriia Karaman | Willem Dafoe
Chris says: “Enjoyed this a little more than THE WITCH–it’s just as silly, but Eggers’ Lynch/Maddin pretensions are finely tuned and wrought, and a sense of encroaching madness forever drives things forward. DaFoe/Pattinson is also an inspired pairing, and where
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