Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Amy C. Elliott
Diane says: “Yes, your town’s dump may have a swap area, but to find an “open dump” SALVAGE’s director had to go outside North America. This doc explores thrift, sustainability, consumerism, and gleaning (Agnes Varda!). “Six hundred gleaners regularly visit
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Alex Ross Perry
Starring: Agyness Deyn | Ashley Benson | Cara Delevingne | Dan Stevens | Dylan Gelula | Elisabeth Moss | Gayle Rankin
Brett says: “Equal parts messy and well-crafted, out of this year’s many films to feature the trials and pitfalls of singer stardom, this one will takes the prize for most unique and likely the most authentic. This particular film carries
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Rungano Nyoni
Starring: Boniventure | Brisky | Chichi | Gloria Huwiler | Joytay | Lee | Maggie Mulubwa | Mandalina | Obvious Cube | Patricia Carreira
Thom says: “This film is a haunting and unforgettable experience. That it is supposedly based on some sort of reality makes it all that more disturbing. At my age it’s quite hard to shock me in any way but this
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Riley Stearns
Starring: Alessandro Nivola | Imogen Poots | Jesse Eisenberg | Phillip Andre Botello | Steve Terada
Julie says: “I had the pleasure of seeing THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE (TAOSD) at the Coolidge as part of the IFF Boston 2019. It was a late showing (~9:40 pm) and the previous movie left me dosing off at one
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Ryan White
Diane says: “Such a great subject—the 90-year-old sex therapist—so the doc is bound to be enjoyable. With Westheimer’s frank manner and tiny frame suffusing the film, the only directorial missteps are some unattractive animation for childhood scenes, paired with narration
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz | Dakota Johnson | Doris Hick | Ingrid Caven | Jessica Harper | Malgorzata Bela | Mia Goth | Sylvie Testud | Tilda Swinton
Thom says: “I was truly thrilled to recall that this received 6 Chlotrudis nominations for year-end honors in 2019. While it failed to win any of the coveted awards the recognition was noteworthy and well-deserved. Inbal Weinberg for Production Design,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Madeleine Olnek
Starring: Amy Seimetz | Brett Gelman | Jackie Monahan | Kevin Seal | Molly Shannon | Susan Ziegler
Chris says: “Since it plays like a clunky SNL sketch at times, I wasn’t expecting to like this odd little film in the end, but I kinda did. I only appreciated what it was attempting once I realized Mabel Todd’s
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Michael Tyburski
Starring: Austin Pendleton | Bruce Altman | Peter Sarsgaard | Rashida Jones | Tina Benko | Tony Revolori
Chris says: “Conceived with Peter Sarsgaard in mind, this indie where he portrays a cerebral NYC ‘house tuner’ (calibrating frequencies in clients’ homes in order to effect their moods) begins strongly and ends memorably–shame about what comes in between, however,
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Director: Liza Mandelup
Julie says: “Offline, Austyn Tester is a 16-year-old boy from a poor family in Tennessee who lives in a small house with his mother and brother. Online, he’s something between a motivational speaker and a boy band heartthrob. Austyn’s charisma
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Peter Strickland
Starring: Caroline Catz | Gwendoline Christie | Julian Barratt | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Sidse Babett Knudsen
Brett says: “While I tend to label this as a “must watch” it might be more accurately described as “I am so fortunate to know this movie exists.” Not a piece that will tickle everyone’s fancy, director of the strange
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