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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Bing Liu
Chris says: “Man, this movie… it just *wrecked* me, even though it’s not necessarily a tragedy (while still covering a lot of sensitive stuff). It captures both the euphoria and turmoil (and every emotion in between) of everyday life via
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Augustine Frizzell
Starring: Atheena Frizzell | Camila Morrone | Joel Allen | Kendal Smith | Kyle Mooney | Maia Mitchell | Matthew Holcomb
Chris says: “Less the Gen-Z GHOST WORLD it wants to be than a distaff, sillier, low-budget SUPERBAD. Upped half a notch for inspired use of a certain Michael Bolton song. Camila Morrone, however, is nearly as good as a young
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jean-Pierre | Luc Dardenne
Starring: Adele Haenel | Fabrizione Rongione | Jérémie Renier | Marc Zinga | Olivier Bonnaud | Olivier Gourmet
Thom says: “This Dardenne project was nominated for a Buried Treasure Award for Chlotrudis and I approached this with my usual cautiously optimistic view. These Belgian brothers have been highly lauded throughout their careers with numerous international world-class festival awards,
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Starring: Ann LeuVoy | Dylan Gelula | Elizabeth Trieu | Haley Lu Richardson | Krista Hayes | Regina Hall | Zoe Graham
Chris says “Building on the underrated RESULTS, Andrew Bujalski’s sixth feature might be his most satisfying one to date. Using a Hooter’s-like restaurant called Double Whammie’s as its unlikely setting, he portrays what amounts to a makeshift workplace family that
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Sandi Tan
Chris says: “As a 19-year-old student in her native Singapore, Sandi Tan wrote and starred in an independent feature film she made with her friends and her much older male mentor, but it was never finished, as said mentor absconded
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Chloé Zhao
Starring: Brady Jandreau | Cat Cliffortd | Leroy Pourier | Lily Jandreau | Mooney | Tim Jandreau
Chris says: “At a time when filmmaking is more accessible than ever, it’s heartening to still see real talent emerge. Chloe Zhao has such a firm handle on what she’s trying to depict and express in this film about Native
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Director: Etienne Comar
Starring: Bea Palya | Bimbam Merstein | Cécile de France | Gabriel Mireté | Johnny Montreuil | Reda Kateb
Julie says: “I really liked this one! Great acting, pd,cin,use of music,story…..very well done and very interesting. I had no ideaa about the life and struggles of this famous musician. “One interesting side note is that when I was in
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Chris Metzler | Jeff Springer | Quinn Costello
Chris says: “Further proof that one can make a movie about *anything*–in this case, twenty-plus pound swamp rats (technical name: nutria) infesting coastal Louisiana and beyond. Fun, educational (Wendell Pierce should narrate everything) and not for the squeamish. 3 cats“
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Bo Burnham
Starring: Daniel Zolghadri | Elsie Fisher | Emily Robinson | Fred Hechinger | Imani Lewis | Jake Ryan | Josh Hamilton | Luke Prael | Missy Yager | Thomas John O'Reilly
Chris says: “I can’t overstate how terrific Elsie Fisher is as Kayla, an awkward, average fourteen-year-old who’s quirky enough to stand apart from any other similarly-aged protagonist you’ve seen before and also recognizable to an almost painfully universal degree. Delectably
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: David Moorst | Maxine Peake | Pearce Quigley | Rachel Finnegan | Rory Kinnear | Simona Bitmate | Tom Meredith
Thom says: “This film appears to have been critically overlooked by almost everyone. Mike Leigh has to be considered one of the greatest directors currently working and his huge number of top-rated gems with me rings in at 13, including
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