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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats | 4.125 cats
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: documentray
Jason says: “Michael Moore is likely the world’s best-known documentary filmmaker, and that is an obvious double-edged sword; while his first new film in years will certainly bring in one group of fans, the very fact that it’s from him
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Starring: Adrian Purcarescu | Corneliu Cozme | Nicodim Toma | Toma Cuzin
Jason says: “Even the titles of Corneliu Porumboiu’s best-known recent films – 12;08 EAST OF BUCHAREST and POLICE, ADJECTIVE – are focused on a sort of precision that can sometimes be maddening and THE TREASURE, (‘Comoara’ in the original Romanian)
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Roar Uthaug
Starring: Ane Dahl Torp | Edith Haagenrud-Sande | Jonas Hoff Oftebro | Kristoffer Joner
Jason says: “It’s odd but fortunate that THE WAVE is getting an American theatrical release; it’s the sort of international genre film that tends to go straight to video-on-demand and maybe doesn’t even get a Region A Blu-ray. It’s understandable,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Jason says: “As a film, TOUCHED WITH FIRE sometimes struggles with being bipolar in one of the ways that its characters do, seemingly wanting to claim it as a source of creativity even if the connection is shaky, while the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Maren Ade
Starring: Michael Wittenborn | Peter Simonischek | Sandra Hüller
Brett says: “TONI ERDMANN is a comedic drama containing a premise that might seem similar to a large number of films, but this is a film that relies on a subtle characterization and timely humor as its backbone, opposed to
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Matt Sobel
Starring: Azura Skye | Josh Hamilton | Logan Miller | Richard Schiff | Robin Weigert | Ursula Parker
Bruce says: “Saying director Matt Sobel is fond of the McGuffin would be a gross understatement. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER is a film that in no way is what it seems. First off, while Don (Richard Schiff) and Cindy
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Jafar Panahi
Bruce says: “So cleverly crafted is Jafar Panahi’s TAXI that it could easily be mistaken for a documentary. Winner of the 2015 Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, TAXI is another creative response from Panahi (THIS IS NOT A
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Stephen Fingleton
Starring: Andrew Simpson | Martin McCann | Mia Goth | Olwen Fouere
Jason says:”There are several types of survivalist in stories t hat take place after the collapse of civilization, from the gregarious fellow who knows how to live off the land and aims to share that knowledge and bounty to the
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Rating: 5 cats
Bruce says: “While not exactly covering new territory in terms of content,SUMMERTIME is a satisfying coming-of-age lesbian drama because of the carefully-crafted characters, beautifully brought to life by its three main actors – Izϊa Higelin, Cécile de France and Noémie
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Alberto Marini
Starring: Andrés Velencoso | Diego Boneta | Jocelin Donahue | Maiara Walsh
Jason says: “From the title alone, it’s pretty clear that SUMMER CAMP is not exactly likely to break new ground as a horror movie, but there’s plenty of hope that it may do a familiar thing well, and the 81-minute
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