Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Vasan Bala
Starring: Abhimanyu Dasani | Prateek Parmar | Radhika Madan | Satyajit Ganu
Brett says: “Perhaps a somewhat controversial statement against a film that many will love, the fact that it’s such an easy film to like is exactly what turns me off from it. I have yet to understand how formulaic Bollywood
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Director: Carol Morley
Starring: Aaron Tveit | Jacki Weaver | James Caan | Mamie Gummer | Patricia Clarkson | Toby Jones
Brett says: “When viewing OUT OF BLUE, it’s difficult to believe one is not seeing the film on a low-rate cable channel instead of the big screen. I expected big things out of Patricia Clarkson as a detective unraveling a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Aidan Gillen | Allen Leach | Ben Hardy | Gwilym Lee | Joseph Mazzello | Lucy Boynton | Mike Myers | Rami Malek | Tom Hollander
Thom says: “Here’s the over-produced, super-hyped, hugely successful biopic of Queen, but more importantly Freddie Mercury as ostensibly, there would be no Queen sans Freddie, although, truth to tell, I might wait t o see how well the revitalized Queen
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Isold Uggadottir
Starring: Babetida Sadjo | Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir | Patrik Nökkvi Pétursson
Michael says: “In a moment of rare alignment, my favorite film at the Provincetown Film Festival also won the Audience Choice Award. I truly hope this film gets a domestic release, because it is really well done. This Icelandic film
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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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