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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.2 cats
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Elisabeth Moss | James Purefoy | Jeremy Irons | Keeley Hawes | Luke Evans | Sienna Miller | Tom Hiddleston
Jason says: “HIGH-RISE carries so many illustrious pedigrees, such as the novel by science fiction author J.G. Ballard, and a committed performance by star Tom Hiddleston, and its press notes are filled with so many adjectives such as ‘ambitious’ and
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Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Starring: Alia Shawkat | Anton Yelchin | Callum Turner | David W.Thompson | Joe Cole | Mark Webber
Jeff says: “The next movie from director Jeremy Saulnier, responsible for 2013’s BLUE RUIN, GREEN ROOM once again throws a bunch of regular guys into horrific circumstances (heroin-manufacturing Nazi skinheads, homicidal dogs), and lets them improvise a way out (as
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Rating: 1.75
Director: Jing Wong
Starring: Andy Lau | Jacky Cheung Hok-yau | Kimmy Tong Fei | Nick Cheung Ka-fai | Shawn Yue Man-lok
Jason says: “When I saw the first FROM VEGAS TO MACAU at a festival a couple years ago, I figured that I was just a victim of bad expectations, not prepared for something so silly, especially thinking of Chow Yun-fat
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Starring: Benjamin Utzerath | Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | Vincent Nemeth
Bruce says “As he did with the Hermitage in RUSSIAN ARK, Sokurov takes on the Louvre mixing art, history and folklore. In spite of meandering – as a Sokurov film is wont to do – the focus ultimately settles on
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Director: Jake Mahaffy
Starring: David Harewood | Edwina Findley Dickerson | Kathy Smith | Rajay Chandler
Chris says: “Not sure if this will get any kind of distribution, but this IFFBoston title blew me away with its intensity, neorealism, and nuanced approach to its subject matter. It concerns a storefront Pentecostal church in Memphis and a
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jonathan Hock
Jason says: “The professional sports industry churns out a tremendous amount of non-fiction films every year, and the number is probably only going up with the sheer number of cable sports channels with time to fill, especially during the off-season.
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jason Bateman
Starring: Christopher Walken | Jason Bateman | Kathryn Hahn | Nicole Kidman
Michael says: “Just watched a pretty accomplished film called THE FAMILY FANG, starring Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman, directed by Bateman. This offbeat tale looks at the Fang family, led by a pair of performance artists who put their two
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Gavin Hood
Starring: Aaron Paul | Aisha Takow | Alan Rickman | Armaan Haggio | Barkhad Abdi | Helen Mirren | Phoebe Fox
Jason says: “What one often reads about Unmanned Aerial Vehicle strikes may lead such a person to believe that the way concern about collateral damage drives EYE IN THE SKY marks it as a fantasy, as does the stark, immediate
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Claire Carré
Starring: Greta Fernandez | Iva Gocheva | Jason Ritter | Roberto Cots | Silvan Friedman | Tucker Smallwood
Jason says: “The shots of present-day ruins that open EMBERS are a reminder of sorts that worlds end all the time, on the scale of individual hopes and dreams, though those tiny apocalypses are often part of a greater calamity.
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Director: Peter Greenaway
Starring: Cristina Velasco Lozano | Elmer Bäck | Jakob Öhrman | José Montini | Luis Alberti | Rasmus Slätis
Jeff says: “If Peter Greenaway is your cup of tea, you’ll rank this right up there with his best. As usual his painterly eye makes for some gorgeous visuals, and Elmer Bäck creates a wonderfully louche Eisenstein.” Bruce says:
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