Child 44 (Czech Republic/UK/Romania; 127 min.) directed by: Daniel Espinosastarring: Tom Hardy; Noomi Rapace; Fares Fares; Joel Kinnaman; Gary Oldman; Paddy Considine Jason says: “The name of CHILD 44 and the trailer that emphasizes the serial-killer aspects of the movie
Read the review...The Chinese Mayor (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hao Zhou
Jason says: “Here in Boston, we’ve recently been threatened with hosting the Olympics, and though the recent experience of the Big Dig should really have the whole city threatening to string up whoever first thought this was a good idea,
Read the review...Chappie (2015)
Chappie (USA/Mexico; 120 min.) directed by: Neil Blomkampstarring: Sharlto Copley; Dev Patel; Hugh Jackman; Sigourney Weaver; Ninja; Yo-Landi Visser Thom says: “Nearly all my friends had loved Blomkamp’s earlier South African Sci-fi blast DISTRICT 9 & ELYSIUM wasn’t half-bad, and
Read the review...C’est Si Bon (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hyun-seok Kim
Starring: Hee-ae Kim | Hyo-joo Han | Hyun-Sung Jang | Jin Goo | oon-seok Kim | Woo Jung
Jason says: “There is a little bit of Korean text at the start and end of C’EST SI BON left untranslated (at least on the local theater’s DCP) that likely says something along the lines of it being based upon
Read the review...Catch Me Daddy (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Daniel Wolfe
Jason says: “CATCH ME DADDY opens with a poem/folk tale about its Yorkshire setting, fitting enough but a bit surprising, as the story is driven by people and traditions that arrived in the UK from elsewhere. On the other hand,
Read the review...Carol (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Todd Haynes
Bruce says: “CAROL, based on the autobiographically inspired Sapphic novel, The Price of Salt, by Patricia Highsmith, is terrific. That said, it should be noted that here form triumphs magnificently over content, rarely the case for me. The story is
Read the review...Cash Only (2015)
Cash Only (USA/Albania; 91 min.) directed by: Malik Baderstarring: Nickola Shreli ; Maia Noni; Stivi Paskoski; Danijela Stajnfeld Jason says: “There are a lot of actors where following the usual advice to ‘write what you know’ will not get them
Read the review...Call Me Lucky (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Jason says: “It’s common to ask whether someone other than the person that wound up making a movie could have done so, but I think it’s a fair question with CALL ME LUCKY. Subject Barry Crimmins and director Bobcat Goldthwait
Read the review...Cake (2015)
Cake (USA; 102 min.) directed by: Daniel Barnzstarring: Jennifer Anniston; Adriana Barraza; Sam Worthington; Mamie Gummer; Felicity Huffman Kyle says: “There are way too many movies out there with little or no redeeming merit. Sitting down to watch a movie
Read the review...Buzzard (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Joel Potrykus
Kyle says: “BUZZARD is the story of a slacker and scam artist who does not get his comeuppance. I propose it as the first in an offshoot of the Slacker Genre called the Quadruple A Scam Artist Sub-Genre: Amoral, Asocial,
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