Blood of My Blood (Italy/France/Switzerland; 106 min.) directed by: Marco Bellocchiostarring: Roberto Herlitzka; Pier Giorgio Bellocchio; Alba Rohrwacher; Lidiya Liberman; Federica Fracassi Bruce says: “My patience runs thin with self-indulgent films that appear to be the result of adolescent fantasies
Read the review...Black Sea (2015)
Black Sea (UK/USA/Russia; 114 min.) directed by: Kevin MacDonaldcast: Jude Law; Scoot McNairy; Ben Mendelsohn; Sergey Veksler; David Threlfall; Sergey Puskepalis; Grigoriy Dobrygin Jason says: “The basic ingredients of BLACK SEA don’t appeal to everyone, but it’s got claustrophobic subs,
Read the review...Blessid (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.75
Director: Rob Fitz
Starring: Chris Devecchio | Gene Silvers | Rachel Kerbs | Rick Montgomery Jr
Jason says: “Sometimes it’s hard to give a movie a fair shake, no matter how much it may deserve one. I saw a flat-out great movie with a similar idea just a couple weeks before seeing BLESSID so I wanted
Read the review...Bite (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.25
Director: Chad Archibald
Starring: Annette Wozniak | Barry Birnberg | Denise Yuen | Elma Begovic | Jordan Gray | Lawrene Denkers
Jason says: “BITE is the sort of horror movie that puts just enough effort into its characters and story that it initially seems like there might be something to it beyond the gross-outs. It’s not quite up to that level
Read the review...Big Match (2015)
Big Match (South Korea; 112 min.) directed by: Choi Hostarring: Lee Jung-jae; Lee Sung-min; Sin Ha-kyun; BoA; Kim Eui-sung; Park Doo-Dik; Ra Mi-ran; Choi Woo-sik Jason says: “BIG MATCH is really a mess, the sort of movie which starts from
Read the review...Big Game (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Jalmari Helander
Jason says: “Kids used to ride bikes to the theater to see movies like BIG GAME; as opposed to dialing up a video-on-demand service, and, man, that’s just an indication that most of them wouldn’t be able to handle what
Read the review...The Beauty Inside (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Baek Jong-yeol
Jason says: “I remember hearing about ‘The Beauty Inside’, a short Web series produced by various tech companies with some sort of social or interactive content attached, but forgot about it almost immediately. Apparently it made more of an impression
Read the review...Big Eyes (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Tim Burton
Thom says: “Tim Burton has had a fascinating career with a diverse number of top-rated films like PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE, BEETLEJUICE, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, ED WOOD, & CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. And yet his PLANET OF THE APES was the
Read the review...Beasts of No Nation (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Starring: Abraham Attah | Anna K. Abebrese | Emmanual Affadzi | Idris Elba | Kobina Amissah-Weddey
Jason says: “Horror is assumed going into a film like BEASTS OF NO NATION; the audience knows about child soldiers and African chaos on a factual level and has perhaps steeled itself for that. Filmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga never missteps
Read the review...The Barber (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Basel Owies
Kyle says: “THE BARBER is another tiresome entry in the ‘All hope abandon, ye who enter here’ genre, save possibly for those who pursue pointless female degradation for research purposes. This one seems to be about a serial killer who
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