Wild Canaries (USA; 102 min.) directed by: Lawrence Michael Levinestarring: Sophia Takai; Lawrence Michael Levine; Alia Shawkat; Jason Ritter; Annie Parisse; Kevin Corrigan Jason says: “WILD CANARIES is not quite THE THIN MAN, but it’s better at that sort of
Read the review...Wild (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Starring: Gaby Hoffman | Keene McRae | Laura Dern | Michiel Huisman | Reese Witherspoon | Thomas Sadoski
Thom says: “I’d noticed the Cheryl Strayed account of her 1,100 mile solo hike on the Pacific Coast Trail in 1995 atop or near the top of national Best Seller lists (It’s still #4 on the New York Times Paperback
Read the review...Wicker Kittens ()
Wicker Kittens (USA; 52 min.) directed by: Amy C. Elliottdocumentary Jason says: “On my coffee table, underneath the piles of other stuff that has been dropped there over the course of the last couple of years, is a half-completed jigsaw
Read the review...Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Sion Sono
Jason says: “So it’s come to this: The festival program describes Sion Sono’s latest as an ode to 35mm cinema, and while ‘ode’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘requiem’, it’s often not far off. Fortunately, even if this is a eulogy for
Read the review...White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Gregg Araki
Starring: Angela Bassett | Ava Acres | Christopher Meloni | Dale Dickey | Eva Green | Shailene Woodley | Sheryl Lee | Shiloh Fernandez | Thomas Jane
Jason says: “I saw WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD referred to as a coming of age movie, and I don’t necessarily think that designation fits. Not every drama where the characters haven’t graduated from high school yet needs that label;
Read the review...The White Storm (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Benny Chan
Jason says: “Sometimes, it’s not enough for someone to be shot in the chest. They have to fall off a cliff, and there have to be alligators in the river below. That is the attitude Benny Chan brings to THE
Read the review...Whiplash (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Damien Chazelle
Jason says: “So far, three of the four films that Damien Chazelle has written and/or directed have been about musicians, and for all I know, his script for THE LAST EXORCISM II had one in a prominent supporting role. In
Read the review...The Search for Weng Weng ()
The Search for Weng Weng (Australia; 92 min.) directed by: Andrew Leavoldstarring: Tikoy Aguiluz; Roy Arabejo; Tilman Baumgaertel; Don Gordon Bell; Celso Ad. Castillo; Beth Chai Jason says: “Going in, I half-thought that I had seen THE SEARCH FOR WENG
Read the review...Le Week-End (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Roger Michell
Jason says: “Vicarious travel is one of the more underrated joys of going to the movies even if it can’t carry a film itself, and LE WEEK-END uses it well: It could have just been another nicely-acted argument that runs
Read the review...Welcome to Me (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Shira Piven
Chris says: “Welcome to The Kristen Wiig Show—what other famous comedic actress could you possibly cast as Alice Klieg, a woman diagnosed with borderline personality disorder who wins the lottery and spends all her earnings funding her very own Oprah-esque
Read the review...