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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hong Won-chan
Jason says: “I don’t know if OFFICE ever really gets back around to the question that kicks it off in a definitive way, or if where it winds up going instead is really as fascinating as the filmmakers would have
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Rating: 2.25
Director: C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi
Jason says: “OJUJU is a zombie film from Nigeria, and there can be very little doubt that its place of origin is the most notable thing about it. Horror fans have seen this sort of movie a lot, usually done
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: K Youn
Kyle says: “ODE TO MY FATHER is a Korean film about family promises and preservation at all costs. It is melodramatic in various ways, which may render it unpalatable to some Western tastes, for example, gratuitously slamming the audience with
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Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Joseph Sims Dennett
Jason says: “Writer/director Joseph Sims-Dennett initially seems to start out with a private eye story with the background redacted before quickly evolving into something more sinister. It’s an intense stakeout thriller, if one that leans more toward how this sort
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ruba Nadda
Kyle says: “OCTOBER GALE is a cracking little drama with a perfect dramatic arc in both narrative and character development. It is confined to a tiny private island near Toronto owned by widow Helen (Patricia Clarkson), who travels alone to
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Jason says: “I enjoyed NOWHERE GIRL but I must admit to a sneaking suspicion that the filmmakers wind up saying less than they mean to even as they do so in singular, intriguing ways. Or is that simply criticizing the
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ken Ochiai
Jason says: “Director Ken Ochiai was unusually candid in his Q&A after this film, and one of the things he mentioned was that Japanese movies like NINJA THE MONSTER are made with more than an eye toward the foreign market,
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Ben Blaine | Chris Blaine
Jason says: “Ben & Chris Blaine have a heck of a great idea for a movie here – when Rob (Cian Barry), who tried to commit suicide after the death of his girlfriend but failed, starts seeing Holly (Abigail Hardingham),
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Anaïs Demoustier | Isild Le Besco | Raphaël Personnaz | Romain Duris
Bruce says: “What happens when your BFF dies unexpectedly? From the age of seven Claire (Anaïs Demoustier) and Lea (Isild le Besco) were close, bonded by blood ritual. When Lea dies six months after giving birth to a little boy,
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jason Crawczyk
Jason says: “Somehow, when I was looking at this movie’s description, the idea that it was a deadpan comedy (although the blackest you can imagine) never came through, which made it an extremely pleasant surprise. Or perhaps it’s not ‘a
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