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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
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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,
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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 (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
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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 (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
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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,
Read the review...By the Sea (USA/France; 122 min) directed by: Angelina Jolie Pittstarring: Angelina Jolie; Brad Pitt; Mélanie Laurent; Niels Arestrup; Melvil Poupaud Jason says: “BY THE SEA is the sort of movie I would have called boring as a younger man,
Read the review...Burying the Ex (USA; 89 min.) directed by: Joe Dantestarring: Anton Yelchin; Ashley Greene; Alexandria Daddario Kyle says: “We can thank director Joe Dante for many hours of good over-priced hot buttered popcorn munching during his horror/sci fi films, comedies,
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Kyle says: “The IMDB trivia section informs us that BROKEN HORSES is the first Hollywood film produced, directed, and written by an Indian, and that director James Cameron called it ‘an artistic triumph’ and director Alfonso Cuaron was ‘overwhelmed’ by
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