Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Anu Valia
Starring: Hari Dhillon | Kirby Howell-Baptiste | Maria Dizzia | Paul Adelstein | Sarah Goldberg
Jeff says: “WE STRANGERS uses comedy and some pretty pointed satire to explore issues of race and class, combining elements of PARASITE and NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN. Ray (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), a Black woman, works for a commercial cleaning service in Gary, Indiana
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael Vlamis
Starring: Aurora Perrineau | Harvey Guillen | Karan Oberoi | Nick Thune | Sarah Ramos
Brett says: “The puzzle thriller is not a new subgenre, but the daily crossword is not in the same vein as the rabbit holes one might find in a Dan Brown-based film. CROSSWORD is the directorial debut of Michael Vlamis
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Director: Ao Shen
Starring: Chuan-jun Wang | Haoran Liu | Nathaniel Boyd | Xiao Wang | Ye Gao
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Peter Cilella
Starring: Alexandra Barreto | Charlene Amoia | Georgia Bishop | Ross Marquand | Sarah Bolger
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Usman Riaz
Starring: Anjli Mohindra | Art Malik | Sacha Dhawan | Teresa Gallagher | Tony Jayawardena
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Benjamin Caron
Starring: Jason Rouse | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Jennifer Lanier | Vanessa Kirby | Zack Gottsagen
Michael says: “I love a bleak film, but women in peril is getting a little overdone in movies. That said, Vanessa Kirby is so watchable, and she gives a raw, real performance trying to find $25,000 in one night in downtown
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Director: M. Achilles | Michael A. Nickles
Starring: Georgia Mesariti | Katerina Didaskalou | Kostas Koronaios | Peter Bundic | Renos Haralambidis
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Maud Wyler | Micha Lescot | Nine d'Urso | Nora Hamzawi | Vincent Macaigne
Michael says: “I have a bit of a fascination with films set during and dealing directly with pandemic life (AN UNFINISHED FILM being another example). In Olivier Assayas’ SUSPENDED TIME, he creates a autobiographical narrative of the confinement period, when
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Director: Samuel Van Grinsven
Starring: Arlo Green | Dacre Montgomery | Joel Tobeck | Sarah Peirse | Vicky Krieps
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Chuck Russell
Starring: Aaron Dominguez | Antonia Desplat | Charlie Tahan | Madison Iseman | Mel Jarnson
