Creep (USA; 82 min.) directed by: Patrick Bricestarring: Patrick Brice; Mark Duplas Jason says: “My only issues with CREEP have nothing whatsoever to do with the movie itself. First, there’s the generic title – it’s only been ten years since
Read the review...Cold Comes the Night (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Tze Chun
Starring: Alice Eve | Bryan Cranston | Erin Cummings | Logan Marshall-Green | Robin Taylor | Ursula Parker
Jason says: “There are a number of paths to directing major motion pictures, and I suspect that the one Tze Chun is on is fairly common: Do some shorts, make a truly independent film that’s close to your heart for
Read the review...A Coffee in Berlin (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jan Ole Gerster
Starring: Andreas Schröders | Justus von Dohnányi | Katharina Hauck | Katharina Schüttler | Tom Schilling
Bruce says: “Some films resonate so profoundly with me that I can feel myself embodied in one of the characters. For me, Niko Fischer (Tom Schilling) is one of those characters. Niko transports me back to my twenties. Each move,
Read the review...Coherence (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: James Ward Byrkit
Starring: Elizabeth Gracen | Emily Foxler | Hugo Armstrong | Lauren Maher | Maury Sterling | Nicholas Brendon
Jason says: “COHERENCE is one of the talkiest, most actor-centric sci-fi films you’re ever likely to see, but this is a case where that’s a pretty good thing. Sure, something this odd and improv-heavy can invite disaster when a neat
Read the review...Trap Street (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Vivian Qu
Jason says: “A trap street is a non-existent road placed on a map so that cartographers will be able to tell when competitors have copied their work rather than surveying the area independently. It’s not a common term in film
Read the review...CinemAbility (2014)
CinemAbility (USA; 98 min.) directed by: Jenni Goldstarring: Geena Davis; Ben Afleck; Michael Apted; Jamie Foxx; Peter Bogdanovich; Beau Bridges; Peter Farrelly Bruce says: “Like other films about outsiders in the world of cinema – such as HOLLYWOOD CHINESE and
Read the review...Child’s Pose (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Calin Peter Netzer
Starring: Bogdan Dumitrache | Florin Zamfirescu | Ilinca Goia | Luminita Gheorghiu | Natasa Raab | Vlad Ivanov
Bruce says: “Luminita Gheorghiu (4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS; 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST; THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU; BEYOND THE HILLS has to be one of the first ladies of the Romanian silver screen, yet none of her prior
Read the review...Chef (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jon Favreau
Starring: Bobby Cannavale | Dustin Hoffman | Emjay Anthony | John Leguizamo | Jon Favreau | Oliver Platt | Scarlett Johansson | Sofia Vergara
Jason says: “Jon Favreau’s CHEF has a line in the credits about being based on actual events, and I kind of suspect that those events may involve ‘fans’ putting a lot of personal invective into their assessments of IRON MAN
Read the review...Cheatin’ (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Bill Plympton
Starring: Alex Markowitx | Jacob Steele | Jeremy Baumann | Mike Dragovic | Sita Steele | Sophia Takal
Jason says: “CHEATIN’ is the new Bill Plympton movie, his first feature since 2008’s IDIOTS AND ANGELS, and it’s a fine demonstration that over thirty years as an independent animator, he hasn’t dulled his edge much while carving out his
Read the review...It Was You Charlie (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.125 cats
Director: Emmanuel Shirinian
Starring: Aaron Abrams | Alon Nashman | Anna Hopkins | Emma Fleury | Michael D. Cohen | Phyllis Ellis
Michael says: “Here’s an independent film that deserves a wider audience, and I wouldn’t have known about it at all except that a Chlotrudis member is actually the star of the film. Michael D. Cohen stars as Abner in IT
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