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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.7 cats
Director: Molly Bernstein
Jason says: “Even those of us who have never seen Ricky Jay do close-up magic will likely recognize the man from his side gigs as a character actor – and if you stay through the credits of those movies and
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Anthony Dixon
Starring: Jamie Abrams | Jenna Jade Rain | Ryan Brownlee
Jason says: “‘THE DEAD EXPERIMENT’ is going to get abused as a title. There’s the way it’s probably meant to be taken, as a sinister-sounding article-adjective-noun combination, but it also turns out to be a true sentence describing the plot
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Starring: Denis O'Hare | Jaerd Leto | Jennifer Garner | Kevin Rankin | Matthew McConaughey | Steve Zahn
Chris says: “On paper, this scans as a calculated attempt by Matthew McConaughey to complete his multi-film rehabilitation from rom-com leading man joke to well-respected, award-winning Actor. However, from the instant you see him startlingly emaciated as Ron Woodruff, you
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: John Roberts
Starring: Bryan Dick | Carlos Acosta | Charity Wakefield | Christopher Simpson | Eva Birthistle | Manuel de Blas
Bruce says: “The value of such films as DAY OF THE FLOWERS lies not in cinematic prowess of any sort. They help us understand the many layers of many cultures that most of us never experience firsthand. On the plus
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sebastián Silva
Starring: Agustin Silva | Gaby Hoffman | José Miguel Silva | Juan Andrés Silva | Michael Cera
Chris says: “At the very least, CRYSTAL FAIRY features two irrefutably memorable, if supremely irritating characters, both of them twenty-something Americans in Chile. The first, Jamie (Michael Cera) babbles on pretentiously about The Doors of Perception and harbors an obsession
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Byung-gil Jung
Starring: Jung Hae-kyun | Jung Jae-young | Kim Young-ae | Park Si-hoo
Jason says: “If movies were graded on a strict plus-minus system, CONFESSION OF MURDER would grade out as average; it’s packed full of silly and unbelievable plotting and twists along with a feeling of missed opportunities with its media satire,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Sophie Letourneur
Starring: Camille Genaud | Carole le Page | Julien Gester; Eugenio Renzi | Sophie Letourneur
Bruce says: “LES COQUILLETTES is an enjoyable piece of fluff, an example of amateur filmmaking pushing its way into the festival circuit, possibly the mainstream. Anyone can be a filmmaker today especially if they can tap into the beat of
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Stacie Passon
Starring: Funda Duval | Janet Moloney | Johnathan Tchaikovsky | Julie Fain Lawrence | Robin Weigert
Michael says: “No one has mentioned CONCUSSION in all this, and I have to say, I was quite surprised when Brian pitched it so hard at the Nominating Committee meeting, and even more surprised at how much I enjoyed it.
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Kim Dae-Seung
Starring: Jo Yeo-Jeong | Kim Dong-Wook | Kim Min-Joon | Park Ji-Young
Kyle says: “THE CONCUBINE received its North American Premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival. Fans of the hit HBO television series GAME OF THRONES will feel right at home, although I am not sure that is the proper
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Rating: 1 cat
Director: Anja Daelemans | Nicholas Bonner
Starring: Gwang Hun Kim | Han Jong-Sim
Kyle says: “COMRADE KIM GOES FLYING received its New York Premiere and was hailed by ‘Film Comment’ Editor Gavin Smith as the first North Korean film ever presented at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The occasion was greeted with
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