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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Roschdy Zem
Starring: Denis Podalydès | Maurice Bénichou | Nozha Khouadra | Salomé Stévenin | Sami Bouajila
Bruce says: “OMAR KILLED ME holds great promise but falls short. Based on an autobiography by Omar Raddad, the film documents the events and trial surrounding the murder of a wealthy woman Madame Pascal, living on the Côte d’Azur. For
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Rating: 3.375
Director: Jason Cortland | Julia Halperin
Starring: Almex Lee | Gabrielle Maisels | Jason Cortland | Tiffany Esteb
Bruce says: “Written and co-directed by Jason Cortland, NOW, FORAGER also stars the handsome, somewhat off-beat actor. Cortland plays Lucien Echeverria, a thirty-something who, with his wife Regina (Tiffany Esteb), makes a meager living by foraging the forests north of
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Bavo Defurne
Starring: Ben Van den Heuvel | Eva van der Gucht | Mickey | Noor Ben Taoeut | Thomas Coumans
Thom says: “Now retired I find myself attacking more projects to fill my time from awakening until shuteye. It’s been many years since I fully embraced an LGBT Film Festival but with an old mate running the Festival I thought
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson | Ola Simonsson
Starring: Bengt Nilsson | Fredrik Myhr | Johannes Björk | Magnus Börjeson | Marcus Boij | Sanna Persson
Toni says: “SOUND OF NOISE is a Swedish absurdist, quirky black comedy about a tone deaf detective that hates music whose brother is famous for composing and conducting. “He has to investigate the workings of musical ‘terrorists’ that create mayhem
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Rating: 2.9 cats
Director: John Chuldenko
Starring: Ali Hillis | Erin Chambers | Erin Gray | John Gerbin | Kevin Linehan | Todd Grinnell
Jason says: “NESTING is a nice enough little indie comedy that does nobody any harm and has the occasional pretty decent moment. That’s a nice starting point, but the movie could use a little bit more of everything, from resources
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Buddy Giovinazzo
Starring: Elissa Downing | James Warfield | Jason London | Marc Senter | Margaux Lancaster | Richard Portnow
Jason says: “Should horror films necessarily have a consistent mythology that makes its villain’s methods and goals (twistedly) logical, or does such a thing work against it actually being horrifying? A NIGHT OF NIGHTMARES has a lot of elements that
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Yung Jong-bin
Starring: Choi Min-sik | Ha Jung-woo | Kim Sungkyun | Kwak Do-wan
Jason says: “NAMELESS GANGSTER: RULES OF THE TIME (BURNCHOIWAUI JUNJAENG: NABBEUNNOMDEUL JEONSUNGSHIDAE) opens, at least in this English-subtitled version, with a definition of the word ‘daebu’, which means ‘man of one’s grandfather’s generation’ – or ‘Godfather’. Give writer/director Yung Jong-bin
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Rating: 2.75
Director: Richard Griffin
Starring: Jamie DuFault | Lee Rush | Mary DeBerry | Michael Thurber | Nick Apostolides | Samantha Acampora
Jason says: “The punny theme song that plays over the opening credits of MURDER UNIVERSITY may be the best part of the movie, although it’s close and at least an example of what’s coming: A jokey flick that’s surprisingly entertaining
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Bill Murray | Bruce Willis | Ed Norton | Frances McDormand | Jared Gilman | Jason Schwartzman | Kara Heywood | Tilda Swinton
Chris says: “Back when I first saw THE DARJEELING LIMITED, I detected the promise of a mature, career-defining work lurking deep within, and suggested that Wes Anderson shed some of his baggage in order to locate it. I didn’t specify
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Rating: 4.6
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Starring: Émilien Néron | Marie-Ève Beauregard | Mohamed Fellag | Sophie Nélisse | Vincent Millard
Jason says: “MONSIEUR LAZHAR, Canada/Quebec’s nominee for best foreign language feature at the recent Oscars, is a quite remarkable piece of work, and all the more so for how quietly and efficiently it goes about its business. It is amazingly
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