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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Rob Grant
Starring: Bradley Duffy | Chelsea Reist | John Fitzgerald | Mike Kovac | Scott Wallis | Teagan Vincze
Jason says: “MON AMI, despite its title, is in English, so its audience needn’t fret about having to deal with subtitles. It’s still rather off the beaten path, a buddy black comedy, with as much enthusiasm as gags involving grievous
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Rating: 2.7 cats
Director: Gerardo Naranjo
Starring: Irene Azuela | James Russo | Jose Yenque | Miguel Couturier | Noe Hernandez | Stephanie Sigman
Bruce says: “At the end of MISS BALA a statement about drug wars flashes across the screen to inform us how insidious the multi-billion dollar drug business can be in terms of human life – 36,000 people have been killed
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Yûya Ishii
Starring: Aoi Nakamura | Keiko Saito | Miyoko Inagawa | Riisa Naka | Ryo Ishibashi
Jason says: “The previous film by Yuya Ishii to play Fantasia was called ‘SAWAKO DECIDES’, and to be completely honest, this one could do with a little more deciding and acting on those decisions. As nice as this movie and
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Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Starring: Chai Bhatana | Jenjira Pongpas | Maiyatan Techaparn | Sakda Kaewbuadee
Thom says: “Again another major disappointment as wonderful Weerasethakul was another director on the verge of TOP 10 inclusion. After TROPICAL MALADY, SYNDROMES & A CENTURY, & UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES he was this close for
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: Jacopo Olmo Antinori | Sonia Bergamasco | Tea Falco | Tomasso Ragno | Veronica Lazar
Tom says: “It’s been 9 years since Bertolucci’s last film, the very disappointing THE DREAMERS, a film with a distinct lack of conviction, but the Italian master has been responsible for some of my all-time favorite films including THE COMFORMIST,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Allison de Fren
Jason says: “It’s not an uncommon occurrence – you see a documentary at a film festival and there’s a Q&A afterward. Someone asks an interesting question, the director gives an interesting answer, and you’re glad you came but kind of
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Ambyr Childers | Amy Adams | Joaquin Phoenix | Laura Dern | Lena Endre | Philip Seymour Hoffman
Bruce says: “Much has been said about THE MASTER being a thinly disguised biopic of L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology. Hubbard may have been the inspiration for the film but THE MASTER is about cultism in general.
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Steven Kostanski
Starring: Adam Brooks | Conor Sweeney | Ludwig Lee | Matthew Kennedy | Meredith Sweeney
Jason says: “For what it is, MANBORG is damn impressive. Director Steve Kostanski estimates that he and his friends made the movie for about a thousand dollars, although I suspect that is the sort of estimate that severely underestimates the
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Stephen Soderbergh
Starring: Alex Pettyfer | Channing Tatum | Joe Manganiello | Matthew McConaughey | Olivia Munn | Reid Carolin
Bruce says: “If you have ever seen Channing Tatum on a talk show, you know that he is very open about his former career as a male stripper. Steven Soderbergh has his own mission of bringing more stories to the
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Starring: Anna Proclemer | Beppe Fiorello | Elio Germano | Margherita Buy | Massimilliano Gallo | Paola Minaccioni
Bruce says: “When directors have had multiple successes there is no reason to doubt that subsequent films will fall flat; yet that is exactly the situation with Ferzan Ozpetek. Here’s hoping that MAGNIFICENT PRESENCE lost its continuity, among other things,
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