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Amour (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Alexandre Tharaud | Emmanuelle Riva | Isabelle Huppert | Jean-Louis Trintignant | William Shimell

Thom says: “AMOUR has already won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and has gotten raves from critics as well as Chlotrudis stalwarts so I feel a bit of a shnerd not giving this a better ranking.

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All is Lost (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: J.C. Chandor
Starring: Robert Redford

Jason says: “At times, ALL IS LOST presents itself as pure problem-solving porn: No speaking, no backstory, not necessarily even much of a sense that filmmaker J.C. Chandor has anything else on his mind besides just showing what’s happening to

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Aftershock (2013)

Thom says: “The film was superbly made with extraordinary effects that made for a real thrill ride. It’s the first time I’ve seen what I would call a disaster/horror film with instead of a pack of zombies after such cataclysmic

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Across the River (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lorenzo Bianchini
Starring: Lidia Zabrieszach | Marco Marchese | Renzo Gariup

Jason says: “I had the feeling when I saw ACROSS THE RIVER (OLTRE IL GAUDO in Italian) that when the time came to expand the capsule I wrote for my blog to a full entry, I would not have a

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The Act of Killing (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.9
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer

Kyle says: “THE ACT OF KILLING is the improbable must-see hit of the 2013 New Directors/New Films roster. This is a powerful documentary on the aftermath of the 1965-66 military overthrow of the Indonesian government and consequent mass killings by

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Night Across the Street (2013)

Bruce says: “Some films should come with their own primer. Certain people might find that concept quite insulting. For me, having background information before viewing NIGHT ACROSS THE STREET would have been very helpful. Raul Ruiz, who died last year

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Aberya (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Christian Linahan
Starring: Iwa Moto | Mercedes Cabral | Nicholas Varela | Will Devaughn

Kyle says: “The international premiere of ABERYA (meaning ‘malfunction’ in Tagalog) was one of five offerings of the New York Asian Film Festival in a series labeled ‘Manila Chronicles: The New Filipino Cinema.’ It is more interesting for its aims

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The ABCs of Death (2013)

Thom says: “The idea for this film is certainly clever enough and if tight enough reins had been applied it might well have been a classic but to choose 27 directors to make 26 short films, each choosing a letter

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95ers: Echoes (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Thomas Gomez Durham
Starring: Alesandra Durham | Chris Laird | Ian Paul Freeth | Joel Bishop | Terence Goodman

Jason says: “Considering the colon in its title and the way that certain bits of the movie’s fantastical elements are not given a whole lot of explanation, I had 95ERS: ECHOES pegged as part of a larger franchise, maybe a

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56 Up (2013)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Michael Apted

Thom says: “Naturally, I’ve been expecting this treasure for awhile now. When in New York this past October I’d heard of its imminent release but since it has yet to open here in backwater San Francisco I thought it would

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