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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Alan Rudolph
Starring: Divine | Geneviève Bujold | Joe Morton | Keith Carradine | Kris Kristofferson | Lori Singer
Michael says: “A little dated watching this film 40 years after its release, but still a great vibe, and nice slice of futuristic neo-noir starring Kris Kristofferson, Genvieve Bujold, Keith Carradine and Lori Singer. Dripping with mood and attitude, the
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Tony Gatlif
Starring: Arthur H | Chritine Citti | Maria de Medeiros | Mathieu Amalric | Suzanne Auber
Michael says: “A music ethnologist searches for an old friend to repay a debt and discovers a connection to the teenaged daughter of his former lover. The main feature is the gypsy music Ange studies, but the story is a
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Walter Thompson-Hernandez
Starring: Bodhi Dell | Bre-Z | Danielle Brooks | J. Alphonse-Nicholson | Myles Bullock
Michael says: “After only being able to view the first three quarters of this film at Virtual Sundance, I got to watch the entire film at the Maine International Film Festival, and this time I just loved it. Truly beautiful
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring: Daigo Yamamoto | Haruka Ayase | Kan'ichirô Satô | Nanan Seino | Rimu Kuwaki
Chris says: “Hirokazu Kore-eda’s gentle sci-fi/AI fable is perhaps the highest concept he’s forged since AFTER LIFE but he doesn’t do enough with it, utilizing it as a catalyst for a family drama without fully realizing its potential. If the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Elizabeth Wolff | Liz Garbus
Vicki says: “GIVE ME THE BALL! is an inspiring documentary about the life of tennis great, Billie Jean King. While I knew about her famous ‘Battle of the Sexes’ match, I didn’t fully appreciate just how much she contributed to the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: John Carney
Starring: Beth Fallon | Marcella Plunkett | Nick Jonas | Paul Rudd | Peter McDonald
Vicki says: “POWER BALLAD is a crowd-pleasing movie about friendship, ambition, and the world of songwriting. Paul Rudd plays Rick Power, a wedding singer whose dreams of musical success remain unfulfilled while Nick Jonas plays Danny, former boy-band star trying
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Giselle Bonilla
Starring: Billian Jacobs | Lili Alice | Nevada Jose | Rob Lowe | Will Brill
Michael says: “Giselle Bonella’s feature film debut, THE MUSICAL, is a bold, audacious swing into the blackest satire. When middle school drama teacher, Doug, finds out that his fellow teacher, Abigail, with whom had had been dating the previous year,
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Helen Walsh
Starring: Barry Ward | Celyn Jones | Henry Lawfull | Liz White | Lorne MacFadye
Michael says: “English novelist turned filmmaker Helen Walsh, turns her eye on a middle-aged mussel raker living and working in a small conservative fishing village, married to his high-school sweetheart, raising a son who wants more than the ice that was
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dylan Frederick | Nicholas Clark
Brett says: “If one goes into AMERICAN THEATER without prior knowledge, the first few minutes could likely have that person questioning if this is an actual theatrical production or a WAITING FOR GUFFMAN redux. Despite this, it does not take
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Rating: 2 cats
Director: Donnie Hobbie
Starring: Chelsea Talmadge | Erin Ruth Walker | Madison Abbott | Natasha Estrada | Shannon Dang
Brett says: “JUMP SCARE is a horror genre film that attempts punches above its weight, but the result is not always favorable. At a little over 90 minutes, it’s a film that can be aimless at times, as if primarily
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