Superficially, Kedi is an 80-minute Cats of Instagram post that alone prompts jubilation here at Film Clas. But these are the Cats of Istanbul, scratching their legacy into the street posts of old Constantinople for thousands of years; positively and profoundly affecting the lives of those who voluntarily take care of them.

The film is buoyed by majestic flyover shots of the ancient city. These perspectives allow time to fathom the vast and labyrinthine nature of Istanbul in the human eye and imagine the metropolitan cat tree at street level. Then, director Ceyda Torun remarkably places us side by side with the cats as they saunter the nooks and crannies accompanied by coordinated music perfectly synced to each of the cat’s personalities.

Those interviewed were observers and caretakers alike; each emotionally, and sometimes spiritually, connected to an individual or the lot. While a young lady admires a cat’s ability to express it’s femininity, a baker admires a cat’s restraint to tap at the window only when it is hungry. It’s a cultural essay.

This was certainly a treat for Film Clas. I didn’t cry too much. Kedi manipulates 4.86 napkins out of 5 while sliding lip balm off the coffee table.

Logan, the film, could not be only action and angst but it had to finish. Logan, our apathetic hero, is vain and vagabond but clearly had to show humility at some point. This pending clash of story and attitude of character kept challenging each other to stabilize into a film that we didn’t even know could be this good.

The dusty southern border, home base for our protagonist, exhibits the desolate near future. We find the troublesome pupil caring for the aging and surly Professor X (Stewart) and their isolated tin can hideout is a revealing glimpse of the current state of mutantkind. We then meet Laura (Keen) and the narrative turns.

Laura and Logan (Jackman) interact in much the same manner as Logan and the Professor; salty but caring and extremely humorous. Both equally insubordinate and arrogant yet flawed and dependent, they create some of the most memorable moments in series history. And there were no subtitles because they were unnecessary. This relationship dominates as their story bates our attention as sinister Pierce (Holbrook) draws near.

Logan claws into the Film Clas elite, putting an ‘X’ through 4.83 napkins out of 5 with a gifted final scene.