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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Andrew Scott | Bobby Cannavale | Ethan Hawke | Margaret Qualley | Patrick Kennedy
Kelly says: “In a stage-play-like flow, this elegiac Richard Linklater film follows genius lyricist Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) through multiple conversations over the course of one evening. It’s occasionally brutal to watch the disease of alcoholism destroying one of America’s
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Andrew Haigh
Starring: Andrew Scott | Carter John Grout | Claire Foy | Jamie Bell | Paul Mescal
Diane says: “ALL OF US STRANGERS opens with three scenes of admirable economy. Later on, director and screenwriter Andrew Haigh (45 YEARS, LEAN ON PETE) finds creative and convincing ways to pull us deep into someone’s psyche, adapting a novel
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lena Dunham
Starring: Andrew Scott | Bella Ramsey | Billie Piper | Dean-Charles Chapman | Isis Hainsworth | Joe Alwyn | Sophie Okonedo
Brett says: “Writer/Director Lena Dunham returns to the big screen with CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY, a witty adaptation of the book of the same name by Karen Cushman. In this work, a 14-year old girl in medieval England undergoes the challenges
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Director: Matthew Warchus
Starring: Andrew Scott | Ben Schnetzer | Bill Nighy | Dominic West | Faye Marsay | George MacKay | Imelda Staunton | Paddy Considine
Vicki says: “Based on true events, PRIDE tells the story of the improbable cooperation between striking Welsh miners and a group of London gay rights activists. At first the miners want nothing to do with the help being offered by
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Steven Knight
Starring: Andrew Scott | Ben Daniels | Olivia Colman | Ruth Wilson | Tom Hardy | Tom Holland
Jason says: “Steven Knight’s LOCKE does not take place entirely within the confines of the title character’s car as he makes the ninety-minute drive north to London, as there may in fact be an entire minute or two given to
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