Passages (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Ira Sachs
Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos | Arcadi Radeff | Ben Whishaw | Erwan Kepoa Falé | Franz Rogowski
Bad Behaviour (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Alice Englert
Starring: Alice Englert | Allistair Sewell | Ana Scotney | Ben Whishaw | Jennifer Connelly
Diane says: “My 4th film ‘at’ Sundance. I’m thinking that maybe it wasn’t a good idea for Alice Englert (daughter of our esteemed Jane Campion) to go all in as writer, director, co-lead, and composer of this mother-daughter-themed film. “Jennifer
Read the review...Women Talking (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Sarah Polley
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Claire Foy | Frances McDormand | Jessie Buckley | Judith Ivey | Rooney Mara | Sheila McCarthy
Brett says: “WOMEN TALKING re-molds a world of an isolated religious community that is at least somewhat familiar to most North American audiences. It is a reshaping, reimagining of Mennonite society, even though the film is careful never to utter that
Read the review...Surge (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Aneil Karia
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Chris Coghill | Ellie Haddington | Hammed Animashaun | Ian Gelder | Laurence Spellman | Ryan McKen
Little Joe (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jessica Hausner
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Emily Beecham | Kerry Fox | Kit Connor
The Lobster (2016)
By Michael Colford
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Colin Farrell | John C. Reilly | Léa Seydoux | Olivia Colman | Rachel Weisz
Michael says: “I sure hope you got to see this when it had its very successful run earlier this year in the theaters. Greek director Yorgos Lathimos (DOGTOOTH; ALPS) brings us his first English-language film, a hilarious, dark, and pointed
Read the review...Bright Star (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Abbie Cornish | Ben Whishaw | Edie Martin | Kerry Fox | Paul Schneider | Thomas Sangster
Diane says: “I am not a fan of Keats, so the poetry recitation made for some sections of longueur in BRIGHT STAR. Jane Campion’s film of the poet’s romance with Fanny Brawne is very pretty, with shots that call attention
Read the review...I’m Not There (2007)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Todd Haynes
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Bruce Greenwood | Cate Blanchett | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Christian Bale | Heath Ledger | Julianne Moore | Marcus Carl Franklin | Michelle Williams | Richard Gere
Michael says: “There’s been a lot of buzz about Todd Hayne’s Bob Dylan biopic, especially after it’s debut in Venice. Those who know me know that I am not a fan of the biopic, but ever the experimenter, Haynes turns
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