Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25 cats
Director: Ira Sachs
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Rebecca Hall
Michael says: “I thought it was a good movie. Ben Whishaw gives a particularly good performance, and the film made me curious about the real woman that Rebecca Hall played. While the film is essentially Whishaw playing Hujar recounting every
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Director: Ira Sachs
Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos | Arcadi Radeff | Ben Whishaw | Erwan Kepoa Falé | Franz Rogowski
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
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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
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Director: Aneil Karia
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Chris Coghill | Ellie Haddington | Hammed Animashaun | Ian Gelder | Laurence Spellman | Ryan McKen
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jessica Hausner
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Emily Beecham | Kerry Fox | Kit Connor
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
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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
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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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