Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Simon Stone
Starring: Ben Chaplin | Carey Mulligan | Johnny Flynn | Ken Stott | Lily James | Monica Dolan | Ralph Fiennes
Chris says: “Ralph Fiennes was as born to play an excavator as he was a concierge in THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL. A good archeology film, more so than a “days leading up to World War II’ one.’3.5 cats” Jeff
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Director: Dee Rees
Starring: Carey Mulligan | Frankie Smith | Garrett Hedlund | Jason Clarke | Jason Mitchell | Jonathan Banks | Kennedy Derosin | Mary J. Blige | Rob Morgan
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.8 cats
Director: Ethan Coen | Joel Coen
Starring: Adam Driver | Carey Mulligan | Garrett Hedlund | John Goodman | Justin Timberlake | Oscar Isaac
Lorraine says: “Coen Brothers’ newest. About a folk musician trying to make it in 1961. Fabulous cast and musicians. Traditional songs and ones written for the film. Music performed live on set. Strong performances. “Loved that we are allowed to
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Alex Manette | Carey Mulligan | James Badge Dale | Michael Fassbender | Nicole Beharie
Michael says: “Michael Fassbender plays Brandon, a successful businessman who lacks any meaningful relationships due to his sexual addiction. His carefully constructed life is thrown into turmoil when his sister Sissy (Mulligan) returns. Despite some high profile awards and some
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Albert Brooks | Bryan Cranston | Carey Mulligan | Oscar Isaac | Ryan Gosling
Diane says: “The good: Ryan Gosling, of course. I was with a dozen or so women friends recently, and Ryan Gosling was the one actor they could all agree on as someone they’d like to sleep with. Albert Brooks. What
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Mark Romanek
Starring: Andrew Garfield | Carey Mulligan | Charlie Rowe | Ella Purnell | Isobel Meikle-Small | Keira Knightley
Jason says: “NEVER LET ME GO is the sort of science fiction that tends to hide its genre or go by another name – ‘speculative fiction’ or ‘slipstream’ – because it wants to associate itself with a different audience. Science
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lone Scherfig
Starring: Alfred Molina | Cara Seymour | Carey Mulligan | Dominic Cooper | Emma Thompson | Olivia Williams | Peter Sarsgaard | Rosamund Pike
Michael says: “Danish director Lone Scherfig’s latest film (after scoring big with Chlotrudis with ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS and WILBUR WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF), is an adaptation of a British memoir about a young girl preparing for University at a private
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