Rumours (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Evan Johnson | Galen Johnson | Guy Maddin
Starring: Cate Blanchett | Charles Dance | Nikki Amuka-Bird | Rolando Ravello | Roy Dupuis
Don’t Look Up (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Cate Blanchett | Jennifer Lawrence | Jonah Hill | Leonardo DiCaprio | Mark Rylance | Meryl Streep | Rob Morgan | Timothée Chalamet | Tyler Perry
Michael says: “This much-hyped, shot in Boston film with big, big names is a little controversial and divisive in its fans and detractors. Count me strongly on the detractor side. It’s click, it’s glossy, it tries so hard, but satire
Read the review...The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Cate Blanchett | Gwyneth Paltrow | Jack Davenport | James Rebhorn | Jude Law | Matt Damon | Philip Seymour Hoffman
An Ideal Husband (1999)
By Michael Colford
Director: Oliver Parker
Starring: Cate Blanchett | Jeremy Northam | John Wood | Julianne Moore | Minnie Driver | Oliver Parker | Rupert Everett
Elizabeth (1998)
By Michael Colford
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Starring: Cate Blanchett | Christopher Eccelston | Geoffrey Rush | Joseph Fiennes | Kathy Burke | Tim Bevan
Blue Jasmine (2013)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Alec Baldwin | Andrew Dice Clay | Bobby Cannavale | Cate Blanchett | Peter Sarsgaard | Sally Hawkins | Tammy Blanchard
Thom says: “I feel so lucky to be still living during Woody Allen’s marvelous renaissance and this latest effort is truly one of his best that totally transforms his usually recognizable dialogue into an entirely new aura of intelligence. Most
Read the review...Ponyo (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Cate Blanchett | Frankie Jonas | Kurt Knutsson | Matt Damon | Noah Lindsey Cyrus | Tina Fey
Thom says: “First off I’m not at all a fan of animation but I’ve long thought Miyazaki was by far the best of the lot. His SPIRITED AWAY, PRINCESS MONONOKE, HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE, & CASTLE IN THE SKY were all
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
Read the review...Elizabeth: the Golden Age (2007)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Starring: Abbie Cornish | Cate Blanchett | Clive Owen | Geoffrey Rush | Samantha Morton | Tom Hollander
Michael says: “Who can resist Cate Blanchett, royal, imperious, hair unbound, clad in armor, riding on a white horse? Apparently not me, as I went to see ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE on opening weekend. I enjoyed ELIZABETH, one of Blanchett’s
Read the review...Notes on a Scandal (2006)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Richard Eyre
Starring: Bill Nighy | Cate Blanchett | Judi Dench | Juno Temple | Max Lewis | Philip Davis
Michael says: “Richard Eyre follows-up IRIS and STAGE BEAUTY with a real romp of a thriller in NOTES ON A SCANDAL. There’s a lot of excess in SCANDAL, and the entire thing really lives and dies by Judi Dench’s performance
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