Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Starring: Dylan Baker | Gillian Anderson | Hannah Einbinder | Jack Haven | Patrick Fischler | Zach Cerry
Michael says: “Jane Schoenbrun’s follow-up to I SAW THE TV GLOW moves from sad to joyful in the fascinating take on slasher films being a perverse orgasmic release for many fans of the genre. it’s also an unabashedly queer film
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Director: Philip Martin
Starring: Billie Piper | Connor Swindells | Gillian Anderson | Romola Garai | Rufus Sewall
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Bryce Gheisar | Gillian Anderson | Helen Mirren | Olivia Ross | Patsy Ferran
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: David Wnendt
Starring: Alex Sharp | David Paymer | Elisa Kibler | Fridtjov Såheim | Gillian Anderson | Jenny Slate | Jessica Hecht | Justus von Dohnányi | Zach Galifianakis
Chris says: “I applaud Jenny Slate for toning down her usual quirkiness a few notches, but apart from the stunning cinematography and maybe David Paymer’s incendiary speech at his daughter’s wedding, nothing here makes much of a lasting impression. 2
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: James Marsh
Starring: Andrea Riseborough | Brid Brennan | Clive Owen | David Wilmot | Domhall Gleeson | Gillian Anderson
Jason says: “There’s a twenty-year jump early in SHADOW DANCER, from 1973 to 1993, and another twenty years between then and the present day, and there’s something appealing about that sort of symmetry, especially with the reminders in the background
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Richie Mehta
Starring: Gillian Anderson | Haley Joel Osment | Rufus Sewell | Susanna Fournier | Victor Garber
Jason says: “Science fiction writers have come up with dozens of ways for time travel to be a terrible idea, from rifts that can collapse the entire structure of the Universe to far-future AIs who will eradicate anything that might
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Ursula Meier
Starring: Gillian Anderson | Kacey Mottet Klein | Léa Seydoux | Martin Compston | Yann Trégouët
Diane says: “Franco-Swiss production SISTER underwhelmed me. A young boy who lives near a ski resort steals sports equipment, clothing, food to sell or to feed himself and his older sister. I kept imagining dramatic turns–a suicidal jump from the
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Gillian Anderson | Kelly Macdonald | Rob Brydon | Shirley Henderson | Steve Coogan
Michael says: “Michael Winterbottom is certainly one of the most eclectic filmmakers around. His body of work includes personal dramas such as WONDERLAND and BUTTERFLY KISS; political films such as WELCOME TO SARAJEVO; period pieces like THE CLAIM; science fiction
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