The Guilty (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Christina Vidal | Eli Goree | Ethan Hawke | Jake Gyllenhaal | Peter Sarsgaard | Riley Keough
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal | Rene Russo | Tom Sturridge | Toni Collette | Zawe Ashton
Michael says: “Part satire of the art world, part black comedy, part horror movie, VELVET BUZZSAW is pitch perfect. The acting, the production design, the direction and cinematography, were just so much fun to watch as this tale of a
Read the review...Enemy (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Isabella Rossellini | Jake Gyllenhaal | Mélanie Laurent | Sarah Gadon
Diane says: “Alas, waste of time! Jake Gyllenhaal meets his doppelganger, but I didn’t find the two very different, despite one Jake wearing a tweed jacket and the other, leather. ENEMY opens with the tweedie already tired and depressed. Unfortunately,
Read the review...End of Watch (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: David Ayer
Starring: America Ferrera | Anna Kendrick | Frank Grillo | Jake Gyllenhaal | Michael Peña | Natalie Martinez | Zone
Thom says: “Gyllenhaal brought me to this buddy cop drama that used that too-oft-used new film technique of using hand-held cameras for film footage. Has this worked well anywhere except for [REC]2. Brian Taylor & Mike Zavala are best friends
Read the review...Source Code (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Duncan Jones
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal | Jeffrey Wright | Michael Arden | Michelle Monaghan | Vera Farmiga
Diane says: “Oops! Why did I think this would be good?” Jason responds: “Well, because of Duncan Jones, I imagine. And because Jake Gyllenhaal is pretty good at this sort of action/adventure movie, and there’s a nice supporting cast
Read the review...Brokeback Mountain (2005)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Ana Faris | Anne Hathaway | Heath Ledger | Jake Gyllenhaal | Kate Mara | Linda Cardellini | Michelle Williams | Randy Quaid
Shannon says: “I don’t really have time to give this review the attention it deserves, but I saw BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN at the closing night of the Denver International Film Festival on Saturday. I woke up Sunday morning with the film
Read the review...Lovely & Amazing (2002)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Starring: Brenda Blethyn | Catherine Keener | Emily Mortimer | Jake Gyllenhaal | James LeGros | Raven Goodwin
Michael says: “The Boston International Festival of Women’s Cinema kicked off with LOVELY & AMAZING, Nicole Holofcener’s follow-up to WALKING & TALKING. Once again starring Catherine Keener, LOVELY & AMAZING explores the lives of a mother and her three daughters.
Read the review...The Good Girl (2002)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal | Jennifer Aniston | John C. Reilly | John Carroll Lynch | Tim Blake Nelson | Zooey Deschanel
Clinton says: “The writer and director of Chlotrudis Award-winning CHUCK & BUCK return with a stunning ensemble cast, lead by a surprisingly good performance from Aniston. She plays Justine, a dissatisfied young woman stuck in a dead end job (working
Read the review...Donnie Darko (2002)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.4
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Beth Grant | Drew Barrymore | Jake Gyllenhaal | Jena Malone | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Mary McDonnell | Noah Wylie | Patrick Swayze
Diane says: “Donnie Darko is a schizophrenic adolescent who sees through the falsity of authority figures and classmates, and is hallucinating in a dangerous way. Janet, like reviewer Gerry Peary, saw Donnie as a Jesus figure because he sacrifices himself
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