Memory (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Michel Franco
Starring: Blake Baumgartner | Brooke Timber | Elsie Fisher | Jessica Chastain | Josh Charles | Peter Sarsgaard
The Good Nurse (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Tobias Lindholm
Starring: Dartel McRae | Denise Pillott | Eddie Redmayne | Jessica Chastain | Joseph Fugelo
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Michael Showalter
Starring: Andrew Garfield | Cherry Jones | Jessica Chastain | Mark Wystrach | Sam Jaeger | Vincent D'Onofrio
Thom says: “Director Showalter (who seems to be a Hollywood jack-of-all-trades as he has numerous credits as Director, Actor, Writer, Producer, Soundtrack, Self, & Thanks) started out with a decided disaster with the insipid THE BAXTER (2005, 1 CAT) but
Read the review...A Most Violent Year (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: J.C. Chandor
Starring: Albert Brooks | Alessandro Nivola | David Oyelowo | Jessica Chastain | Oscar Isaac
Jason says: “A MOST VIOLENT YEAR was shot from an original screenplay by director J.C. Chandor, but it feels like a highly successful adaptation of a great novel: Painted on a broad canvas, giving a feeling for the characters and
Read the review...Miss Julie (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Liv Ullman
Starring: Colin Farrell | Jessica Chastain | Nora McMenamy | Samantha Morton
Jason says: “One often talks of ‘opening up’ plays when adapting them to film, doing things to obscure the fact that they were originally created to take place in a limited number of limited spaces, all viewed from a single
Read the review...Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Harold Perrineau | James Gandolfini | Jason Clarke | Jennifer Ehle | Jeremy Strong | Jessica Chastain | Kyle Chandler | Mark Duplass
Diane says: “ZERO DARK THIRTY–the wonderful Kathryn Bigelow’s version of The Hunt for Osama bin Laden–is grueling and thrillerish. (Be forewarned about the trailers you might get on this one–some of them are really sick, e.g., THE CALL) It is
Read the review...Coriolanus (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Ralph Fiennes
Starring: Brian Cox | Gerard Butler | James Nesbitt | Jessica Chastain | Ralph Fiennes | Vanessa Redgrave
Thom says: “Being such a huge fan of Shakespeare I expected this film to be superlative, and by God it was even better than I had anticipated. After sitting through ANONYMOUS this film was a breath of fresh air, all
Read the review...Tree of Life (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Terrence Malick
Starring: Brad Pitt | Hunter McCracken | Jessica Chastain | Laramie Eppler | Sean Penn
Brett says: “Consistent garden imagery and images of ‘faded paradise’ as the eldest allows weeds to grow and so forth fit some really subtle Biblical tie-ins throughout. As far as the brothers, there is also an interesting ‘Am I my
Read the review...Take Shelter (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jeff Nichols
Starring: Jessica Chastain | Katy Mixon | Michael Shannon | Shea Whigham | Tova Stewart
Diane says: “A film about the pervasive anxiety in our world, through the story of one man’s mental illness. On the literal level, this movie is good at showing the stigma of mental illness and the chaos of delusional disorders.
Read the review...The Debt (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Madden
Starring: Ciarán Hinds | Helen Mirren | Jessica Chastain | Marton Csokas | Sam Worthington | Tom Wilkinson
Jason says: “Attach enough talent to a movie, and more often than not, you’ll at least wind up with something worth watching, and THE DEBT has a fair number of good people working on it. Does it translate into a
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