Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Chloé Zhao
Starring: Jacobi Jupe | James Lintern | Jessie Buckley | Joe Alwyn | Noah Jupe | Paul Mescal | Zac Wishart
Cheryl says: “Chloe Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel Hamnet is being touted as an Oscar contender, having swept the festival circuit with audience awards at Toronto, London, Mill Valley, and San Diego. It has an A-list cast, with strong
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Director: Thea Sharrock
Starring: Gemma Jones | Jessie Buckley | Malachi Kirby | Olivia Colman | Timothy Spall
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Christos Nikou
Starring: Christian Meer | Jeremy Allen White | Jessie Buckley | Luke Wilson | Riz Ahmed
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Sarah Polley
Starring: Ben Whishaw | Claire Foy | Frances McDormand | Jessie Buckley | Judith Ivey | Rooney Mara | Sheila McCarthy
Brett says: “WOMEN TALKING re-molds a world of an isolated religious community that is at least somewhat familiar to most North American audiences. It is a reshaping, reimagining of Mennonite society, even though the film is careful never to utter that
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alex Garland
Starring: Gayle Rankin | Jessie Buckley | Paapa Essiedu | Rory Kinnear | Sarah Twomey | Zak Rothera-Oxley
Brett satys: “With a film likely to be as divisive as MEN, it is perhaps best to keep a review as short as possible so as to not dig oneself a hole that he/she is unable to crawl out of.
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Starring: Dagmara Dominczyk | Dakota Johnson | Ed Harris | Jessie Buckley | Olivia Colman | Paul Mescal | Peter Sarsgaard
Michael says: “Bravo to Maggie Gyllenhaal for adapting a complex novel into a visually arresting, and thematically engrossing film in her first time out as a screenwriter and director. Leda is a middle-aged woman visiting a resort in Greece for
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: Abby Quinn | David Thewlis | Gus Birney | Guy Boyd | Hadley Robinson | Jesse Plemons | Jessie Buckley | Toni Collette
Bob says: “Charlie Kaufman’s latest head-fuck is I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS. I’m thinking at least one of the characters is another’s invention. Maybe both are.” Chris says: “Jessie Buckley is great and Jesse Plemons’ performance of the Tulsey
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Tom Harper
Starring: Craig Parkinson | James Harkness | Jessie Buckley | Julie Walters
Chris says: “Jessie Buckley is so damn good she altogether shreds and transcends this film’s standard “I wanna be a star” trajectory; almost as impressive is how the film itself nearly does the same with its not-entirely-expected, somewhat corny but
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