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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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Brady Corbet
Starring: Adrien Brody | Felicity Jones | Guy Pearce | Joe Alwyn | Raffey Cassidy
Brett says: “The phrase ‘where do we begin?’ is sometimes an overused line to set up what all is too often an underwhelming account for such a grandiose introduction, but in reflecting on the film THE BRUTALIST, ‘where do we
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Benny Safdie | Danny Ramirez | Joe Alwyn | Margaret Qualley | Nick Romano
Michael says: “Claire, you had me for almost 90 minutes until Joe Alwyn’s Daniel blurts out a painfully earnest, but still sadly wooden ‘I love you,” to Margaret Qualley’s Trish in this erotic political thriller. I guffawed so suddenly that Eddy
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Lena Dunham
Starring: Andrew Scott | Bella Ramsey | Billie Piper | Dean-Charles Chapman | Isis Hainsworth | Joe Alwyn | Sophie Okonedo
Brett says: “Writer/Director Lena Dunham returns to the big screen with CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY, a witty adaptation of the book of the same name by Karen Cushman. In this work, a 14-year old girl in medieval England undergoes the challenges
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Director: Augustine Frizzell
Starring: Emma Appleton | Felicity Jones | Jacob Fortune-Lloyd | Joe Alwyn | Ncuti Gatwa | Shailene Woodley | Wendy Nottingham
