Maria (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Pablo Larraín
Starring: Alba Rohrwacher | Angelina Jolie | Haluk Bilginer | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Pierfrancesco Favino
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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Pablo Larraín
Starring: Alba Rohrwacher | Angelina Jolie | Haluk Bilginer | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Pierfrancesco Favino
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Adam Elliot
Starring: Dominique Pinon | Eric Bana | Jacki Weaver | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Sarah Snook
Diane says: “Ten years after MARY AND MAX, Australian stop-motion filmmaker Adam Elliot presents another tragicomedy in the form of biography. The film proper starts deep in the mouth of a dying old woman (who, when the camera is pulled
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch | Frances Conroy | Geneviève Lemon | Jesse Plemons | Keith Carradine | Kirsten Dunst | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Thomasin McKenzie
Chris says: “Following a decade working mostly in television (TOP OF THE LAKE), Jane Campion returns to feature filmmaking at the top of her game. This adaptation of a Thomas Savage novel set in 1925 Montana (but filmed in New Zealand,
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Director: Seth Larney
Starring: Deborah Mailman | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Ryan Kwanten | Sana'a Shaik
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: John MacLean
Starring: Andrew Robertt | Ben Mendelsohn | Caren Pistorius | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Michael Fassbender
Jason says: “I am not sure whether John Maclean narrowly misses the tone he’s going for with SLOW WEST or hits it dead-on; even considering that westerns are relatively rare these days, this one feels a little different. I consider
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael Johnson
Starring: Danny DeVito | Evan Ross | Isabelle Fuhrman | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Virginia Madsen
Kyle says: “ALL THE WILDERNESS is another in a very very long line of films about a troubled teenager resisting the forces of socialization, having withdrawn into a world of his own making following the suicide of his father. The
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Matt Reeves
Starring: Andy Serkis | Gary Oldman | Jason Clarke | Judy Greer | Keri Russell | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Toby Kebbell
Thom says: “Yes, I’ve seen them all: PLANET OF THE APES (1968, 4 CATS), BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (1970, 4 CATS), ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES (1971, 4.5 CATS), CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
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Rating: 3.8 cats
Director: Ari Folman
Starring: Danny Huston | Harvey Keitel | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Michael Stahl-David | Robin Wright | Sami Gayle
TC says: “Loosely adapted from the Stanislaw Lem novel (who would probably say ‘VERY loosely’), this film is almost impossible to review, because as a film writer and fan, the thought of the stuff going on in this film is
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Hillcoat
Starring: Charlize Theron | Guy Pearce | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Molly Parker | Robert Duvall | Viggo Mortenson
Diane says: “Forgive me, I can only review this as movie vs. book. I read the book once, and listened to the audiobook three times. I am awed by Cormac McCarthy’s language in The Road. ‘The cold relentless circling of
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