The Phantom of the Open (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Craig Roberts
Starring: David Mara | Ian Porter | Mark Rylance | Sally Hawkins | Tommy Fallon
Don’t Look Up (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Cate Blanchett | Jennifer Lawrence | Jonah Hill | Leonardo DiCaprio | Mark Rylance | Meryl Streep | Rob Morgan | Timothée Chalamet | Tyler Perry
Michael says: “This much-hyped, shot in Boston film with big, big names is a little controversial and divisive in its fans and detractors. Count me strongly on the detractor side. It’s click, it’s glossy, it tries so hard, but satire
Read the review...The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Starring: Alex Sharp | Eddie Redmayne | Frank Langella | Jeremy Strong | John Carroll Lynch | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Mark Rylance | Sacha Baron Cohen | Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Philip says: “Aaron Sorkin’s (The West Wing) THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 fictionalizes the ‘1969 trial of seven defendants charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the countercultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic
Read the review...Waiting for the Barbarians (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Ciro Guerra
Starring: Gana Bayarsaikhan | Greta Scacchi | Johnny Depp | Mark Rylance | Robert Pattinson
Anonymous (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: David Thewlis | Derek Jacobi | Edward Hogg | Helen Baxendale | Joley Richardson | Mark Rylance | Rafe Spall | Rhys Ifans | Sam Reid | Sebastian Amesto | Trystan Gravelle | Vanessa Redgrave | Xavier Samuel
Diane says: “Is this really eligible? Very Hollywood in production design, camerawork, dialogue and hair. A story of who really wrote Shakespeare’s plays (in this version, Edward Devere), amid a lot of court intrigue. “Vanessa Redgrave is wonderful as the
Read the review...Intimacy (2001)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Patrice Chéreau
Starring: Alastair Galbraith | Kerry Fox | Marianne Faithful | Mark Rylance | Philippe Calvario | Susannah Harker | Timothy Spall
Diane says: “Finely tuned perfs by leads Rylance and Fox (her ANGEL AT MY TABLE is in my top five ever) and Spall (the Mikado in TOPSY TURVY) as the cuckolded husband. A couple who meet weekly for anonymous sex–it
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