A Private Life (2026)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski
Starring: Daniel Auteuil | Jodie Foster | Mathieu Amalric | Vincent Lacoste | Virginie Efira

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski
Starring: Daniel Auteuil | Jodie Foster | Mathieu Amalric | Vincent Lacoste | Virginie Efira

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jérémie Périn
Starring: Daniel Njo Lobé | Léa Drucker | Marie Bouvet | Mathieu Amalric | Sébastien Chassagne

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats | 5 cats
Director: Darius Marder
Starring: Mathieu Amalric | Olivia Cooke | Paul Raci | Riz Ahmed

Michael says: “I have taken to watching films without really finding out too much about them first. Usually it’s one or two sentences from the synopsis, and I’ll make up my mind. SOUND OF METAL came as a big surprise,
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Julian Schnabel
Starring: Emmanuelle Seignier | Mads Mikkelsen | Mathieu Amalric | Oscar Isaac | Rupert Friend | Willem Dafoe

Chris says: “In theory, Willem Dafoe seems a misguided choice to play Van Gogh, given the age difference, lack of resemblance, etc. Happily, he makes a stunning transformation without resorting to extravagant physical enhancements like Gary Oldman as Churchill–he embodies the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Starring: Benicio Del Toro | Gina McKee | Mathieu Amalric | Michelle Thrush | Misty Upham

Jason says: “Early on in JIMMY P., a character apologizes for the way he tells, and it’s a bit of an odd moment, as he’s not the one whose manner of speech is likely to give a modern audience pause.
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Mathieu Amalric
Starring: Léa Drucker | Mathieu Amalric | Stéphanie Cléau

Jason says: “Georges Simenon wrote La Chambre Bleue (The Blue Room in English) about sixty years ago, and it appears to be the sort of elemental crime story where only small details need be changed to bring it into the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Valeria Sarmiento
Starring: Catherine Deneuve | Isabelle Huppert | Jemima West | John Malkovich | José Afonso Pimentel | Mathieu Amalric | Miaris Paredes | Nuno Lopes | Soraia Chaves

Thom says: “This historical epic was originally a project for the great Chilean director Raoul Ruiz and was actually in pre-production when Ruiz passed away. The project was then handed to long-time Ruiz collaborator and wife Sarmiento. The film concerns
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Rating: 4.2 cats
Director: Jean-François Richet
Starring: Gérard Lanvin | Ludivine Sagnier | Mathieu Amalric | Olivier Gourmet | Samuel Le Bihan | Vincent Cassell

Jason says: “The first half of Jean-François Richet’s two-part biography of French gangster Jacques Mesrine, KILLER INSTINCT, was quitE good; the second half, PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE, is even better: As much as it’s still shuffling a lot of characters
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alain Resnais
Starring: André Dussolier | Anne Consigny | Emanuelle Devos | Mathieu Amalric | Sabine Azéma

Bruce says: “You have to be a devotee of absurdist comedy to appreciate a film like LES HERBES FOLLES (now re-titled WILD GRASS for English audiences.) Similar in theme to HAPPENSTANCE, the Audrey Tatou vehicle prior to her success with
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Ming-liang Tsai
Starring: Fanny Ardant | Jean-Pierre Léaud | Jeanne Moreau | Laetitia Casta | Lee Kang-Sheng | Lu Yi-Ching | Mathieu Amalric | Natalie Baye

Michael says: “Drawing parallels between the chaos of making a film and that same unpredictability in life, Tsai Ming-liang has made his most far out and in many ways exciting movie to date. Kang, who we have come to know
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