Serpent’s Path (2026)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Damien Bonnard | Grégoire Colin | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Kô Shibasaki | Mathieu Amalric
Ange (2026)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Tony Gatlif
Starring: Arthur H | Chritine Citti | Maria de Medeiros | Mathieu Amalric | Suzanne Auber
Michael says: “A music ethnologist searches for an old friend to repay a debt and discovers a connection to the teenaged daughter of his former lover. The main feature is the gypsy music Ange studies, but the story is a
Read the review...A Private Life (2026)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski
Starring: Daniel Auteuil | Jodie Foster | Mathieu Amalric | Vincent Lacoste | Virginie Efira
Mars Express (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Jérémie Périn
Starring: Daniel Njo Lobé | Léa Drucker | Marie Bouvet | Mathieu Amalric | Sébastien Chassagne
Sound of Metal (2020)
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,
Read the review...At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
By Michael Colford
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
Read the review...Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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.
Read the review...The Blue Room (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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
Read the review...Lines of Wellington (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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
Read the review...Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
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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