Dance First (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: James Marsh
Starring: Aidan Gillen | Bronagh Gallagher | Gabriel Byrne | Maxine Peake | Robert Aramayo
Gwen (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: William McGregor
Starring: Dyfrig Evans | Eleanor Worthington-Cox | Mark Lewis Jones | Maxine Peake | Richard Elfyn | Richard Harrington
Brett says: “In a sort of vibe of THE WITCH (one of the best films of 2015/2016), GWEN is the debut feature film of director William McGregor. It’s fits the bill of the recent moniker “elevated horror,” and it feels
Read the review...Peterloo (2019)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: David Moorst | Maxine Peake | Pearce Quigley | Rachel Finnegan | Rory Kinnear | Simona Bitmate | Tom Meredith
Thom says: “This film appears to have been critically overlooked by almost everyone. Mike Leigh has to be considered one of the greatest directors currently working and his huge number of top-rated gems with me rings in at 13, including
Read the review...The Theory of Everything (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: James Marsh
Starring: Charlie Cox | David Thewlis | Eddie Redmayne | Felicity Jones | Maxine Peake
Jason says: “Stephen Hawking’s life story is extraordinary, but not necessarily cinematic – its milestones are often losing the ability to do things, and his accomplishments can be difficult for laymen to understand. So what do you do? In this
Read the review...Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980 (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: James Marsh
Starring: David Calder | John Fox | Maxine Peake | Nicholas Woodeson | Paddy Considine | Ron Cook | Warren Clarke
Jason says: “David Peace’s Red Riding novels are described as a quartet, and if you look at the titles to the filmed RED RIDING HOOD TRILOGY, there’s clearly a hole where 1977 should be. For whatever reason, screenwriter Tony Grisoni
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