Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.6
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Starring: Alia Shawkat | J.K. Simmons | Jake Lacy | Javier Bardem | Linda Lavin | Nicole Kidman | Nina Arianda | Tony Hale
Thom says: “I went into this thinking a million different things. Director Sorkin after making a huge impression as a writer and creator of monster television successes SPORTS NIGHT, THE NEWSROOM, & THE WEST WING, entered the director’s game with
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Alicia Silverstone | Barry Keoghan | Colin Farrell | Nicole Kidman | Raffey Cassidy
Chris says: “Probably the weakest of Yorgos Lanthimos’ last four features but still worth a look. I winced at the make-or-break opening shot but I also kind of admired it, especially once I fully understood its context. Surely a more
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Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Barbara Hershey | Christian Bale | John Malkovich | Martin Donovan | Mary Louise Parker | Nicole Kidman | Richard E. Grant | Shelley Duvall | Shelley Winters | Viggo Mortensen
By Michael Colford
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Alison Folland | Casey Affleck | Illeana Douglas | Joaquin Phoenix | Matt Dillon | Nicole Kidman
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Crowley
Starring: Ansel Elgort | Jeffrey Wright | Nicole Kidman | Oakes Fegley
Thom says: “This film was adapted from the gigantic best-seller of the same name by Donna Tartt. When my brother Chuk and I had taken our previous cat Mandy in for a check-up I remember the lady veterinarian and Chuk
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Karyn Kusama
Starring: Bradley Whitford | Nicole Kidman | Scott McNairy | Sebastian Stan | Tatiana Maslany | Toby Kebbell
Michael says: “Karyn Kusama’s latest film got a bit of a tiny buzz when it was released, around the possibility of Oscar notice because of Nicole Kidman’s strung-out, driven, and totally unglamorous portrayal of Detective Bell, wracked with guilt and
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Rating: 3.9
Director: Joel Edgerton
Starring: Cherry Jones | Frank Hoyt Taylor | Joel Edgerton | Lucas Hedges | Madelyn Cline | Nicole Kidman | Russell Crowe | Xavier Dolan
Thom says: “This is a very good achievement by director Joel Edgerton, the Australian actor, in this his second feature after THE GIFT (2015) which was just OK. I loved how he used his compatriots Kidman & Crowe in this largely
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jason Bateman
Starring: Christopher Walken | Jason Bateman | Kathryn Hahn | Nicole Kidman
Michael says: “Just watched a pretty accomplished film called THE FAMILY FANG, starring Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman, directed by Bateman. This offbeat tale looks at the Fang family, led by a pair of performance artists who put their two
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jonathan Tiplitzky
Starring: Colin Firth | Hiroyuki Sanada | Jeremy Irvine | Nicole Kidman | Stellan Skarsgaard | Tanroh Ishida
Jason says: “This is a movie seemingly designed for awards consideration that the Weinstein Company released in April, and while that may just be an example of them deciding another horse was a safer bet… Well, PHILOMENA was the safer
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: David Alford | Laruen E. Roman | Matthew Goode | Mia Wasikowska | Nicole Kidman | Peg Allen
Jason says: “With any luck, a fair number of the people seeing STOKER will do so without already being fans of director Park Chan-wook, drawn in by the nifty cast and striking previews. They’re in for a treat, because Park
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