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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Sophie Hyde
Starring: Aud Mason-Hyde | Daniel Henshall | Eamon Farren | John Lithgow | Olivia Colman
Michael says: “My brief Letterboxd review states: “Highly personal intergenerational queer story that is intimate and moving. Some really nice touches.” That pretty much sums it up, but I’ll go a little further here. First, I hadn’t realized going in that
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Director: Eva Husson
Starring: Colin Firth | Glenda Jackson | Josh O'Connor | Nathan Chester Reeve | Odessa Young | Olivia Colman
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Thea Sharrock
Starring: Gemma Jones | Jessie Buckley | Malachi Kirby | Olivia Colman | Timothy Spall
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Emer Reynolds
Starring: Charlie Reid | Elaine Kennedy | Lochlann O'Mearáin | Olivia Colman | Seamus Kennedy
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Colin Firth | Micheal Ward | Olivia Colman | Toby Jones | Tom Brooke
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Eva Husson
Starring: Colin Firth | Emma D'Arcy | Glenda Jackson | Josh O'Connor | Nathan Chester Reeve | Odessa Young | Olivia Colman
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Starring: Dagmara Dominczyk | Dakota Johnson | Ed Harris | Jessie Buckley | Olivia Colman | Paul Mescal | Peter Sarsgaard
Michael says: “Bravo to Maggie Gyllenhaal for adapting a complex novel into a visually arresting, and thematically engrossing film in her first time out as a screenwriter and director. Leda is a middle-aged woman visiting a resort in Greece for
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Rating: 4.25 cats | 4.3 cats
Director: Florian Zeller
Starring: Anthony Hopkins | Ayesha Dharker | Imogen Poots | Mark Gatiss | Olivia Colman | Olivia Williams | Rufus Sewall
Julie says: “On top of the (never less than) stellar performances by Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, the production design, editing, direction and writing (original screenplay) are all perfectly executed. The way this story is told is very effective in
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Britt Poulton | Dan Madison Savage
Starring: Jim Gaffigan | Kaitlyn Dever | Olivia Colman | Thomas Mann | Walton Goggins
Julie says: “From netflix: “‘Deep in Appalachia, Pastor Lemuel Childs presides over an isolated community of Pentecostal snake handlers. As his devoted daughter Mara prepares for her wedding under the watchful eye of Hope Slaughter, Mara reveals a deadly secret
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Carolyn Saint-Pé | Emma Stone | James Smith | Mark Gatiss | Nicholas Hoult | Olivia Colman | Rachel Weisz | William Dalby
Thom says: “In nine short years Greek director Lanthimos has vaulted to my TOP 10 Living Directors. I’ve been unable to find his first two features MY BEST FRIEND and KINETTA, but his five films that followed have all received
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