The Lost King (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Helen Katamba | Jenny Douglas | Lewis Macleod | Sally Hawkins | Shonagh Price
The Phantom of the Open (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Craig Roberts
Starring: David Mara | Ian Porter | Mark Rylance | Sally Hawkins | Tommy Fallon
Maudie (2017)
By Michael Colford
Director: Aisling Walsh
Starring: Billy McLellan | Ethan Hawke | Gabrielle Rose | Sally Hawkins | Zachary Bennett
A Brilliant Young Mind (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Morgan Matthews
Starring: Asa Butterfield | Jo Yang | Michael McCann | Rafe Spall | Sally Hawkins
Jason says: “This winter, when someone made a comment on there being two biographies of mathematical geniuses up for awards, I responded that after an eternity of movies about poets and musicians whose genius apparently made up for their being
Read the review...Blue Jasmine (2013)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Alec Baldwin | Andrew Dice Clay | Bobby Cannavale | Cate Blanchett | Peter Sarsgaard | Sally Hawkins | Tammy Blanchard
Thom says: “I feel so lucky to be still living during Woody Allen’s marvelous renaissance and this latest effort is truly one of his best that totally transforms his usually recognizable dialogue into an entirely new aura of intelligence. Most
Read the review...Great Expectations (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Ewen Bremner | Helena Bonham Carter | Holliday Grainger | Jason Flemyng | Jeremy Irvine | Olly Alexander | Ralph Fiennes | Robbie Coltrane | Sally Hawkins
Thom says: “Director Newell has proved himself to be an able and durable director without ever establishing an oeuvre. With such varied entries as FOUR WEDDINGS & A FUNERAL, DANCE WITH A STRANGER, THE GOOD FATHER, ENCHANTED APRIL, AN AWFULLY
Read the review...Submarine (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Richards Ayoade
Starring: Craig Roberts | Noah Taylor | Paddy Considine | Sally Hawkins | Yasmin Paige
Jason says: “Watching SUBMARINE, I wondered about director Richard Ayoade’s youth, speculating that he’d spent his time in the cinema, watching French movies rather than hanging out with other kids. There’s an argument to be made that one is better
Read the review...Jane Eyre (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Starring: Jamie Bell | Judi Dench | Mia Wasikowska | Michael Fassbender | Sally Hawkins | Tamzin Merchant
Thom says: “This had all the ingredients to be a perfect ‘classic’ film and it very nearly succeeded but for a nagging problem that wouldn’t go away for me. Director Fukunaga had brought us the impressive SIN NOMBRE and he
Read the review...Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Alexis Zegerman | Eddie Marsdan | Sally Hawkins | Samuel Roukin | Sinead Matthews
Michael says: “I’m a fan of Mike Leigh’s films, so the opportunity to see a new Mike Leigh film with Mr. Leigh in attendance was one I was thrilled to be able to attend (Thanks, IFFB). And I’ve gotta say,
Read the review...Cassandra’s Dream (2008)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.9
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Colin Farrell | Ewan McGregor | Hayley Atwell | Peter-Hugo Daly | Philip Davis | Sally Hawkins | Tom Wilkinson
Jason says: “Woody Allen is a bitter old man, and has been for a while. As a young man, he looked at the world around him and laughed at the absurdity, but for the past decade or two his movies
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