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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Mona Fastvold
Starring: Amanda Seyfried | Christopher Abbott | Lewis Pullman | Matthew Beard | Thomasin McKenzie
Brett says: “Mona Fastvold’s THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is a master class in film editing. The pace and construction is hypnotic, whether it be through the choreography and musical sections or the depictions of the actors’ portrayals with the added advantage
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Director: Ben Taylor
Starring: Adrian Lukis | James Norton | Nikolay Shulik | Rish Shah | Thomasin McKenzie
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: William Oldroyd
Starring: Anne Hathaway | Marin Ireland | Owen Teague | Sam Nivola | Thomasin McKenzie
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch | Frances Conroy | Geneviève Lemon | Jesse Plemons | Keith Carradine | Kirsten Dunst | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Thomasin McKenzie
Chris says: “Following a decade working mostly in television (TOP OF THE LAKE), Jane Campion returns to feature filmmaking at the top of her game. This adaptation of a Thomas Savage novel set in 1925 Montana (but filmed in New Zealand,
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Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Anna Taylor-Joy | Diana Rigg | Jessie Mei Li | Matt Smith | Oliver Phelps | Rita Tushingham | Thomasin McKenzie
Brett says: “I’m sure I’m not the only one who has thought of this by any means, but a piece of advice about Steven Spielberg I always told friends in my younger days was that you should find out the
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Gaysorn Thavat
Starring: Amelie Baynes | Angus Stevens | Erroll Shand | Essie Davis | Ryan O'Kane | Thomasin McKenzie
Michael says: “Essie Davis is on a roll with portrayals of fierce but flawed mothers protecting their children. She made a big impression in THE BABADOOK, then followed that up with BABYTEETH. Now she tops THE JUSTICE OF BUNNY KING,
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Liz Garbus
Starring: Amy Ryan | Gabriel Byrne | Lola Kirke | Thomasin McKenzie
Michael says: “LOST GIRLS is based on true events surrounding the Long Island serial killer investigation in 2010. Mari Gilbert, a single mother, embarks on her own investigation when her eldest daughter goes missing and the police prove to be
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Roman Griffin Davis | Sam Rockwell | Scarlett Johansson | Taika Waititi | Thomasin McKenzie
Thom says: “Again, too much information in my head, for I went into this well-received film supposing I was unfamiliar with director Waititi (from New Zealand) but research proved I’ve already seen all of his feature-length movies: EAGLE vs SHARK
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Debra Granik
Starring: Ben Foster | Jeffery Rifflard | Thomasin McKenzie
Chris says: “Although far less prolific, I’d like to think of Debra Granik as the American Mike Leigh for her depiction (consideration, even) of the working-class without condescending to them. Not as seminal or all-out engrossing as WINTER’SBONE, but teenager
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