Siberia (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Abel Ferrara
Starring: Cristina Chiriac | Daniel Giménez Cacho | Dounia Sichov | Fabio Pagano | Simon McBurney | Willem Dafoe
The Florida Project (2017)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Sean Baker
Starring: Aiden Malik | Bria Vinaite | Brooklynn Prince | Christopher Rivera | Valeria Cotto | Willem Dafoe
Philip says: “I wish I had seen Sean Baker’s (TANGERINE) film, THE FLORIDA PROJECT before the Oscars. I would have cheered it on. Baker’s gritty realism witnessed in his stunning Tangerine turns out not to be a flash in the
Read the review...Affliction (1998)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: Holmes Osborne | James Coburn | Jim True-Frost | Mary Beth Hurt | Nick Nolte | Sissy Spacek | Willem Dafoe
The English Patient (1996)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Colin Firth | Juliette Binoche | Jürgen Prochnow | Kristin Scott Thomas | Naveen Andrews | Ralph Fiennes | Willem Dafoe
Tommaso (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Abel Ferrara
Starring: Anna Ferrara | Cristina Chiriac | Stella Mastrantonio | Willem Dafoe
The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Dee Rees
Starring: Anne Hathaway | Ben Affleck | Rosie Perez | Willem Dafoe
The Lighthouse (2019)
By Chris Kriofske
Rating: 2.75 | 3.5 cats
Director: Robert Eggers
Starring: Robert Pattison | Valeriia Karaman | Willem Dafoe
Chris says: “Enjoyed this a little more than THE WITCH–it’s just as silly, but Eggers’ Lynch/Maddin pretensions are finely tuned and wrought, and a sense of encroaching madness forever drives things forward. DaFoe/Pattinson is also an inspired pairing, and where
Read the review...At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
By Michael Colford
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Julian Schnabel
Starring: Emmanuelle Seignier | Mads Mikkelsen | Mathieu Amalric | Oscar Isaac | Rupert Friend | Willem Dafoe
Chris says: “In theory, Willem Dafoe seems a misguided choice to play Van Gogh, given the age difference, lack of resemblance, etc. Happily, he makes a stunning transformation without resorting to extravagant physical enhancements like Gary Oldman as Churchill–he embodies the
Read the review...Vox Lux (2018)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Brady Corbet
Starring: Jude Law | Natalie Portman | Raffey Cassidy | Willem Dafoe
Brett says: “VOX LUX is a demolition derby of themes that keep colliding after the initial premise is introduced. Just when the viewer thinks that he/she has a finger on what this movie is, another head-on impact from writer/director Brady
Read the review...Nymphomaniac Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Lars Von Trier
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg | Christian Slater | Jamie Bell | Jean-Marc Barr | Mia Goth | Shia LaBeouf | Sophie Kennedy Clark | Stacy Martin | Stellan Skarsgård | Udo Kier | Uma Thurman | Willem Dafoe
Kyle says: “NYMPHOMANIAC Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 are recent works by the most provocative director on the current international cinema scene. Lars von Trier has been thrice recognized by Chlotrudis with nominations for Original Screenplay for DOGVILLE (2003), and for
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