Matthias & Maxime (2020)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Adib Alkhalidey | Anne Dorval | Antoine Pilon | Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas | Micheline Bernard | Pier-Luc Funk | Samuel Gauthier | Xavier Dolan
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
By Michael Colford
Rating: 2.8 cats
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Amara Karan | Ben Schnetzer | Chris Zylka | Emily Hampshire | Jacob Tremblay | Jared Keeso | Kathy Bates | Kit Harington | Michael Gambon | Natalie Portman | Susan Sarandon | Thandie Newton
Michael says: “Ah, where do I start with the work of Xavier Dolan. His first film, I KILLED MY MOTHER, was a tour de force for me. A beautiful, emotional story, and an audacious and artistic feature directorial debut. Dolan
Read the review...Tom at the Farm (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Anne Caron | Evelyne Brochu | Lise Roy | Manuel Tadros | Pierre-Yves Cardinal | Xavier Dolan
Kyle says: “TOM AT THE FARM is a 2013 film (only now receiving its New York release in August 2015) by wunderkind maverick virtuoso genius-boy (as Walter Pidgeon refers to Kirk Douglas in THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) writer/director Xavier
Read the review...Mommy (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Alexandre Goyette | Anne Dorval | Antoine-Olivier Pilon | Patrick Huard | Suzanne Clément
Chris says: “Those familiar with Quebecois wunderkind Xavier Dolan’s small, extraordinary oeuvre may notice the title and remember that his first feature was called I KILLED MY MOTHER. This, his fifth, is not a sequel, but it occasionally scans as
Read the review...Laurence Anyways (2013)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.9
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Magalie Lépine Blondeau | Melvil Poupaud | Nathalie Baye | Suzanne Clément | Yves Jacques
Thom says: “Bad boy of Canadian cinema Dolan returns with a strong 3rd entry after the award-winning I KILLED MY MOTHER & the dramatically good HEARTBEATS. Laurence & Fred (Clement) are deeply in love. She’s a television director and he’s
Read the review...Heartbeats (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Anne Dorval | Monia Chokri | Niels Schneider | Xavier Dolan
Michael says: “Caught up with HEARTBEATS, Xavier Dolan’s follow-up to the Chlotrudis multiple-nominee, I KILLED MY MOTHER. Once again, Dolan writes, directs and stars, this time tackling the mysteries of love, particularly in the more modern age of fluid sexuality.
Read the review...I Killed My Mother (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Anne Dorval | François Arnaud | Monique Spaziani | Patricia Tulasne | Suzanne Clément | Xavier Dolan
Bruce says: “Xavier Dolan began writing his script for J’AI TUÉ MA MÈRE when he was sixteen with the goal in mind of getting his film into the Cannes Film Festival. Not only did he achieve that goal but he
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