11 March
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THE FATHER Director: Florian ZellerStarring: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell  There are a few stage to screen adaptations garnering high praise this award season with One Night in Miami and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. You can also add The Father to that list. The Father is from playwright Florian Zeller who not only co-wrote the adaptation with Christopher Hampton but also directed the film. Olivia Colman stars as Anne who is struggling with the right kind of care for her father, Anthony, played by Anthony Hopkins. His decline with Alzheimer’s is getting more severe and more than she is ableRead More →

02 December
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JUDY Director: Rupert GooldStarring: Renée Zellweger, Rufus Sewell, Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley, Michael Gambon We may remember Judy Garland (Zellweger) as the talented young star of The Wizard of Oz but her life and career spiraled into a life of drugs and alcohol. She was only 47 and was going broke unable to pay for housing for two of her children. She’s forced to take on a concert series at the Talk of the Town in London. She needs the money, yet the years of substance abuse and self-doubt have taken their toll on her mental state as we see her work her way throughRead More →