I.S.S.
I.S.S.
I.S.S. is a 2023 American science fiction thriller film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and written by Nick Shafir. The film stars Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, John Gallagher Jr., Maria Mashkova, Costa Ronin, and Pilou Asbæk.
Premise
The film centers on a group of astronauts and cosmonauts living aboard the International Space Station.[2][3] Tensions flare as a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth.[3] Reeling from this, the astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.[3]
Cast
- Ariana DeBose as Dr. Kira Foster
- Chris Messina as Gordon Barrett
- Pilou Asbæk as Alexey Pulov
- John Gallagher Jr. as Christian
- Costa Ronin as Nicholai
- Maria Mashkova as Weronika
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ORIGIN
ORIGIN
Origin is a 2023 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay. It is based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, which describes racism in the United States as an aspect of a caste system.
The film stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Wilkerson, alongside Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nick Offerman, and Blair Underwood.
Premise
Grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, writer Isabel Wilkerson sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery as she writes Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
Cast
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Isabel Wilkerson[5]
- Jon Bernthal as Brett Hamilton, Isabel’s husband[5]
- Niecy Nash-Betts as Marion Wilkerson, Isabel’s cousin[6]
- Emily Yancy as Ruby Wilkerson, Isabel’s mother[5]
- Finn Wittrock as August Landmesser[6]
- Victoria Pedretti as Irma Eckler[6]
- Jasmine Cephas Jones as Elizabeth Davis[6]
- Isha Blaaker as Allison Davis[6]
- Vera Farmiga as Kate
- Audra McDonald as Miss Hale
- Connie Nielsen as Sabine[5]
- Blair Underwood as Amari Selvan, Isabel’s editor[5]
- Nick Offerman as Dave the Plumber[5]
- Stephanie March as Binky
- Myles Frost as Trayvon Martin[6]
- Suraj Yengde as himself[5]
- Donna Mills as Mrs. Copeland
- Jordan Lloyd as a friend
- Franz Hartwig as Erich Kastner
- Daniel Lommatzsch as Joseph Goebbels
- Gaurav J. Pathania as Dr. B. R. Ambedkar[5]
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FREUD’S LAST SESSION
FREUD’S LAST SESSION
Freud’s Last Session is a 2023 drama film starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Liv Lisa Fries, Jodi Balfour, Jeremy Northam, and Orla Brady. It is based on the stage play of the same name by Mark St. Germain, which itself is based on the book The Question of God by Armand Nicholi. The film was directed by Matthew Brown and written by St. Germain.
Plot
A fictional meeting occurs between C. S. Lewis, nicknamed “Jack”, and Sigmund Freud, two days after the start of World War II, and a debate on God and other matters follows. The two men discuss issues such as Lewis’ trauma as a World War I soldier, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Inklings, and the nature of Freud’s and Lewis’ relationships with other people, such as Freud’s daughter Anna, who is pathologically dependent on her father. However, she eventually breaks free and introduces her lesbian partner, Dorothy Burlingham, to him.
Freud dies by suicide several weeks after the start of the war due to the intense pain from his oral cancer. C.S. Lewis goes on to become a famous author, and the children he takes in as refugees during the war serve as inspiration for his Narnia series. Anna and Dorothy live together for decades, and Anna becomes known as the founder of child psychology. The film notes that Freud met with an unidentified Oxford don in the last days of Freud’s life, who could possibly have been Lewis.[3]
Cast
- Anthony Hopkins as Sigmund Freud
- Matthew Goode as C. S. Lewis
- Liv Lisa Fries as Anna Freud
- Jodi Balfour as Dorothy Burlingham
- Jeremy Northam as Ernest Jones
- Orla Brady as Janie Moore
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WHICH BRINGS ME TO YOU (2023)
WHICH BRINGS ME TO YOU (2023)
Two romantic burnouts meet at a wedding and almost hook up in the coatroom before putting the brakes on. They agree to exchange candid confessions about their pasts on the off chance that this might be the real thing.
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