Fingernails - Review | LFF 2023

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Fingernails - Review | LFF 2023

Directed by: Christos Nikou

Written by: Christos Nikou, Sam Steiner, Stavros Raptis

Starring: Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White, Annie Murphy, Luke Wilson

Runtime: 113 min

Synopsis: Anna (Jessie Buckley) and Ryan (Jeremy Allen White) have found true love. It's been proven by a controversial new technology. There's just one problem: Anna still isn't sure. Then she takes a position at a love testing institute, and meets Amir (Riz Ahmed).

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Women Talking - SPOILER-FREE Review | LFF 2022

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Women Talking - SPOILER-FREE Review | LFF 2022

Directed by: Sarah Polley

Written by: Sarah Polley

Starring: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand

Runtime: 104 min

Synopsis: In a remote Mennonite community, women have been waking from sleep bruised and battered, some are pregnant. Religious leaders argue it’s God’s punishment for their sins. But when one wakes to find an attacker in her room, the horrible truth comes out. In a sunlit barn, the women debate: will they stay, as is expected, and forgive their attackers?

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I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Charlie Kaufman

Written by: Charlie Kaufman

Starring: Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, David Thewlis

Runtime: 134 min

Synopsis: Despite second thoughts about their relationship, a young woman (Jessie Buckley) takes a road trip with her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to his family farm. Trapped at the farm during a snowstorm with Jake's mother (Toni Collette) and father (David Thewlis), the young woman begins to question the nature of everything she knew or understood about her boyfriend, herself, and the world.

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