20TH CENTURY WOMEN (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Annette Bening (American Beauty), Greta Gerwig (Maggie’s Plan), Elle Fanning (The Neon Demon), Lucas Jade Zumann (Sinister 2), Billy Crudup (Spotlight), Alia Shawkat (Green Room), Darrell Britt-Gibson (Keanu), Thea Gill (Eighteen), Laura Wiggins (Hard Drive), Nathalie Love (Palo Alto), Waleed Zuaiter (The Men Who Stare At Goats), Alison Elliott (Birth), Finn Roberts (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Mike Mills (Beginners), director, writer; Anne Carey (Adventureland), Megan Ellison (Her) and Youree Henley (The Bling Ring), producers; Roger Neill (Trixie), composer; Sean Porter (Green Room), cinematographer; Leslie Jones (The Master), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In late-70s California, single mother Dorothea (Bening) calls on the help of her younger and wilder friends Abbie (Gerwig) and Julie (Fanning) to teach her teenage son Jamie (Zumann) about life and love, sex and freedom, and men and women…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

After his previous film Beginners bagged Christopher Plummer a long-overdue Oscar, filmmaker Mike Mills is back with a quirky and mindful examination of three remarkable woman in 1970s California.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2017

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

Tornado (dir. John Maclean)

In 1790s Britain, a criminal gang hunts a thieving young samurai…

Echo Valley (dir. Michael Pearce)

A mother goes to extreme lengths to protect her daughter after a violent incident…

Deep Cover (dir. Tom Kingsley)

A group of improv actors are recruited for an undercover sting…

Lollipop (dir. Daisy-May Hudson)

A recently-paroled mother attempts to regain custody of her children…

How to Train Your Dragon (dir. Dean DeBlois)

Hiccup, a young Viking, befriends a feared dragon named Toothless…

Clown in a Cornfield (dir. Eli Craig)

A town is overrun by a killer dressed as a clown…

Ballerina (dir. Len Wiseman)

A newly-trained assassin sets out to avenge a close death…

Predator: Killer of Killers (dir. Dan Trachtenberg)

Across numerous time periods, the alien Predator goes up against various humans…

Falling Into Place (dir. Aylin Tezel)

Two lost souls encounter each other during a weekend trip…

Dangerous Animals (dir. Sean Byrne)

A shark-obsessed serial killer captures a new victim…

Optimized by Optimole