A beautiful young woman – student, waitress, and office girl – has to use her body as a prostitute, for medical experiments, and as a sex object to make ends meet.
Cast: Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie
Director: Julia Leigh
Writer: Julia Leigh (screenplay)
Music by Ben Frost
Cinematography by Geoffrey Simpson
Film Editing by Nick Meyers
A wife who’s treated like a dog by her family becomes a dog
Unfortunately, just like her previous feature, this original idea with good humor doesn’t bring us anywhere. Interesting use of sound
Cast: Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter, Jaime King, Brighton Sharbino, Rio Mangini, Kingston Foster
Director: Marianna Palka
Writer: Marianna Palka
Cinematographer: Armando Salas
Editor: Brett W. Bachman
Composer: Morgan z Whirledge
An interesting and original story but an abrupt and unconvincing end
Cast: Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter, Eric Edelstein
Director: Marianna Palka
Writer: Marianna Palka
Music by Jared Nelson Smith
Cinematography by Andre Lascaris
Film Editing by Christopher Kroll
First feature
Confusing the codes between victim-perpetrator-witness, artist and subject…
Cast: Mireille Enos, Sam Shepard, Goran Visnjic
Director: Camille Thoman
Writers: Camille Thoman
Music by James Lavino
Cinematography by Sebastian Winterø
Film Editing by Jon Berry, Walter Fasano, Robin Hill, Camille Thoman
First feature
Cast: Jesse Cordasco, Andrew McCord, Gina Piersanti, Case Prime, Nick Rosen
Director: Eliza Hittman
Writer: Eliza Hittman
Cinematography by Sean Porter
Film Editing by Scott Cummings, Carlos Marques-Marcet
Same theme and situations as in her first feature [how to recapture a husband who cheats on you and revive love after having been married for so many years?] with a middle-aged woman as lead (compliment), but in a weaker scenario that some surprising moments do not beef up, with not much content added.
Still very good dialogues and very good acting by Anna Chancellor!
Cast: Anna Chancellor, John Hannah, Hermione Norris
Director: Joan Carr-Wiggin
Writer: Joan Carr-Wiggin
Cinematography by Bruce Worrall
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Gérard Depardieu |
Director: Anne Fontaine
Writers: Philippe Blasband (original idea), Jacques Fieschi
Music by Michael Nyman
Cinematography by Jean-Marc Fabre
Film Editing by Emmanuelle Castro
Parallel relationships built between 2 half-sisters and 2 brothers / The father of the 2 half-sisters is evoked as a constant figure, whereas their mothers are replaceable (see Laggies)
Cast: Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass, Mike Birbiglia
Written and directed by Lynn Shelton
Music by Vinny Smith
Cinematography by Benjamin Kasulke
Film Editing by Nat Sanders
Intimate situations around 2 or 3 personages characterize this director’s work
My Effortless Brilliance and Humpday are built around male relationships, while the following movies are more female oriented, with males used as catalysts
Cast: Basil Harris, Jeanette Maus, Sean Nelson
Director: Lynn Shelton
Writers: Basil Harris, Jeanette Maus
Music by Ted Speaker
Cinematography by Benjamin Kasulke
Film Editing by Sean Donavan, Lynn Shelton
Some good moments, clumsy (first feature) direction
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Sarah Grey, Jon Tenney
Director: Kyra Sedgwick
Writers: Laurie Collyer, Emily Bickford Lansbury
Music by Travis Bacon
Cinematography by Alar Kivilo
Film Editing by Sabine Hoffman