Strong performance by Amy Adams / weak structure
Cast: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Danny Huston, Jason Schwartzman, Terence Stamp
Director: Tim Burton
Writer: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Director of Photography: Bruno Delbonnel
So predictable!
Actors: Chris Messina, Abigail Spencer, Brian Shortall
Director: Rob Spera
Writer: Jared Rappaport
Music: Jeff Beal
Cinematography: Gavin Kelly
Editing: Matt Maddox
Good direction, weak script and message
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Nora von Waldstätten, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Ty Olwin
Director: Olivier Assayas
Writer: Olivier Assayas
Cinematographer: Yorick Le Saux
Editor: Marion Monnier
Strong direction, images and dialogues
Cast: Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant, Robert Duvall, Blanche Baker, Traci Lind
Directed: Volker Schlondorff
Screenplay: Harold Pinter; based On The Novel by Margaret Atwood
Photographed: Igor Luther
Edited: David Ray
Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Between love and sexual passion, sexual passion wins in the long run
Cast: Asia Argento, Fu’ad Ait Aattou, Roxane Mesquida, Claude Sarraute, Yolande Moreau, Michael Lonsdale, Anne Parillaud
Written and directed: Catherine Breillat
Based on the novel by Barbey D’Aurevilly
Strong: message + gender
Weak: minorities
Actors: Andrea Anders, Matt Passmore, Cloris Leachman
Director: Matt Cooper
Writer: Matt Cooper
Music: Tom Howe
Cinematography: Armando Salas
Editing: Luis Colina
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Benjamin Bratt, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mads Mikkelsen, Benedict Wong, Michael Stuhlbarg
Director: Scott Derrickson
Writer (comic book): Steve Ditko
Writer: Scott Derrickson, Jon Spaihts, C. Robert Cargill
Cinematographer: Ben Davis
Editor: Sabrina Plisco, Wyatt Smith
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Despite the fact that the main role was given to a woman, it is still a strongly paternalistic movie.
Cast: Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Donnie Yen
Director: Gareth Edwards
Writer: Chris Weitz, Tony Gilroy, John Knoll, Gary Whitta
based on the characters created by George Lucas
Cinematographer: Greig Fraser
Editor: John Gilroy, Colin Goudie, Jabez Olssen
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Cast: Samantha Robinson, Gian Keys, Laura Waddell, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Jared Sanford
Director: Anna Biller
Writer: Anna Biller
Editor: Anna Biller
Director of Photography: David Mullen
Music: Anna Biller
A notch above other coming-of-age movies for its very accurate portray of the egocentric worldview that characterizes adolescence
Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, Hayden Szeto, Alexander Calvert
Director: Kelly Fremon Craig
Writer: Kelly Fremon Craig
Cinematographer: Doug Emmett
Editor: Tracey Wadmore-Smith
Composer: Atli Örvarsson