Cast: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Matt Craven, George Dzundza
Directed: Tony Scott
Written: Michael Schiffer
Music: Hans Zimmer
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Film Editing: Chris Lebenzon
Category Archives: 7,0-7,9
“Jasper Jones” by Rachel Perkins (Australia, 2017)
Interesting representation of teenagers rejecting the crooked ways of the significant adults around them.
NOTICED (SPOILER): One mother betrays her husband. Another one destroys evidence to protect hers. In the end, it leaves two children betrayed by their mothers.
The musical score is too omnipresent.
Cast: Hugo Weaving, Toni Collette, Angourie Rice
Director: Rachel Perkins
Writers: Shaun Grant, Craig Silvey (story)
Music by Antony Partos
Cinematography by Mark Wareham
Film Editing by Veronika Jenet
“Flocking” by Beata Gardeler (Sweden, 2015)
A whole community turns against a 14 year-old girl who accuses a boy of raping her.
Powerful, almost unbearable
Actors: Fatime Azemi, John Risto, Eva Melander
Director: Beata Gårdeler
Writers: Emma Broström (screenplay), Geir Hansteen Jorgensen (dramaturge)
Music by Lisa Holmqvist
Cinematography by Gösta Reiland
Film Editing by Linda Jildmalm
“Sairat” by Nagraj Manjule (India, 2016)
Could have been an hour shorter / humor disappears halfway
Cast: Rinku Rajguru, Akash Thosar, Arbaz Shaikh
Director: Nagraj Manjule
Writers: Nagraj Manjule (story and screenplay), Nagraj Manjule (dialogue)
Music by Ajay Gogavale, Atul Gogavale
Cinematography by Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
Film Editing by Kutub Inamdar
“Wind River” by Taylor Sheridan (USA, 2017)
Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Jon Bernthal, Martin Sensmeier, Graham Greene
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Writer: Taylor Sheridan
Cinematographer: Ben Richardson
Editor: Gary Roach
Composer: Nick Cave
“Deidra & Laney Rob a Train” by Sydney Freeland (USA, 2017)
A weak script, but the light tone, a nice cast, some good dialogues and good music make it fun to watch
SPOILER: The engaging tone of the movie comes mainly from the fact that all the personages are on the side of the thieves and help them get away with it, except the detective who ends up being the bad guy.
Cast: Ashleigh Murray, Rachel Crow, Tim Blake Nelson, David Sullivan, Danielle Nicolet Director: Sydney Freeland
Writer: Shelby Farrell
Cinematographer: Quyen Tran
Editor: Michael Taylor
Composer: Mark Orton
“Strange Weather” by Katherine Dieckmann (USA, 2016)
Excellent acting, good dialogues, contrived script
Cast: Holly Hunter, Carrie Coon, Kim Coates, Glenne Headly, Johnny McPhail
Director: Katherine Dieckmann
Writer: Katherine Dieckmann
Cinematographer: David Rush Morrison
Editor: Madeleine Gavin
Composer: Sharon Van Etten
“Paris Can Wait” by Eleanor Coppola (USA, 2016)
An American woman tries to find her way between a husband who does not listen to her and a friend who wants to seduce her
Cast: Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin
Director: Eleanor Coppola
Writer: Eleanor Coppola
Cinematographer: Crystel Fournier
Editor: Glen Scantlebury
Composer: Laura Karpman
“The Journey Is the Destination” by Bronwen Hughes (South Africa, 2016)
The black-and-white ideological journey of a young reporter / Very active camera
Cast: Maria Bello, Kelly Macdonald, Ella Purnell
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Writers: Bronwen Hughes, Jan Sardi
Cinematography by Giulio Biccari
Film Editing by Robert Ivison, Natan Moss
“Okja” by Joon-Ho Bong (South Korea, 2016)
Actors: Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Seo-Hyun Ahn
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Writer: Bong Joon-ho, Jon Ronson
Cinematographer: Darius Khondji
Editor: Meeyeon Han, Yang Jinmo, Jin-mo Yang