L’amour fou – Strong structure, sustained tempo, flawless
Actors: Sara Forestier, François Damiens, Adèle Haenel
Director: Katell Quillévéré
Writers: Mariette Désert, Katell Quillévéré
Cinematography: Tom Harari
Editing: Thomas Marchand
Category Archives: 8,0-8,9
“Running On Empty” (Sydney Lumet, USA 1988)
A multi-faceted movie!
Cast: Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Abry, Martha Plimpton
Directed: Sidney Lumet
Written: Naomi Foner
Edited: Andrew Mondshein
Photographed: Gerry Fisher
Music: Tony Mottola
“Snowpiercer” (Joon-ho Bong, South Korea 2013)
Cast: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Alison Pill, Octavia Spencer
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Screenplay: Joon-ho Bong, Kelly Masterson
Original Story: Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, Jean-Marc Rochette
Director of Photography: Kyung-Pyo Hong
Original Music: Marco Beltrami
“The Paradise Suite” (Joost van Winkel, Netherlands 2015)
Intense and raw
The fact that one group of personages is not thematically connected to the others somewhat weakens the script and its message.
Actors: Anjela Nedyalkova, Boris Isakovic, Erik Adelöw
Director: Joost van Ginkel
Writer: Joost van Ginkel
Music: Alexander Doychev, Bram Meindersma
Cinematography: Andréas Lennartsson
Editing: Teun Rietveld, Bob Soetekouw, Joost van Ginkel, Wouter van Luijn
“Brick Lane” (Sarah Gavron, UK 2007)
Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson, Naeema Begum
Directed by Sarah Gavron
Written by Abi Morgan, Laura Jones
Based on the novel by Monica Ali
Music: Jocelyn Pook
Cinematography: Robbie Ryan
Editing: Melanie Oliver
“White Girl” (Elisabeth Wood, USA 2016)
A strong directorial debut
Cast: Morgan Saylor, Brian Marc, Justin Bartha, Chris Noth, Eden Marryshow
Director: Elizabeth Wood
Writer: Elizabeth Wood
Cinematographer: Michael Simmonds
Editor: Michael Taylor
“Toni Erdmann” (Maren Ade, Germany 2016)
A father and a daughter that so much separates and that so much unites.
A very surprising movie!
Cast: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Lucy Russell, Vlad Ivanov, Hadewych Minis
Director: Maren Ade
Writer: Maren Ade
Cinematographer: Patrick Orth
Editor: Heike Parplies
“The Salesman” (Asghar Farhadi, Iran 2016)
Victim of an intruder, a woman not only suffers a psychological trauma, but has also to deal with her husband who seeks vengeance because his honor and status have been shattered.
Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Writer: Asghar Farhadi
Cinematographer: Hossein Jafarian
Composer: Sattar Oraki
Editor: Hayedeh Safiyari
“Polytechnique” (Denis Villeneuve, Canada 2009)
A powerful movie
Actors: Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Jacques Davidts (scenario and dialogue), Denis Villeneuve (collaboration)
Music: Benoît Charest
Cinematography: Pierre Gill
Editing: Richard Comeau
“Tanna” (Martin Butler & Bentley Dean, Australia 2015)
Poignant story showing the intricate interaction of love and politics in tribal life. Weak point: the occidental music doesn’t mix well with the original tribal one.
Actors: Kapan Cook, Mungau Dain, Charlie Kahla
Directors: Martin Butler, Bentley Dean
Writers: Martin Butler, John Collee, Bentley Dean
Music: Antony Partos
Cinematography: Bentley Dean
Editing: Tania Nehme