In the series One Writer, Four Directors:
Cast: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan, Matthew Goode, Jared Harris
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writer: Steven Knight
Cinematographer: Don Burgess
Editor: Mick Audsley, Jeremiah O’Driscoll
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Rachel Griffiths, Matthew Nable, Luke Bracey
Director: Mel Gibson
Writer: Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan
Cinematographer: Simon Duggan
Editor: John Gilbert
Composer: Rupert Gregson-Williams
strong message
weak montage
Cast: María Valverde, Burn Gorman, James D’Arcy, Jack Davenport
Director: Koldo Serra
Writers: José Alba (story), Carlos Clavijo Cobos
Music: Fernando Velázquez
Cinematography: Unax Mendia
Editing: José Manuel Jiménez
strongest: minorities (autistic hero + colored woman as investigator)
weakest: script + message
Cast: Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert C. Treveiler, John Lithgow, Anna Kendrick, Jeffrey Tambor, Jon Bernthal
Director: Gavin O’Connor
Writer: Bill Dubuque
Cinematographer: Seamus McGarvey
Editor: Richard Pearson
Composer: Mark Isham