Dying to love, loving to death
Interesting use of landscapes; different sorts of music are superimposed; the screen stays black for quite a while; dialogues are sometimes ‘de-synchronized’…
Director: Mark Penney
Writer: Mark Penney
Actors: Shaun Benson, Eliane Gagnon, Michel Perron
Cinematography: Robert Smith
Editing: Mark Penney
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
Excellent camera work, but the story is as cold as a Russian winter
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens, Lena Headey, Martin Donovan, Irene Worth
Directed by Martha Fiennes
Written by Michael Ignatieff, Peter Ettedgui
Based On The Novel by Alexander Pushkin
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Michael Pitt, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche
Director: Rupert Sanders
Based on the comic ‘The Ghost in the Shell’ by Masamune Shirow
Writer: Jamie Moss, William Wheeler
Cinematographer: Jess Hall
Editor: Billy Rich, Neil Smith
Composer: Lorne Balfe
Variation on Groundhog Day. Lots of quality but some weaknesses in the scenario
Cast: Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Elena Kampouris, Logan Miller, Cynthy Wu, Medalion Rahimi, Jennifer Beals, Kian Lawley, Liv Hewson
Director: Ry Russo-Young
Writer (novel): Lauren Oliver
Writer: Maria Maggenti
Cinematographer: Michael Fimognari
Editor: Joe Landauer
Composer: Adam Taylor
Excellent images and direction but the meaning behind all this escapes me
Cast: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss
Director: Julia Ducournau
Writer: Julia Ducournau
Cinematographer: Ruben Impens
Editor: Jean-Christophe Bouzy
Composer: Jim Williams
Cast: Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Lucie Aron, Matthias Habich, Emma Bading
Director: Cate Shortland
Writer (novel): Melanie Joosten
Writer: Shaun Grant, Cate Shortland
Cinematographer: Germain McMicking
Editor: Jack Hutchings
Composer: Bryony Marks
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Helen McCrory, Eddie Marsan, Jake Lacy, Henry Goodman, Jeremy Irons
Director: Lone Scherfig
Writer (novel): Lissa Evans
Writer: Gaby Chiappe
Cinematographer: Sebastian Blenkov
Editor: Lucia Zucchetti
Composer: Rachel Portman
Cast: Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni
Director: Marielle Heller
Writer: Marielle Heller
Novel: Phoebe Gloeckner
Music: Nate Heller
Cinematography: Brandon Trost
Editing: Marie-Hélène Dozo, Koen Timmerman
Strong direction, images and performance by MJ Croze, good use of music
Actors: Marie-Josée Croze, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Stephanie Morgenstern
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Denis Villeneuve
Music: Pierre Desrochers
Cinematography: André Turpin
Editing: Richard Comeau