Cast: Betsy Brandt, Zev Haworth, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Chris Beetem
Director: Lisa Robinson & Annie J. Howell
Writer: Lisa Robinson & Annie J. Howell
Cinematographer: Andreas Burgess
Editor: Jim Isler
Composer: Xander Duell
Category Archives: female director
“Things To Come” (Mia Hansen-Love, France 2016)
strongest: gender
weakest: humor
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Edith Scob, Roman Kolinka, Sarah Le Picard
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve
Cinematographer: Denis Lenoir
Editor: Marion Monnier
“Bridget Jones’s Baby” (Sharon Maguire, USA 2016)
strongest: humor
weakest: script + message
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Patrick Dempsey
Director: Sharon Maguire
Writer: Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, Emma Thompson
Cinematographer: Andrew Dunn
Editor: Melanie Ann Oliver
Music: Craig Armstrong
“All We Had” (Katie Holmes, USA 2016)
strongest: minorities
weakest: script
Director: Katie Holmes
Writers: Josh Boone (screenplay), Jill Killington
Stars: Eve Lindley, Richard Kind, Mark Consuelos
“Always Shine” (Sophia Takal, USA 2016)
strongest: direction
weakest: message
Director: Sophia Takal
Writer: Lawrence Michael Levine
Actors: Mackenzie Davis, Caitlin FitzGerald, Lawrence Michael Levine
“Fingersmith” (Aisling Walsh, UK 2005)
Director: Aisling Walsh
Writers: Peter Ransley (screenplay), Sarah Waters (novel)
Actors: Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton
“Certain Women” (Kelly Reichardt, US 2016)
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Writers: Maile Meloy (short stories), Kelly Reichardt
Actors: Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern
In the calmest way, scarcely intruded images and stable frames lead to an almost continuous but never exposed tension.
“Eden” (Mia Hansen-Løve, France 2014)
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Writers: Mia Hansen-Løve (scenario), Sven Hansen-Løve (scenario)
Actors: Félix de Givry, Pauline Etienne, Vincent Macaigne
Vivre le temps avant qu’il ne tombe dans l’oubli
Un monde aux personnages sans épaisseur
“Frozen River” (Courtney Hunt, US 2008)
Director: Courtney Hunt
Writer: Courtney Hunt
Actors: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott
A feminine world from which the masculine is exiled at the fringe.
A world of women and children showing the universality and interchangeability of motherhood.
A multifaceted world on which it is as treacherous to tread as on a frozen river…
“The Whole Truth” (Courtney Hunt, US 2016)
Director: Courtney Hunt
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Renée Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw