Good direction and dialogues, weak message, pretentious movie
Cast: Will Smith. Kate Winslet, Edward Norton, Michael Peña, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Jacob Latimore, Naomie Harris
Director: David Frankel
Writer: Allan Loeb
Cinematographer: Maryse Alberti
Editor: Andrew Marcus
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Strong: message + gender
Weak: minorities
Actors: Andrea Anders, Matt Passmore, Cloris Leachman
Director: Matt Cooper
Writer: Matt Cooper
Music: Tom Howe
Cinematography: Armando Salas
Editing: Luis Colina
“The moving qualities in this film are mostly a coming-out thing, so perhaps straight people won’t relate, but there are glimmers here (and in our times) of that narrative holding enough substance to speak to universal truths.” -[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4331970/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1]
Cast: Kacey Mottet Klein, Sandrine Kiberlain, Corentin Fila, Alexis Loret, Jean Fornerod
Director: André Téchiné
Writer: Céline Sciamma, André Téchiné
Cinematographer: Julien Hirsch
Editor: Albertine Lastera
Composer: Alexis Rault
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Benjamin Bratt, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mads Mikkelsen, Benedict Wong, Michael Stuhlbarg
Director: Scott Derrickson
Writer (comic book): Steve Ditko
Writer: Scott Derrickson, Jon Spaihts, C. Robert Cargill
Cinematographer: Ben Davis
Editor: Sabrina Plisco, Wyatt Smith
Composer: Michael Giacchino
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
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Ciarán Hinds, Issei Ogata
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese; based on the novel by Shûsaku Endô
Cinematographer: Rodrigo Prieto
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
Composer: Kathryn Kluge, Kim Allen Kluge
Despite the fact that the main role was given to a woman, it is still a strongly paternalistic movie.
Cast: Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Donnie Yen
Director: Gareth Edwards
Writer: Chris Weitz, Tony Gilroy, John Knoll, Gary Whitta
based on the characters created by George Lucas
Cinematographer: Greig Fraser
Editor: John Gilroy, Colin Goudie, Jabez Olssen
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Always surprising story line…
Cast: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner
Director: François Ozon
Writers: François Ozon, Philippe Piazzo
Music: Philippe Rombi
Cinematography: Pascal Marti
Editing: Laure Gardette
“‘I breathe poetry’ … the movie is about: the conviction that if you can live at least part of your life breathing poetry (and that poetry is not necessarily a verbal thing), you can make your life more worthwhile.” [Paterson by Glenn Kenny. December 27, 2o16 http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/paterson-2016]
Cast: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Barry Shabaka Henley
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Writer: Jim Jarmusch
Cinematographer: Frederick Elmes
Editor: Affonso Gonçalves
Composer: Jim Jarmusch, Carter Logan, Sqürl
Pleasant movie, nice chemistry, good dialogues. The moralizing and feel-good ending is a pity.
Cast: Kevin Ashworth, Michael Boucher, Michael Bow
Director: William Lu
Writer: William Lu
Music: Scott Gilman
Cinematography: Aashish Gandhi
Editing: Brady Hallongren