An exceptional success at mixing comedy and drama / Rich representations of minorities, excellent dialogues
Cast: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Caleb Landry Jones, Kathryn Newton, Clarke Peters
Director: Martin McDonagh
Writer: Martin McDonagh
Cinematographer: Ben Davis
Editor: Jon Gregory
Composer: Carter Burwell
Writing in pair: man + woman directing
Good music, excellent acting, great tension build-up on a somewhat weak scenario
Cast: Sophie Reid, Allison Tolman, JoBeth Williams, Luis Bordonada, Tanner Beard
Director: Jason Cortlund, Julia Halperin
Writer: Jason Cortlund
Cinematographer: Jonathan Nastasi
Composer: Chris Brokaw
Working in pair: man + woman directing
Great female lead, good humor, surprising editing
Cast: Lydia Wilson, Johnny Flynn, Ellie Kendrick
Directors: Emily Harris, Ate de Jong
Writer: Ate de Jong
Cinematography by Zoran Veljkovic
Film Editing by Brent Backhus, Antonio Rui Ribeiro
Working in pair: man + woman directing
Social drama set in Brazil showing how football and religion as a source of hope ultimately prevent the poor from escaping their condition
Cast: Sandra Corveloni, João Baldasserini, Vinícius de Oliveira
Directors: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
Writers: George Moura, Daniela Thomas
Music by Gustavo Santaolalla
Cinematography by Mauro Pinheiro Jr.
Film Editing by Gustavo Giani, Lívia Serpa
Working in pair: man + woman directing
Too predictable and at times grotesque
Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Alan Cumming
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Writer: Simon Beaufoy
Cinematographer: Linus Sandgren
Editor: Pamela Martin
Composer: Nicholas Britell
Working in duo: male and female directing
At times magic and a fantastic cast / The strength of the story gets a bit lost through the complex editing
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Maria de Medeiros, Edouard Baer, Golshifteh Farahani, Isabella Rossellini
Directed by Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Written by Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Music by Olivier Bernet
Cinematography by Christophe Beaucarne
Film Editing by Stéphane Roche
Excellent direction / “This is a movie of vision and integrity made on an epic scale” writes Matt Zoller Seitz / A (British) patriotic movie in time of Brexit…
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Fionn Whitehead, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy. Cillian Murphy. Harry Styles
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Hoyte van Hoytema
Editor: Lee Smith
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Stylish, clever, at times poetic, at times too contemplative / Some of the secondary personages are not really correlated to the core of the story
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Jared Leto, Mackenzie Davis, Barkhad Abdi, Carla Juri, Robin Wright
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Philip K. Dick, Hampton Fancher, Michael Green
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Editor: Joe Walker
Composer: Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer
Great dialogues
Cast: Gene Hackman, Harris Yulin, Jennifer Warren, Janet Ward, Susan Clark, Melanie Griffith, Edward Binns, Susan Clark, James Woods, Melanie Griffith
Directed by Arthur Penn
Produced by Robert M. Sherman
Screenplay by Alan Sharp
Photographed by Bruce Surtees
Edited by Dede Allen
Written by Alan Sharp
Intense thriller, sustained direction, truthful personages, great sound track
A movie that has a “visual language designed to enhance the mood of its leading man without distracting from it” writes Brian Tallerico; a movie in which everyone gets used and abused to no end
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Buddy Duress, Ben Safdie, Taliah Webster, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barkhad Abdi
Director: Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie
Writer: Ronald Bronstein, Joshua Safdie
Cinematographer: Sean Price Williams
Composer: Daniel Lopatin