A potentially good story turned into a stupid action movie with lots of shooting and meaningless violence. A positive point: one of the first movies in which women are physically involved in the action.
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Screenplay by Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon, Gary Goldman
Photographed by Jost Vacano
Edited by Frank J. Urioste
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Good direction and images, but a bit outdated
Cast: Alec Guinness, Maureen O’Hara, Burl Ives
Director: Carol Reed
Writer: Graham Greene (novel)
Music: Frank Deniz, Laurence Deniz
Cinematography: Oswald Morris
Editing: Bert Bates
A good movie with a strong message, if you ignore the unnatural situation, the beautiful colors and the perfect settings.
Cast: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis
Written and Directed: Todd Haynes
Music: Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography: Edward Lachman
Editing: James Lyons
This movie has a somewhat complex structure that lacks transparency.
Cast: Marie Denarnaud, Denis Ménochet, Clémentine Célarié
Director: Mélanie Laurent
Writers: Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Perez
Music: Jonathan Morali
Cinematography: Arnaud Potier
Editing: Guerric Catala
A friendship between two girls (one introvert, one extrovert) turns to a complete misunderstanding.
Cast: Joséphine Japy, Lou de Laâge, Isabelle Carré, Roxane Duran
Director: Mélanie Laurent
Screenplay: Julien Lambroschini, Mélanie Laurent / Novel: Anne-Sophie Brasme
Director of Photography: Arnaud Potier
Editor: Guerric Catala
Music: Marc Chouarain
An unrealistic and insane use of guns
Cast: Peyton Kennedy, Richard Schiff, Kip Pardue, Zuleikha Robinson, Rusty Schwimmer
Director: Anne Hamilton
Writer: Anne Hamilton
Cinematographer: Wyatt Garfield
Editor: Amanda C. Griffin
Composer: Gingger Shankar
Intense and raw
The fact that one group of personages is not thematically connected to the others somewhat weakens the script and its message.
Actors: Anjela Nedyalkova, Boris Isakovic, Erik Adelöw
Director: Joost van Ginkel
Writer: Joost van Ginkel
Music: Alexander Doychev, Bram Meindersma
Cinematography: Andréas Lennartsson
Editing: Teun Rietveld, Bob Soetekouw, Joost van Ginkel, Wouter van Luijn
Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson, Naeema Begum
Directed by Sarah Gavron
Written by Abi Morgan, Laura Jones
Based on the novel by Monica Ali
Music: Jocelyn Pook
Cinematography: Robbie Ryan
Editing: Melanie Oliver
“You can’t go on fighting (God), it’s only love after all”
This version focuses on love as a transcendenting force, expressing itself in religious fervor for her and in hate for him. The discourse around religion and belief is however much less sophisticated than in the original version of 1955.
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Stephen Rea, Julianne Moore, Heather Jay Jones, James Bolam
Written and Directed: Neil Jordan
Based On The Novel by Graham Greene
Music: Michael Nyman
Cinematography: Roger Pratt
Editing: Tony Lawson
Score and atmosphere influenced by David Lean’s A Brief Encounter
Actors: Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Writers: Graham Greene (from the novel by), Lenore J. Coffee (screenplay) Music: Benjamin Frankel
Cinematography: Wilkie Cooper
Editing: Alan Osbiston