Cast: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Bruce Greenwood
Director: Atom Egoyan
Writer: Atom Egoyan Based On The Novel by Russell Banks
Music: Mychael Danna
Cinematography: Paul Sarossy
Editing: Susan Shipton
“Tramps” (Adam Leon, USA 2016)
Cast: Callum Turner, Grace Van Patten, Michal Vondel, Mike Birbiglia
Director: Adam Leon
Writer: Adam Leon; (story by) Adam Leon, Jamund Washington
Cinematographer: Ashley Connor
Editor: Morgan Faust, Sara Shaw
Composer: Nicholas Britell
“The Gift” (Joel Edgerton, USA 2015)
The script hesitates between a few genres (horror, thriller) before opting for a bully-victim relationship that loses much of its dramatic content along the way. An identical indecision hovers over who is the main character of the movie: Simon (Jason Bateman)? Robyn (Rebecca Hall)? Gordo (Joel Edgerton)?
Cast: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, David Denman, Beau Knapp, Allison Tolman, P. J. Byrne, Busy Philipps, Wendell Pierce, Katie Aselton
Director: Joel Edgerton
Writer: Joel Edgerton
Director of Photography: Eduard Grau
“Gifted” (Marc Webb, USA 2017)
Bland music, story with little credibility, emotional manipulation. In the same genre, Carrie Pillby is much better.
Cast: Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate, Octavia Spencer
Director: Marc Webb
Writer: Tom Flynn
Cinematographer: Stuart Dryburgh
Editor: Bill Pankow
Composer: Rob Simonsen
“Colossal” (Nacho Vigalondo, Canada 2016)
A stupid script with wothless secondary personages and meaningless violence.
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Dan Stevens, Jason Sudeikis, Agam Darshi, Hannah Cheramy
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Writer: Nacho Vigalondo
Cinematographer: Eric Kress
Editor: Ben Baudhuin, Luke Doolan
“Carrie Pilby” (Susan Johnson, USA 2016)
All the men in her life disappoint her… but in the end, the movie succeeds in glorifying patriarchism. What a disappointment!
Cast: Bel Powley, Nathan Lane, Gabriel Byrne, Vanessa Bayer, Colin O’Donoghue, Jason Ritter, William Moseley, Poorna Jagannathan, Cornelia Guest, Joel Michaely
Director: Susan Johnson
Writer: Kara Holden, based on the novel by Caren Lissner
Cinematographer: Gonzalo Amat
Editor: Phillip J. Bartell
Composer: Michael Penn
“The Levelling” (Hope Dickson Leach, UK 2016)
Depressingly slow moving drama filled with silences
Cast: Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden
Director: Hope Dickson Leach
Writer: Hope Dickson Leach
Music: Hutch Demouilpied
Cinematography: Nanu Segal
Editing: Tom Hemmings
“Tokyo Drifter” (Seijun Suzuki, Japan 1966)
Fantastic images, good humor
Confusing scenario, weak personage, lack of message
Actors: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawaj
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Writer: Kôhan Kawauchi
Music: Hajime Kaburagi
Cinematography: Shigeyoshi Mine
Editing: Shinya Inoue
“Story Of A Prostitute” (Seijun Suzuki, Japan 1965)
At the end of the movie, a Chinese woman says that the Japanese are always in a hurry to die. But dying is not difficult, it’s for the cowards. It’s living that is difficult.
Cast: Tamio Kawaji, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Writers: Hajime Takaiwa, Taijirô Tamura (story)
Music: Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography: Kazue Nagatsuka
Editing: Akira Suzuki
“The Girl With All The Gifts” (Colm McCarthy, UK 2016)
Good music score, some intelligent dialogues, original story but annoying mistakes in the script and no humor
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine, Glenn Close, Sennia Nanua, Anamaria Marinca, Fisayo Akinade, Anthony Welsh, Dominique Tipper, Eli Lane
Director: Colm McCarthy
Writer: Mike Carey
Cinematographer: Simon Dennis
Editor: Matthew Cannings
Composer: Cristobal Tapia de Veer