Strong performance by Amy Adams / weak structure
Cast: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Danny Huston, Jason Schwartzman, Terence Stamp
Director: Tim Burton
Writer: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Director of Photography: Bruno Delbonnel
So predictable!
Actors: Chris Messina, Abigail Spencer, Brian Shortall
Director: Rob Spera
Writer: Jared Rappaport
Music: Jeff Beal
Cinematography: Gavin Kelly
Editing: Matt Maddox
Good direction, weak script and message
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Nora von Waldstätten, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Ty Olwin
Director: Olivier Assayas
Writer: Olivier Assayas
Cinematographer: Yorick Le Saux
Editor: Marion Monnier
Excellent direction and images
Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Pam Ferris
Directed: Alfonso Cuaron
Written: Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton
Music: John Tavener
Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki
Editing: Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Rodríguez
Strong direction, images and dialogues
Cast: Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant, Robert Duvall, Blanche Baker, Traci Lind
Directed: Volker Schlondorff
Screenplay: Harold Pinter; based On The Novel by Margaret Atwood
Photographed: Igor Luther
Edited: David Ray
Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Victim of an intruder, a woman not only suffers a psychological trauma, but has also to deal with her husband who seeks vengeance because his honor and status have been shattered.
Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Writer: Asghar Farhadi
Cinematographer: Hossein Jafarian
Composer: Sattar Oraki
Editor: Hayedeh Safiyari
Good direction and personage, weak scenario, unclear message
Actors: Breeda Wool, Ben Rovner, Jess Adams
Director: Beth Dewey
Writers: Beth Dewey, Justo Diaz
Music: E. Shepherd Stevenson
Cinematography: Yasu Tanida
Editing: Beth Dewey
An exceptional movie
A prostitute falls in love for the first time and this new feeling puts her survival strategy at risk. When she asks the man she loves about it, he answers: “How am I supposed to know heavy stuff like that?”
Actors: Jô Shishido, Kôji Wada, Yumiko Nogawa
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Writers: Taijirô Tamura (novel), Gorô Tanada
Music: Naozumi Yamamoto
Cinematography: Shigeyoshi Mine
Editing: Akira Suzuki
Between love and sexual passion, sexual passion wins in the long run
Cast: Asia Argento, Fu’ad Ait Aattou, Roxane Mesquida, Claude Sarraute, Yolande Moreau, Michael Lonsdale, Anne Parillaud
Written and directed: Catherine Breillat
Based on the novel by Barbey D’Aurevilly
Good music and message, weak script, personages and dialogues
Actors: Anna Camp, Justin Chatwin, Isabelle Fuhrman
Director: Minhal Baig
Writer: Minhal Baig
Music: Sean Giddings
Cinematography: Jesse M. Feldman
Editing: Jonathan M. Dillon