Director: Aisling Walsh
Writers: Peter Ransley (screenplay), Sarah Waters (novel)
Actors: Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton
“The Handmaiden” (Chan-wook Park, South-Korea 2016)
Director: Chan-wook Park
Writers: Sarah Waters (inspired by the novel “Fingersmith” by), Seo-Kyung Chung (screenplay)
Actors: Min-hee Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Jo
“Elle” (Paul Verhoeven, France 2016)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: Philippe Djian (based on the novel by), David Birke (screenplay)
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny
The “ever-mysterious sexual power within a woman”1 exudes not only from the main female character, but even more strongly from the new equilibrium that the end of the movie sets in motion.
1 – ELLE: A Complex & Challenging Exploration Into Lurid Territory by Laura Birnbaum. Film Inquiry, Nov. 9, 2016 http://www.filminquiry.com/elle-2016-review/
“Captain Fantastic” (Matt Ross, USA 2016)
Director: Matt Ross
Writer: Matt Ross
Actors: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler
An excellent tribute to Noam Chomsky
“Sully” (Clint Eastwood, USA 2016)
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Todd Komarnicki (screenplay), Chesley Sullenberger (based on the book “Highest Duty” by) (as Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger)
Actors: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney
“Gone Girl” (David Fincher, USA 2014)
Director: David Fincher
Writers: Gillian Flynn (screenplay), Gillian Flynn (novel)
Actors: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris
“The only time you liked yourself was when you were trying to be someone this cunt might like. I’m not a quitter, I’m that cunt. I killed for you; who else can say that? You think you’d be happy with a nice Midwestern girl? No way, baby! I’m it.”
“Broadcast News” (James Brooks, USA 1987)
Director: James L. Brooks
Writer: James L. Brooks
Actors: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter
The story doesn’t go anywhere / Holly Hunter is great but the other female roles are excessively stereotyped.
“Up In The Air” (Jason Reitman, USA 2009)
Director: Jason Reitman
Writers: Walter Kirn (novel), Jason Reitman (screenplay)
Actors: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick
Happy ending for everyone except for the hero: you only got what you deserve!
“Anthropoid” (Sean Ellis, UK 2016)
Director: Sean Ellis
Writers: Sean Ellis, Anthony Frewin
Actors: Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Le Bon
“Fireworks Wednesday” (Asghar Farhadi, Iran 2006)
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Writers: Asghar Farhadi, Mani Haghighi
Actors: Hamid Farokhnezhad, Hediyeh Tehrani, Taraneh Alidoosti
A young woman – very much in love and soon to get married – meets
A woman who is devastated because her husband has an affair and
A divorced woman who remembers the time her husband was madly in love with her.
Nevertheless…