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
Strong images, weak personages
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Mario Casas, Adriana Barraza, Kate del Castillo, Cote de Pablo, Bob Gunton Director: Patricia Riggen
Screenplay: José Rivera, Mikko Alanne
Composer: James Horner
Editor: Michael Tronick
Cinematographer: Checco Varese
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
strongest: minorities (autistic hero + colored woman as investigator)
weakest: script + message
Cast: Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert C. Treveiler, John Lithgow, Anna Kendrick, Jeffrey Tambor, Jon Bernthal
Director: Gavin O’Connor
Writer: Bill Dubuque
Cinematographer: Seamus McGarvey
Editor: Richard Pearson
Composer: Mark Isham
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Denis Villeneuve (scenario), Wajdi Mouawad (play)
Actors: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette
Director: Matt Ross
Writer: Matt Ross
Actors: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler
An excellent tribute to Noam Chomsky
Director: Vincent Sherman
Writers: Paul Webster (story), Jack Sobell (story)
Actors: Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett
Nice film noir without any bad guy (or bad girl), just a man who “reached for something, going about it the wrong way.” CineMaven’s ESSAYS from the COUCH
Director: Susanna White
Writers: John le Carré (based on the novel by), Hossein Amini
Actors: Carlos Acosta, Radivoje Bukvic, Stellan Skarsgård
Broad array of personnages: children, babies, teenager, multiracial couple, older woman…
Director: John Carney
Writer: John Carney (screenplay)
Actors: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy