A beautiful young woman – student, waitress, and office girl – has to use her body as a prostitute, for medical experiments, and as a sex object to make ends meet.
Cast: Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie
Director: Julia Leigh
Writer: Julia Leigh (screenplay)
Music by Ben Frost
Cinematography by Geoffrey Simpson
Film Editing by Nick Meyers
The influence of an imposing fatherly figure on a young girl, a theme that returns in Ginger and Rosa.
Cast: Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton
Written and Directed by Sally Potter
Music by Osvaldo Golijov
Cinematography by Sacha Vierny
Film Editing by Hervé Schneid
Set during the Cold War in the nascent post-war world of feminism and youth activism / Another facet of the influence of a strong fatherly figure on a young girl (see also The Man Who Cried (2000))
Cast: Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Alessandro Nivola, Annette Bening, Timothy Spall
Written and directed by Sally Potter
Cinematography by Robbie Ryan
Film Editing by Anders Refn
Very surprising movie / Strong direction
A father and a daughter who haven’t much to say to each other, a father and a daughter that so much separates and that so much unites.
Cast: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Lucy Russell, Vlad Ivanov, Hadewych Minis
Director: Maren Ade
Writer: Maren Ade
Cinematographer: Patrick Orth
Editor: Heike Parplies
An uncompromising view on the life of a young teacher full of hope and ideals, but who slowly sinks into despair (a painful experience that will remind many teachers of their rookie years) / A movie that proves that what we make of our life is greater than the sum of all the elements our life is made of!
Cast: Eva Löbau, Daniela Holtz, Jan Neumann
Director: Maren Ade
Writer: Maren Ade
Music by Nellis Du Biel, Ina Siefert
Cinematography by Nikolai von Graevenitz
Film Editing by Heike Parplies
First feature
Cast: Jesse Cordasco, Andrew McCord, Gina Piersanti, Case Prime, Nick Rosen
Director: Eliza Hittman
Writer: Eliza Hittman
Cinematography by Sean Porter
Film Editing by Scott Cummings, Carlos Marques-Marcet
Cast: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan
Written and Directed by Lana & Lilly Wachowski
Music by Don Davis
Cinematography by Bill Pope
Film Editing by Zach Staenberg
Excellent special effects but repetitive situations, long action sequences that do not bring anything forward, and weak gender representation
Cast: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, Douglas Booth, Jo Osmond, Terry Gilliam, DooNa Bae, Vanessa Kirby, James D’Arcy
Director: Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski
Screenplay: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Original Music Composer: Michael Giacchino
Nuanced approach of all the things on which the life of a teenage girl is built / Excellent acting, great editing! However, a too “uniquely American” comedy, as Christopher Gray puts it.
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein
Director: Greta Gerwig
Writer: Greta Gerwig
Cinematographer: Sam Levy
Editor: Nick Houy
Composer: Jon Brion
Same theme and situations as in her first feature [how to recapture a husband who cheats on you and revive love after having been married for so many years?] with a middle-aged woman as lead (compliment), but in a weaker scenario that some surprising moments do not beef up, with not much content added.
Still very good dialogues and very good acting by Anna Chancellor!
Cast: Anna Chancellor, John Hannah, Hermione Norris
Director: Joan Carr-Wiggin
Writer: Joan Carr-Wiggin
Cinematography by Bruce Worrall