Always surprising story line…
Cast: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner
Director: François Ozon
Writers: François Ozon, Philippe Piazzo
Music: Philippe Rombi
Cinematography: Pascal Marti
Editing: Laure Gardette
Tag Archives: friendship
“The Edge Of Seventeen” (Kelly Fremon Craig, USA 2016)
A notch above other coming-of-age movies for its very accurate portray of the egocentric worldview that characterizes adolescence
Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, Hayden Szeto, Alexander Calvert
Director: Kelly Fremon Craig
Writer: Kelly Fremon Craig
Cinematographer: Doug Emmett
Editor: Tracey Wadmore-Smith
Composer: Atli Örvarsson
“Almost Adults” (Sarah Rotella, USA 2016)
Cast: Elise Bauman, Natasha Negovanlis, Winny Clarke
Director: Sarah Rotella
Writer: Adrianna DiLonardo
Cinematography: Ryan Glover
Editing:Haya Waseem
“Like Crazy” (Paolo Virzi, Italy 2016)
Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Micaela Ramazzotti, Valentina Carnelutti
Director: Paolo Virzì
Writers: Paolo Virzì
Music: Carlo Virzì
Cinematography: Vladan Radovic
Editing: Cecilia Zanuso
“Don’t Think Twice” (Mike Birbiglia, USA 2016)
Cast: Mike Birbiglia, Gillian Jacobs, Keegan Michael Key, Chris Gethard, Tami Sagher, Kate Micucci
Director: Mike Birbiglia
Writer: Mike Birbiglia
Cinematographer: Joe Anderson
Editor: Geoffrey Richman
Composer: Roger Neill
“Always Shine” (Sophia Takal, USA 2016)
strongest: direction
weakest: message
Director: Sophia Takal
Writer: Lawrence Michael Levine
Actors: Mackenzie Davis, Caitlin FitzGerald, Lawrence Michael Levine
“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.
“Frozen River” (Courtney Hunt, US 2008)
Director: Courtney Hunt
Writer: Courtney Hunt
Actors: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott
A feminine world from which the masculine is exiled at the fringe.
A world of women and children showing the universality and interchangeability of motherhood.
A multifaceted world on which it is as treacherous to tread as on a frozen river…