An unnecessary soapy script saved by good acting and directing, and the surprising editing / Shunned by critics
Cast: Barbara Niven, Bryan Mordechai Jackson, Jessica Clark
Director: Nicole Conn
Writer: Nicole Conn
Music by Bob Fowler, Stephen Ridley
Cinematography by Tal Lazar
Film Editing by Nicole Conn
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
Two women fight for the love of one man by manipulating him and each other Paralleling King Lear – a role that the female lead endorses – three men fight for the love of the heroin
Good acting and dialogues
According to the few ratings available, critics and public are certainly divided!
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Watling, Joseph Kell
Director: Joan Carr-Wiggin
Writer: Joan Carr-Wiggin
Music by Paolo Buonvino, Guy Farley
Cinematography by Bruce Worrall
An American woman tries to find her way between a husband who does not listen to her and a friend who wants to seduce her
Cast: Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin
Director: Eleanor Coppola
Writer: Eleanor Coppola
Cinematographer: Crystel Fournier
Editor: Glen Scantlebury
Composer: Laura Karpman
Cast: Annette Bening, Lucas Jade Zumann, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig
Director: Mike Mills
Writer: Mike Mills
Cinematographer: Sean Porter
Editor: Leslie Jones
Composer: Roger Neill
Coming out in the American-Chinese community
Cast: Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen
Director: Alice Wu
Writer: Alice Wu
Music: Anton Sanko
Cinematography: Harlan Bosmajian
Editing: Susan Graef, Sabine Hoffman
strongest: gender
weakest: humor
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Edith Scob, Roman Kolinka, Sarah Le Picard
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve
Cinematographer: Denis Lenoir
Editor: Marion Monnier
strongest: humor
weakest: script + message
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Patrick Dempsey
Director: Sharon Maguire
Writer: Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, Emma Thompson
Cinematographer: Andrew Dunn
Editor: Melanie Ann Oliver
Music: Craig Armstrong
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/