Strong performance by Amy Adams / weak structure
Cast: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Danny Huston, Jason Schwartzman, Terence Stamp
Director: Tim Burton
Writer: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Director of Photography: Bruno Delbonnel
In a Parisian ‘hot’ suburb, drug distribution, blackmail, and violence are controlled by women. Strong performances.
Cast: Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena, Kevin Mischel
Director: Houda Benyamina
Writer: Houda Benyamina
Music: Demusmaker
Cinematography: Julien Poupard
Editing: Loïc Lallemand , Vincent Tricon
Cast: Lupita Nyong’o, David Oyelowo, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Madina Nalwanga,
Director: Mira Nair
Writer: William Wheeler, (book by) Tim Crothers
Cinematographer: Sean Bobbitt
Editor: Barry Alexander Brown
Composer: Alex Heffes
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
strong message
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Aldis Hodge, Kirsten Dunst, Glen Powell, Mahershala Ali, Jim Parsons, Olek Krupa
Director: Theodore Melfi
Writer: Margot Lee Shetterly (book by), Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi
Cinematographer: Mandy Walker
Editor: Peter Teschner
Composer: Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams, Hans Zimmer
Excellent script, personages, direction.
A top as far as minorities and message are concerned.
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman
Director: Guy Green
Writers: Elizabeth Kata (novel), Guy Green
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography: Robert Burks
Editing: Rita Roland, Hal G. Davis
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
strongest: minorities
weakest: direction + structure
Director: Bruce Beresford
Writer: Susan McMartin
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Britt Robertson, Natascha McElhone
strongest: minorities
weakest: script
Director: Katie Holmes
Writers: Josh Boone (screenplay), Jill Killington
Stars: Eve Lindley, Richard Kind, Mark Consuelos