Excellent direction and images
Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Pam Ferris
Directed: Alfonso Cuaron
Written: Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton
Music: John Tavener
Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki
Editing: Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Rodríguez
In the series One Writer, Four Directors:
In the series One Writer, Four Directors:
Cast: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan, Matthew Goode, Jared Harris
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writer: Steven Knight
Cinematographer: Don Burgess
Editor: Mick Audsley, Jeremiah O’Driscoll
Composer: Alan Silvestri
strong message
weak montage
Cast: María Valverde, Burn Gorman, James D’Arcy, Jack Davenport
Director: Koldo Serra
Writers: José Alba (story), Carlos Clavijo Cobos
Music: Fernando Velázquez
Cinematography: Unax Mendia
Editing: José Manuel Jiménez
strongest message and dialogues
weakest humor
Director: James Schamus
Writers: Philip Roth (based on the novel by), James Schamus (written for the screen by)
Actors: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts
Director: Richard Laxton
Writers: Sarah Waters (novel), Paula Milne (screenplay)
Actors: Jenna Augen, Neal Barry, Claudie Blakley
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Denis Villeneuve (scenario), Wajdi Mouawad (play)
Actors: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette
Director: Sean Ellis
Writers: Sean Ellis, Anthony Frewin
Actors: Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Le Bon
Director: Vincent Sherman
Writers: David Goodis (original screenplay), James Gunn (original screenplay)
Actors: Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott
Same year, same director, same actress, same infidelity theme as precedent movie (Nora Prentiss) but this one with a more traditional approach. As in Nora Prentiss, a film noir with no real bad guy (or bad girl), except for the greedy Martin Barrow (Steven Gearey).
Eve Arden steals the show, a feminine counterpart to George Sanders.
Director: Anne Fontaine
Writers: Pascal Bonitzer, Anne Fontaine, Sabrina B. Karine, Philippe Maynial, Alice Vial
Actors: Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza
Compelling story, sober but powerful images