LIVING SKELETON, THE (KYKRTSU DOKURO-SEN) (director/writer: Hiroshi Matsuno; screenwriters: Kyuzo Kobayashi/Kikuma Shimoiizaka; cinematographer: Masayuki Kato; editor: Kazuo Ôta; music: Noboru Nishiyama; cast: Kikko Matsuoka (Saeko / Yoriko), Yasunori Irikawa (Mochizuki),…
HONEY BOY (director: Alma Har'el; screenwriter: Shia LaBeouf; cinematographer: Natasha Braier; editors: Dominic LaPerriere/Monica Salazar; music: Alex Somers; cast: Shia LaBeouf (James Lort), Noah Jupe (Otis 12), Lucas Hedges (Otis…
UNCUT GEMS (director/writer: Benny Safdie/Josh Safdie; screenwriter: Ronald Bronstein; cinematographer: Darius Khondji; editors: Ronald Bronstein/Benny Safdie; music: Daniel Lopatin; cast: Adam Sandler (Howard Ratner), Judd Hirsch (Gooey), Eric Bogosian (Arno),…
FOREST OF LOVE, THE (AI-NAKI MORI DE SAKEBE) (director/writer: Sion Sono; cinematographer: Sôhei Tanikawa; editor: Takayuki Masuda; music: Kenji Katoh; cast: Kippei Shiina (Joe Murata), Shinnosuke Mitsushima (Shin), Kyoko Hinami…
BY THE GRACE OF GOD (Grâce à Dieu) (director/writer: François Ozon; cinematographer: Manu Dacosse; editor: Laure Gardette; music: Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine; cast: Melvil Poupaud (Alexandre), Denis Ménochet (François Debord),…
TWO POPES, THE (director/writer: Fernando Meirelles; screenwriter: Anthony McCarten; cinematographer: Cèsar Charlone; editor: Fernando Stutz; music: Bryce Dessner; cast: Jonathan Pryce (Cardinal Bergoglio), Anthony Hopkins (Pope Benedict), Sidney Cole (Cardinal…
BALLOON (QIQIU) (director/writer: Pema Tseden; cinematographer: Lu Songye; editors: Liao Ching-Sung, Jin Di; music: Peyman Yazdanian; cast: Sonam Wangmo (Drolkar), Jinpa (Dargye), Yangshik Tso (Shangchu Drolma, The Nun), Konchok (Grandfather), Druklha…
CAPRICIOUS SUMMER (ROZMARNE LETO) (director/writer: Jiri Menzel; screenwriters: Vladislav Nyvlt/Jan Libora/Vladimir Kalina/novel by Vladislav Vancura; cinematographer: Jaromir Sofr; editor: Jirina Lukesova; music: Jiri Sust ; cast: Rudolf Hrusínský (Antonín Dura),…
WORKING WOMAN (ISHA OVEDET) (director/writer: Michal Aviad; screenwriters: Sharon Azulay Eyal, Michal Vinik; cinematographer: Daniel Miller; editor: Nili Feller; cast: Liron Ben Shlush (Orna), Menashe Noy (Benny), Oshri Cohen (Ofer,…
KING AND THE CHORUS GIRL, THE (A GRAND PASSION) (ROMANCE IS SACRED) (director: Mervyn LeRoy; screenwriters: Groucho Marx/Norman Krasna/from the story "Grand Passion" by Marx & Krasna; cinematographer: Tony Gaudio;…