by
Julien Faddoul
The Two Faces of January *
A rich conman
and his wife are assisted by an American tour guide to flee from Greece after a
murder is committed.
Tame
adaptation of Highsmith’s novel that is elegant enough but sluggishly handled
and, by the end, comatose.
wd – Houssein
Amini (Based on the Novel by Patricia
Highsmith)
ph – Marcel
Zyskind
pd – Michael
Carlin
m – Alberto
Iglesias
ed – Nicolas
Chaudeurge
cos – Steven
Noble
p – Tim
Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo, Tom Sternberg
Cast: Kirsten
Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Oscar Isaac, Daisy Bevan
Ilo Ilo **
In 1990s, a Philippine
maid forms a relationship with the Singaporean family she works for.
Conventional family drama from Singapore with an
involving sense of rigidity and a good cast.
wd – Anthony Chen
ph – Benoit Soler
ad – Michael Wee
ed – Hoping Chen, Joanne Cheong
p – Anthony Chen, Hwee Sim Ang, Wahyuni A. Hadi
Cast: Chen Tianwen, Yeo Yann Yann, Angeli Bayani, Koh
Jia Ler
Borgman
The presence of
a tramp to a wealthy Dutch family causes their relationships with one another to disintegrate.
Strange
cinematic puzzle that fails to convince on every level. It revels in oddball
behavior for its audience to toil away with no prospect, borrowing what it can
from better movies like The Night of the Hunter and Dogtooth.
wd – Alex van
Warmerdam
ph – Tom
Erisman
m – Vincent
van Warmerdam
ed – Job
ter Burg
cos – Stine
Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
p – Marc van
Warmerdam
Cast: Jan
Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Perceval, Alex van Warmerdam, Tom Dewispelaere,
Sara Hjort Ditlevsen
Mistaken for Strangers *
Documentary on
a tour of The National seen through the eyes of its lead singer’s brother.
Curious though
hard to trust tour-documentary with Berninger under the assumption that
everything in the film is interesting. It isn’t.
d – Tom
Berninger
ph – Tom
Berninger
m – Aaron
Dessner, Bryce Dessner
ed – Tom
Berninger, Carin Besser
p – Matt
Berninger, Carin Besser, Craig Charland
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