by
Julien Faddoul
Marriage Story ***
A stage director and his actor wife struggle through a gruelling, coast-to-coast divorce.
Deft and often moving Baumbachian portrait of the unanticipated bitterness of divorce proceedings that works better when not teetering on the edge of caricature; it serves as a kind of companion piece to its director’s previous film The Squid and the Whale (2005).
wd – Noah Baumbach
ph – Robbie Ryan
pd – Jade Healy
m – Randy Newman
ed – Jennifer Lame
cos – Mark Bridges
p – David Heyman, Noah Baumbach
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Merritt Wever, Mark O'Brien, Azhy Robertson, Brooke Bloom, Julie Hagerty, Wallace Shawn
Knives Out ***
A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric and combative family with the help of the dead man’s nurse.
Highly amusing, well-staged (if poorly lit) Agatha-Christie-style whodunnit served within a nest made up of modern political issues. In the end, it manages to say something arresting and cathartic about the American Dream.
wd – Rian Johnson
ph – Steve Yedlin
pd – David Crank
m – Nathan Johnson
ed – Bob Ducsay
cos – Jenny Eagan
p – Ram Bergman, Rian Johnson
Cast: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Christopher Plummer, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Riki Lindhome, Frank Oz, M. Emmet Walsh
Queen & Slim *
A couple's first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over.
Outlandish, exceedingly contrived Thelma-and-Louise-style road movie that goes on way too long, hammering at the same points.
d – Melina Matsoukas
w – Lena Waithe, James Frey
ph – Tat Radcliffe
pd – Karen Murphy
ed – Pete Beaudreau
cos – Shiona Turini
p – James Frey, Lena Waithe, Melina Matsoukas, Michelle Knudsen, Andrew Coles, Brad Weston, Pamela Abdy
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Chloë Sevigny, Bokeem Woodbine, Flea, Indya Moore, Sturgill Simpson, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Benito Martinez, Melanie Halfkenny
Dark Waters **
A corporate defence attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against the DuPont chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
An admittedly generic piece of filmmaking that nevertheless holds one’s attention throughout, at least on the level of a standard muckraking thriller. It’s clear both its star and director are coming at it from a place of genuine outrage.
d – Todd Haynes
w – Matthew Michael Carnahan, Mario Correa (Based on the Article by Nathaniel Rich)
ph – Edward Lachman
pd – Hannah Beachler
m – Marcelo Zarvos
ed – Affonso Gonçalves
cos – Christopher Peterson
p – Pamela Koffler, Mark Ruffalo, Jeff Skoll, Christine Vachon
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper, Bill Pullman, Caleb Dwayne Tucker
A Million Little Pieces
A young aspiring writer at the bottom of his addictions is interned in a facility centre to face his traumatic past.
Laboured and manipulative: A stupid movie based on a stupid book that plays like every other alcoholic melodrama in recent memory. Another loser from the Taylor-Johnsons.
d – Sam Taylor-Johnson
w – Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Sam Taylor-Johnson (Based on the Novel by James Frey)
ph – Jeff Cronenweth
pd – David J. Bomba
m – Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Claudia Sarne
ed – Martin Pensa
cos – Mary Claire Hannan
p – Pamela Abdy, Alex Heineman, Andrew Rona
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Odessa Young, Giovanni Ribisi, Juliette Lewis, Charlie Hunnam, Ryan Hurst, Tom Amandes, Carla Juri, Andy Mackenzie
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