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- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael BerrymanIn the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.Freedom vs order
- DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu AmalricA writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsFaye DunawayWilliam HoldenPeter FinchA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsDustin HoffmanAnne BancroftKatharine RossA disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
- DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack NicholsonFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanTom CruiseValeria GolinoAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsMichael KeatonZach GalifianakisEdward NortonA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMagali NoëlBruno ZaninPupella MaggioA series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsDennis ChristopherDennis QuaidDaniel SternA working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsRyan O'NealTatum O'NealMadeline KahnDuring the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsGeorge ClooneyJohn TurturroTim Blake NelsonIn the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
- DirectorPeter CattaneoStarsRobert CarlyleTom WilkinsonMark AddySix unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsRoman Griffin DavisThomasin McKenzieScarlett JohanssonA young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsMarcel DalioNora GregorPaulette DubostA bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.-Director: "A description of the bourgeois of our age" "We are dancing on a volcano." "André was the victim,who trying to fit into a world in which he does not belong, fails to respect the rules of the game."
-There are rules but no values. It shows upper class's moral callousness on the eve of destruction and criticizing on Fascism (the rules), war (rabbit's deaths).
-It influenced films that feature a group of characters who spend a short time together at a gathering during which their true feelings about each other are revealed.
-Inspiration by Les Caprices de Marianne led to four main characters: a virtuous wife, a jealous husband, a despairing lover and an interceding friend.
-Octave: "You see, in this world, there is one awful thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons."
Good: direction and screenplay (the marvelous gathering/party scenes till the ending), pacing, ensemble performance, cinematography, editing, production design - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCecilia RothMarisa ParedesCandela PeñaA comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsRuth GordonBud CortVivian PicklesYoung, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
- DirectorAdam McKayStarsChristian BaleSteve CarellRyan GoslingIn 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.
- DirectorCameron CroweStarsBilly CrudupPatrick FugitKate HudsonA high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppMartin LandauSarah Jessica ParkerAmbitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams despite his lack of talent.
- DirectorMichael RadfordMassimo TroisiStarsMassimo TroisiPhilippe NoiretMaria Grazia CucinottaA simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet, and then uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.Good: Massimo Troisi acting, score, direction, screenplay./ There are laughs and cries and they all naturally happen through the beautiful poetic words while the story is unfolded.
Bad: the part between that the poet leaves and that Mario starts recording. - DirectorWoody AllenStarsMartin LandauWoody AllenBill BernsteinAn ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsOlivia ColmanEmma StoneRachel WeiszIn early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee MillerRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceJackie CooganThe Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsOscar IsaacCarey MulliganJohn GoodmanA week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowDianne WiestMichael CaineBetween two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsAlberto SordiFranco FabriziFranco InterlenghiA character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDanny AielloOssie DavisRuby DeeOn the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsBruce DernWill ForteJune SquibbAn aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsEmilio EstevezJudd NelsonMolly RingwaldFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohn LurieEszter BalintRichard EdsonA New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.Absurdist, deadpan, dark comedy
3 acts: Brooklyn/ Cleveland/ Florida
The Killing + Breathless + Big Lebowski
Good: screenplay (minimalist but surprisingly funny: Hungarian Aunt Lotte, Eva's unique personality, deadpan Eddie who doesn't even offer Eva dinner at first as a host, the noir ending plot), cinematography (one take instead of coverage 一片段多角度呈現), acting (Eva), direction, "I Put a Spell On You" song
Best moments: every Aunt Lotte scene, Eva's walking on Brooklyn's street, "tv dinner," quarterback四分衛, "choking the alligator," theater scene (4 people), money from a stranger by the beach (straw hat), highway scene ("I put a Spell" song) - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCarmen MauraAntonio BanderasJulieta SerranoA television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.Dark comedy melodrama
Good: screenplay (the humor!), ensemble performance, production design, editing, direction, score - DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsMark WahlbergJulianne MooreBurt ReynoldsBack when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKeith CarradineKaren BlackRonee BlakleyOver the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsLars NordhStefan LarssonBengt C.W. CarlssonWhere are we humans going? A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. We meet people in the city. People trying to communicate, searching compassion and get the connection of small and large things.long takes, absurdist comedy, stiff caricaturing of modern life
Good: the deadpan, stylish direction, screenplay, editing, cinematography, score, production desig - DirectorWes AndersonStarsGene HackmanGwyneth PaltrowAnjelica HustonThe eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJohn TurturroJohn GoodmanJudy DavisA renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsRichard DreyfussRon HowardPaul Le MatA group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsMaribel VerdúGael García BernalDaniel Giménez CachoIn Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.
- DirectorJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsSteve CarellToni ColletteGreg KinnearA family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJan VostrcilJosef SebánekJosef ValnohaA volunteer fire department throws a party for their former boss with the whole town invited, but nothing goes as planned.good: screenplay (the humor, the satire of the communist system, the ending when 2 men staying in bed), ensemble performances (especially Josef Kolb), direction, editing, score
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsAndie MacDowellJulianne MooreTim RobbinsThe day-to-day lives of several suburban Los Angeles residents.-Roger Ebert: "Permanence seems out of reach; some great apocalyptic event is on the horizon, and people view the future tentatively.... it's about people who seem trapped in the present, always juggling."
-LA為背景;片名="短篇故事集"、"短切入口"
Good: earthquake ending, screenplay (great intertwining of 9 storylines with genuine dialogue/emotion and intriguing characters), direction, editing, ensemble performance (especially Jack Lemmon, Andie MacDowell, and Lily Tomlin), editing, cinematography, score - DirectorAlan ParkerStarsRobert ArkinsMichael AherneAngeline BallJimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.Good: the editing, the direction, the screenplay, ensemble performance, and the music!
Bad: too much music but not enough about drama - DirectorSian HederStarsEmilia JonesMarlee MatlinTroy KotsurAs a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsJamie BellJulie WaltersJean HeywoodA talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.Similar to "The Full Monty"
Good: Julie Walters, heartfelt screenplay, Jamie Bell, direction, editing, cinematography, score
Bad: predictable and a bit unrealistic plot - DirectorGreta GerwigStarsSaoirse RonanLaurie MetcalfTracy LettsIn 2002, an artistically inclined 17-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
- DirectorRajkumar HiraniStarsAamir KhanMadhavanMona SinghTwo friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJacqueline BissetJean-Pierre LéaudFrançois TruffautA committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsDavid ThewlisLesley SharpKatrin CartlidgeAn unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.
- origin: millennium end of the world theories
- "Naked" of families, relationships, homes, values and jobs
- an urban existentialist tale: Alienation, sexual violence and misogyny, addiction and depression,anxiety, rootless cynicism, and big-city disaffection
- Intellectual bullying: Johnny tends to dominate conversations with aggressive intellectualism and theories about modern culture. Reckless, self-destructive, and at times sadistic.
- Here there is no plot, no characters to identify with, no hope. But there is care: The filmmakers care enough about these people to observe them very closely.
Good: screenplay (the depiction of characters and the improv dialogues), direction, ensemble performances (David Thewlis), editing, score
Bad: can be coreless and too bleak - DirectorAlexander PayneStarsGeorge ClooneyShailene WoodleyAmara MillerA land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.
- DirectorVojtech JasnýStarsVlastimil BrodskýRadoslav BrzobohatýVladimír MensíkVarious scenes in the life of a tight-knit community in Czechoslovakia exploring the human spirit in the backdrop of the political changes that they experience."電影宛如一部編年史,然而定義它的是民間,而非官方"
1945-1958: becoming a communist state before becoming Socialist Republic
Good: direction (all dance scenes), cinematography, screenplay( from happy gatherings gradually turning into sad ending of lonliness, separation, and aloofness among ppl ), score, editing - DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJudi DenchSteve CooganSophie Kennedy ClarkA world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsMorgan FreemanJessica TandyDan AykroydAn old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
- DirectorPaolo GenoveseStarsGiuseppe BattistonAnna FogliettaMarco GialliniSeven long-time friends meet for dinner. They decide to share their text messages, emails and phone calls. Secrets are unveiled. Harmony trembles.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsDustin HoffmanJessica LangeTeri GarrMichael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiThomas Haden ChurchVirginia MadsenTwo men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
- DirectorPeter FarrellyStarsViggo MortensenMahershala AliLinda CardelliniA working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsEllen BurstynKris KristoffersonMia BendixsenA recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.Good: funny and heartfelt screenplay, Ellen Burstyn and Diane Ladd, score, direction, fresh opening
Bad: pacing feeling a bit uneven - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando ReyDelphine SeyrigPaul FrankeurA surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
- DirectorAlfonso Gomez-RejonStarsThomas MannRJ CylerOlivia CookeHigh schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsAlberto SordiGiulietta MasinaBrunella BovoDuring a day of their honeymoon, newlyweds are separated by the city's lust and the desires it produces.First solo directorial film by Fellini
“Real life is the life of dreams.”
Husband and wife, reality and illusion, planning and dreaming, responsibility and flight of fancy
Good: screenplay (original by Antonioni)(interesting storyline + refreshing comedy/satire elements + thoughtful humanity/society themes), Leopoldo Trieste (male lead), Alberto Sordi (title role), and Giulietta Masina (Cabiria), Nino Rota's score, Fellini's direction
Not so good: Brunella Bovo (female lead), generic cinematography, dialogue
Best scenes: Good-hearted Cabiria night scene (a light in the darkness, the hope within humanity), wrong kiss + elevator + diner with band scenes, "the letter" scenes, montage from "the rope" on the boat to the theater in Rome, police scene, White Sheik getting exposed scene, "I didn't do anything. I'm pure and innocent" ending - DirectorAng LeeStarsWinston ChaoMay ChinAh-Lei GuaTo satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.「父親三部曲」:《推手》《囍宴》《飲食男女》都在台灣製作,呈現儒家傳統家庭的衝突矛盾,都有郎雄參演
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsColin FarrellRachel WeiszJessica BardenIn a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.Sci-fi (dystopian)+ black comedy+ drama+ romance+ thriller/mystery
Good: highly original and unpredictable screenplay, direction, cinematography, editing, score, ensemble performance
Bad: feeling dry/less interesting in the second hour (the romance storyline) - DirectorEran KolirinStarsSasson GabayRonit ElkabetzSaleh BakriA band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.Good: screenplay, cinematography, score, character development, direction
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsThobias ThorwidHarris DickinsonCharlbi DeanA fashion model celebrity couple join an eventful cruise for the super-rich.The title refers to 眉心三角區,a term used by plastic surgeons for the worry wrinkle that occurs between the eyebrows, which can be fixed with Botox in 15 minutes.
-透過階級解構諷刺/描繪人性、愛與錢權
-bold and unique
Good: screenplay, ensemble performances, editing, direction
Bad: sloppy ending, the overall incoherent feelings - DirectorCord JeffersonStarsJeffrey WrightTracee Ellis RossJohn OrtizA novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.Good: score, screenplay(less scarcastism than expected but more real-life portrait of one's normal life with love, family, relationship, death, wedding, sexual orientation (identity), attitude, etc... all to echo with the book-selling storyline about "black ppl are living the same as everyone else"), ensemble performance (especially Wright, Sterling K. Brown, and Erika Alexander), cinematography
Less good: direction, lack of climax - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJerry LewisDiahnne AbbottA passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsAnton GlanzeliusTomas von BrömssenAnki LidénIn the late '50s, young Ingemar learns a lot about life and himself when he is sent away from his sick mother to live with his aunt and uncle in a town full of eccentrics.Good: all star sky scenes, naked woman scenes, crowd-pleasing plot and authentic screenplay (mother scenes), direction, editing, score
-"We watch Ingemar grow up before our eyes, and turn into a human being who can live with the harsh memories as well as the more lyrical ones." - DirectorMatt RossStarsViggo MortensenGeorge MacKaySamantha IslerIn the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsPenélope CruzCarmen MauraLola DueñasAfter her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.Volver ([bolˈber], "to go back")
Good: screenplay (a mix of death, crime, parenting, love, women/men, sex abuse, adultery, family secrets, forgiveness...and it's comedic elements), ensemble performances (especially Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, and Blanca Portillo), score, editing, cinematography (opening scene) - DirectorWoody AllenStarsCate BlanchettAlec BaldwinPeter SarsgaardA New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks like a million dollars but isn't bringing money, peace or love.
- a modern "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Good: ensemble cast (Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins especially), screenplay, editing, pacing, score
- DirectorJûzô ItamiStarsTsutomu YamazakiNobuko MiyamotoKin SugaiWhen Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.伊丹十三 葬禮
Good: realistic portrait of Chinese/Japanese funeral details and our real feelings during funerals, screenplay (bland of touching drama and comedy), ensemble performance (especially Kin Sugai's last speech), direction and good pacing, editing, music (he loves to use classical music)
Bad: the unnecassary slutty girl scene - DirectorMilos FormanStarsHana BrejchováVladimír PucholtVladimír MensíkA factory manager in rural Czechoslovakia bargains with the army to send men to the area, to boost the morale of his young female workers, deprived of male company since the local boys have been conscripted. The army sends reservists, mostly married middle-aged men - and the local beauty Andula, spurns those bold enough to try to win her, for the jazz pianist, newly come from Prague to perform. He seduces her and impresses her, telling her "most women are round, like guitars but you are a guitar by Picasso". Staying the night with him causes a lecture on a young woman's honour at her hostel so she throws over her other suitors and makes her way to Prague to find the young man. His protective Mamma and weary Pappa are not pleased when she arrives on the doorstep with her suitcase.-Forman inspired by real incident and his own past: "I guess I'll always be moved by the sight of a young person with a suitcase seeking a connection in a strange city."
-the impermanence of young love, the confusion and despair of middle age, and the gulf between the generations
good: screenplay, documentary-like direction, editing, chemistry among non-professional actors, ensemble performances (especially Vladimír Pucholt and Milada Jezková) - DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsNigel HawthorneHelen MirrenRupert GravesWhen King George III goes mad, his Lieutenants try to adjust the rules to run the country without his participation.Good: ensemble acting (especially Hawthorne and Ian Holm), direction, costume and production design, editing, cinematography, screenplay
Bad: story being clueless, forgettable and lack of funny scenes and climax, feeling like just a retell of a piece of history with nothing insighful - DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonKerry CondonTwo lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.male loneliness and swallowed anger, reference to civil war
Good: Colin Ferrell, score, dialogue, cinematography, all supporting performances (Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Brendan Gleeson)
Bad: ambiguous themes and plot lacking substance, thus feeling incoherent and piecemeal - DirectorAdam McKayStarsChristian BaleAmy AdamsSteve CarellThe story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiDa'Vine Joy RandolphDominic SessaA cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.
- DirectorLisa CholodenkoStarsAnnette BeningJulianne MooreMark RuffaloTwo children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.Screenplay, ensemble performance (especially Bening and Moore)
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsWalter MatthauGeorge BurnsRichard BenjaminA vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.
- DirectorChristophe BarratierStarsGérard JugnotFrançois BerléandJean-Baptiste MaunierPierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.Good: the feel-good music sequences and crowd-pleasing plot
Bad: weak or unfinished character development, cliche plot (Dead Poet Society), the quick ending - DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsDoze NiuShih ChangChung-Hua TouAh-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city.
風櫃來的人
-coming-of-age comedy drama about three innocent teen boys now facing life, love, and reality
good: direction, editing, cinematography, theme, the authenticity and rustic charm - DirectorVittorio De SicaFederico FelliniMario MonicelliStarsAnita EkbergSophia LorenRomy SchneiderInspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.Title: 以薄伽丘〈十日談〉為靈感,小品故事
Act1 (Monicelli): 5.5 新手小夫妻的愛與煩惱
-Good: the everyday, simple-life feeling, direction, the poolside scene
-Bad: bland and weak screenplay
Act2(Fellini): 8.5 安東博士面對廣告美女的誘惑
-Good: fantastic direction, the dream (Anita) sequences, all comedy elements in screenplay, the pacing, acting(Peppino De Filippo), cinematography, score, editing
Act3 (Visconti): 5 名門千金面對風流丈夫的現實苦衷
-Good: acting of Romy Schneider, direction, production design, theme (rich women without job can do nothing about her lustful husband)
-Bad: tedious screenplay and slow pacing
Act4 (De Sica): 8 小鎮男人vs艷麗老闆娘vs純情男
-Good: comedy elements of screenplay, the plot, direction (driving on Rome streets at night), Sophia Loren acting, editing, score
Avg: 6.75 - DirectorTe-Sheng WeiStarsVan FanChie TanakaMin-HsiungA unusual group of people in a village on the coast of Taiwan form a band to perform at a beach concert, while the lead singer searches for the intended recipient of 7 lost love letters.
- DirectorShinji SômaiStarsRentarô MikuniNaoki SakataYasutaka OhA delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man who lives alone in a house surrounded by an overgrown garden. The boys form a bond with the recluse and set about weeding and replanting the garden.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsBenicio Del ToroAdrien BrodyTilda SwintonA love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsMoreno De BartoliPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicMirjana KaranovicA family is deeply affected by the father's extramarital affairs and the turbulent consequences of the Tito-Stalin split.Like 1960s Czechoslovakia political comedy-drama films
Good: rich screenplay, direction, ensemble performances, score, cinematography
Bad: becoming tedious in second half, messy pacing - DirectorJirí MenzelStarsVáclav NeckárJosef SomrVlastimil BrodskýAn apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform.sex and love vs the tough war environment
Good: cinematography, direction, production design, ensemble performances, the comedy parts
Bad: dull screenplay like "Larks on a string", many redundant or ambiguous long scenes - DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsClaes BangElisabeth MossDominic WestA prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.Good: the satire (opposite against "The Square is a sanctuary of trust and caring. Within it we all share equal rights and obligations.") , banquet/monkey scene, score/music, direction, Claes Bang and Elisabeth Moss
Bad: piecemeal incoherent screenplay without a great pacing, less powerful/dramatic/coherent/clear/structured than "Triangle of Sadness" - DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsDaniel Giménez CachoGriselda SicilianiXimena LamadridAn acclaimed documentarian goes on an introspective journey through surreal dreamscapes to reconcile with the past, the present and his Mexican identity.Good: breathtaking cinematography, direction, editing, production design, score, and structure (present-past-present: the coma scene..."the events of the film so far have been his comatose brain's attempts to process his life experience.")
Bad: weak and loosely-structured screenplay, overlong, pretentious sometimes - DirectorJonathan LevineStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittSeth RogenAnna KendrickInspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
- DirectorDavid FrankelStarsAnne HathawayMeryl StreepAdrian GrenierA smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsNicolas CageMeryl StreepChris CooperA lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
- DirectorSean BakerStarsSimon RexBree ElrodSuzanna SonMikey Saber is a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown, not that anyone really wants him back.
- DirectorMasayuki SuôStarsMasahiro MotokiMisa ShimizuNaoto TakenakaChronicling the turmoil and pandemonium that ensues at a derelict university sumo club, and the rise of some unlikely heroes.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsGiulietta MasinaSandra MiloMario PisuVisions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsJared GilmanKara HaywardBruce WillisTwo 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsPeter SellersShirley MacLaineMelvyn DouglasAfter the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsLeonardo DiCaprioBrad PittMargot RobbieA faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.