Locarno Film Festival · 2015
18 films · 8 reviews
If this weren’t a documentary, these five people would surely find themselves nestled in the pages of some postmodern epic.
(Country: Switzerland, Germany, US; Year: 2015; Director: Nicolas Steiner; Writer: Nicolas Steiner)
(Country: Switzerland, France; Year: 2015; Director: Barbet Schroeder; Writer: Emilie Bickerton, Barbet Schroeder; Stars: Max Riemelt, Marthe Keller, Rick Zingale, Fèlix Pons)
(Country: India; Year: 2015; Director: Anurag Kashyap; Writer: Vasan Bala, Anurag Kashyap; Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar)
(Country: US; Year: 1978; Director: Michael Cimino; Writer: Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn; Stars: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, Meryl Streep)
(Year: 2015; Director: Pascal Magontier)
(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Philippe Le Guay; Writer: Philippe Le Guay, Jérôme Tonnerre; Stars: Jean Rochefort, Sandrine Kiberlain, Anamaria Marinca)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2015; Director: Philippe Falardeau; Writer: Philippe Falardeau; Stars: Patrick Huard, Suzanne Clément, Ellen David, Micheline Lanctôt)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2015; Director: Sérgio Machado)
(Country: Italy; Year: 1965; Director: Marco Bellocchio; Writer: Marco Bellocchio; Stars: Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace, Pier Luigi Troglio)
(Country: Austria; Year: 2015; Director: Elisabeth Scharang)
(Country: Taiwan; Year: 2015; Director: Lee Chung; Stars: Hsiao-chuan Chang, Qian Wan, Tang Sui)
As cool as a multi-coloured popsicle.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon; Writer: Jesse Andrews, based on his novel; Stars: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman, Connie Britton, Molly Shannon, Jon Bernthal, Katherine C. Hughes, Matt Bennett, Bobb'e J. Thompson)
There are elements of courthouse film and elements of police procedural here, but the overall mood is closer to that of a Cold War spy thriller.
(Country: Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Lars Kraume; Writer: Lars Kraume, Olivier Guez; Stars: Burghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Sebastian Blomberg)
There’s lot of music along the way, thrown in to the mix in a none too subtle manner, although Streep manages to carry off most of it with verve and true grit.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Jonathan Demme; Writer: Diablo Cody; Stars: Meryl Streep, Mamie Gummer, Sebastian Stan, Kevin Kline, Rick Springfield, Audra McDonald)
Ever since Donnie Darko it's been clear that Gyllenhaal is something special, and here he really gets the chance to shine.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Antoine Fuqua; Writer: Kurt Sutter; Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Oona Laurence, Forest Whitaker, 50 Cent, Skylan Brro, Clare Foley)
Though the events unfold forward, the feel of Summertime is that of a pleasantly painful memory recalled backwards, clutching you emotionally as if you were looking at a faded photo album.
(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Catherine Corsini; Writer: Catherine Corsini, Laurette Polmanss; Stars: Cécile De France, Izïa Higelin, Noémie Lvovsky)
Perfectly watchable and occasionally touching despite itself.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Judd Apatow; Writer: Amy Schumer; Stars: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, Tilda Swinton, LeBron James)
A beautifully modulated and measured odyssey.
(Country: Switzerland, France; Year: 2015; Director: Lionel Baier; Writer: Lionel Baier, Julien Bouissoux; Stars: Patrick Lapp, Carmen Maura, Ivan Georgiev, Adrien Barazzone, Nina Théron)
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