STEVEN CAPLE JR. Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 2018. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros., Chartoff-Winkler Productions. Story by Cheo Hodari Coker, Sascha Penn, Screenplay by Sylvester Stallone, Juel Taylor, based on characters created by Ryan Coogler. Cinematography by Kramer Morgenthau. Produced by William Chartoff, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin King Templeton, Charles Winkler, David Winkler, Irwin Winkler. Music by…
At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
JULIAN SCHNABEL Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. Switzerland/United Kingdom/France/USA, 2018. Iconoclast, Riverstone Pictures, SPK Pictures. Screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière, Louise Kugelberg, Julian Schnabel. Cinematography by Benoit Delhomme. Produced by Jon Kilik. Music by Tatiana Lisovkaia. Production Design by Stéphane Cressend. Costume Design by Cecile Vatelot. Film Editing by Louise Kugelberg, Julian Schnabel. Golden Globe Awards 2018. It seems incredible after almost forty films have…
Bromance (Como una novia sin sexo) (2016)
LUCAS SANTA ANA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. Argentina, 2016. Sombracine Producciones. Screenplay by Diego Mina, Lucas Santa Ana. Cinematography by Mariana Russo. Produced by Alberto Masliah. Music by Coiffeur. Production Design by Augusto Latorraca. Costume Design by Ramiro Sorrequieta. Three best friends go camping in rural Argentina, bringing their handycam (it’s 1996) to record their adventures as they spend their…
Hadewijch (2009)
BRUNO DUMONT Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. France, 2009. 3B Productions, Arte France Cinéma, C.R.R.A.V. Nord Pas de Calais, Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, X-Filme Creative Pool, Cofinova 5, Canal+, CinéCinéma, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Contact Film, Cofinova 4, Soficapital, Région Ile-de-France, Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Screenplay by Bruno Dumont. Cinematography by Yves Cape. …
Bohemian Rhapsody
BRYAN SINGER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. United Kingdom/USA, 2018. GK Films, New Regency Pictures, Queen Films Ltd., Regency Enterprises, Tribeca Productions. Story by Anthony McCarten, Peter Morgan, Screenplay by Anthony McCarten. Cinematography by Newton Thomas Sigel. Produced by Jim Beach, Robert De Niro, Graham King. Music by John Ottman. Production Design by Aaron Haye. Costume Design by Julian Day. Film Editing…
First Man (2018)
DAMIEN CHAZELLE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. USA/Japan, 2018. Universal Pictures, DreamWorks, Perfect World Pictures, Temple Hill Entertainment, Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office, Dentsu, Fuji Television Network. Screenplay by Josh Singer, based on the book by James R. Hansen. Cinematography by Linus Sandgren. Produced by Marty Bowen, Damien Chazelle, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner. Music by Justin Hurwitz. Production Design by…
Radiance (Hikari) (2017)
NAOMI KAWASE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. Japan/France, 2017. Comme des Cinémas, Kino Films, Kumie, MK2 Productions. Screenplay by Naomi Kawase. Produced by Naoya Kinoshita, Masa Sawada, Yumiko Takebe. Music by Ibrahim Maalouf. Film Editing by Tina Baz. Cannes Film Festival 2017. Toronto International Film Festival 2017. Ayame Misaki is excellent as a woman who has been assigned the task of writing…
Almanac of Fall (Öszi almanach) (1984)
BELA TARR Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. Hungary, 1984. Screenplay by Béla Tarr. Cinematography by Buda Gulyás, Sándor Kardos, Ferenc Pap. Music by Mihály Vig. Production Design by Ágnes Hranitzky, Gyula Pauer. Costume Design by Gyula Pauer. Film Editing by Ágnes Hranitzky. Bela Tarr takes us inside a magnificent but crumbling apartment and examines the intimate lives of the characters who…
Lisa And The Devil (Lisa e il diavolo) (1973)
MARIO BAVA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. Italy/West Germany/Spain/USA, 1973. Leone International. Screenplay by Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone. Cinematography by Cecilio Paniagua. Produced by Alfredo Leone. Music by Carlo Savina. Production Design by Nedo Azzini. Film Editing by Carlo Reali. Elke Sommer is terrific as a tourist visiting Spain who is distracted from her walking tour after seeing a fresco depicting the…
Hermia & Helena (2016)
MATIAS PINEIRO Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. Argentina/USA, 2016. Trapecio Cine, Ravenser Odd, Cinema Conservancy. Screenplay by Matías Piñeiro. Cinematography by Fernando Lockett. Produced by Andrew Adair, Jake Perlin, Melanie Schapiro, Graham Swon. Film Editing by Sebastián Schjaer. Toronto International Film Festival 2016. The curious and clever mind of Matias Pineiro creates a short and whimsical film about a young…
Go For Sisters (2013)
JOHN SAYLES Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB.5. USA, 2013. Anarchist’s Convention Films, Olmos Productions, Go For Films. Screenplay by John Sayles. Cinematography by Kat Westergaard. Produced by Peter Bobrow, Edward James Olmos, Alejandro Springall. Music by Mason Daring. Production Design by Mara A. Spear. Costume Design by Dana R. Woods. Film Editing by John Sayles. John Sayles is in top form…
The Queen of Spain (La reina de España) (2016)
FERNANDO TRUEBA Bil’s rating (out of 5): B.5. Spain, 2016. Atresmedia Cine, Atresmedia, Crea SGR, Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinematográficas, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, Movistar+, The Queen Picture. Screenplay by Fernando Trueba. Cinematography by José Luis Alcaine. Produced by Anne Deluz, Mercedes Gamero, Cristina Huete, Mikel Lejarza. Music by Zbigniew Preisner. Production Design by Juan Pedro de Gaspar. …
