MATTHEW HEINEMAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. United Kingdom/USA, 2018. Acacia Filmed Entertainment, Savvy Media Holdings, Thunder Road Pictures, Denver and Delilah Productions, Kamala Films. Screenplay by Arash Amel, based on the Vanity Fair article “Marie Colvin’s Private War” by Marie Brenner. Cinematography by Robert Richardson. Produced by Matthew George, Matthew Heineman, Basil Iwanyk, Marissa McMahon, Charlize Theron. Music by…
Burning (Beoning) (2018)
CHANG-DONG LEE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. South Korea, 2018. Pine House Film, NHK, Now Films. Screenplay by Jungmi Oh, Chang-dong Lee, based on the short story Barn Burning by Haruki Murakami. Cinematography by Kyung-pyo Hong. Produced by Chang-dong Lee, Gwang-hee Ok. Music by Mowg. Production Design by Jum-hee Shin. Costume Design by Choong-yeon Lee. Film Editing by Da-won Kim, Hyun Kim. Cannes Film…
Green Book (2018)
PETER FARRELLY Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. USA, 2018. Participant Media, DreamWorks, Amblin Partners, Innisfree Pictures, Wessler Entertainment. Screenplay by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly. Cinematography by Sean Porter. Produced by Jim Burke, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Charles B. Wessler. Music by Kris Bowers. Production Design by Tim Galvin. Costume Design by Betsy Heimann. Film Editing by Patrick J….
Boy Erased (2018)
JOEL EDGERTON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA/Australia, 2018. Anonymous Content, Blue-Tongue Films, Focus Features, Perfect World Pictures. Screenplay by Joel Edgerton, based on the memoir by Garrard Conley. Cinematography by Eduard Grau. Produced by Joel Edgerton, Steve Golin, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts. Music by Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans. Production Design by Chad Keith. Costume Design by Trish Summerville. Film Editing by Jay Rabinowitz. Golden Globe…
Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (2018)
HIROKAZU KOREEDA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. Japan, 2018. AOI Promotion, Fuji Television Network, GAGA. Screenplay by Hirokazu Koreeda. Cinematography by Ryûto Kondô. Music by Haruomi Hosono. Production Design by Keiko Mitsumatsu. Costume Design by Kazuko Kurosawa. Film Editing by Hirokazu Koreeda. Cannes Film Festival 2018. Toronto International Film Festival 2018. Golden Globe Awards 2018. Hirokazu Kore-eda revisits the dynamics of Still Walking but set within…
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
BARRY JENKINS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 2018. Annapurna Pictures, PASTEL, Plan B Entertainment. Screenplay by Barry Jenkins, based on the novel by James Baldwin. Cinematography by James Laxton. Produced by Megan Ellison, Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner, Sara Murphy, Adele Romanski. Music by Nicholas Britell. Production Design by Mark Friedberg. Costume Design by Caroline Eselin. Film Editing by Joi…
The Favourite (2018)
YORGOS LANTHIMOS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. Ireland/United Kingdom/USA, 2018. Element Pictures, Scarlet Films, Film4, Waypoint Entertainment. Screenplay by Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara. Cinematography by Robbie Ryan. Produced by Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday. Music by William Lyons, Johnnie Burn. Production Design by Fiona Crombie. Costume Design by Sandy Powell. Film Editing by Yorgos Mavropsaridis. Golden Globe Awards 2018….
Creed II (2018)
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…
