ETHAN COEN, JOEL COEN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 2018. Annapurna Pictures, Annapurna Television, Mike Zoss Productions. Screenplay by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, segment All Gold Canyon based on a story by Jack London, segment The Gal Who Got Rattled inspired by a story by Stewart Edward White. Cinematography by Bruno Delbonnel. Produced by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, … More The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
PAUL KING Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. United Kingdom/France/USA, 2017. StudioCanal, Anton Capital Entertainment, Amazon Prime Instant Video, Canal+, Cine+, Heyday Films, Marmalade Films Ltd.. Screenplay by Paul King, Simon Farnaby, based on Paddington Bear created by Michael Bond. Cinematography by Erik Wilson. Produced by David Heyman. Music by Dario Marianelli. Production Design by Gary Williamson. Costume Design by Lindy Hemming. Film Editing by … More Paddington 2 (2017)
VINCENT PEREZ Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. United Kingdom/France/Germany, 2016. X-Filme Creative Pool, Master Movies, FilmWave, Pathe, Buffalo Films, Alone in Berlin, WS Film, Lipsync Productions, Canal+. Screenplay by Achim von Borries, Vincent Perez, collaboration with Bettine von Borries, based on the novel by Hans Fallada. Cinematography by Christophe Beaucarne. Produced by Stefan Arndt, Christian Grass, Marco Pacchioni, James Schamus, … More Alone In Berlin (2016)
BB.5 (out of 5) Ben Affleck returns to the writings of Dennis Lehane, whose novel Gone Baby Gone was his directorial debut nine years earlier. He stars as a small-time Boston thug whose conflict with a powerful Irish rum runner propels him to become a big-time Florida gangster working for the Italian mob family who want to run the Irish … More Live By Night
BB.5 (out of 5) Established but not quite yet venerated author Herman Melville (Ben Whishaw) shows up at the home of an old tar (Brendan Gleeson) and begs to be told the story of a shipwreck he has heard was a near mythical adventure. Reluctant at first, Gleeson eventually spins a terrifying yarn of a … More In The Heart Of The Sea
BBBB (out of 5) John Michael McDonagh, brother of famed playwright Martin and a director in his own right, has made a film so unabashedly concerned with his native land’s cultural issues, hangups and history that it could just as easily be called This Is Ireland. That said, the heart worn on the sleeve does … More Calvary
BBBB.5 (out of 5) Tom Cruise hits paydirt for the first time in years with this smart, genuinely fun and surprisingly funny adventure film that puts Groundhog Day into a science-fiction future. He plays a member of the military who wears a uniform on television but, when interviewed by a general with a perpetually furrowed brow … More Edge Of Tomorrow (Live Die Repeat)
