Mustang (2016). D: Deniz Gamze Ergüven. DP: David Chizallet and Ersin Gok. W: Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour. Starring: Günes Sensoy/Doga Zeynep Doguslu/Tugba Sunguroglu/Elit Iscan/Ilayda Akdogan/Nihal G. Koldas/Ayberk Pekcan/Bahar Kerimoglu/Burak Yigit Finally releasing here in the UK this week, Mustang will break your heart. Premiering at the Cannes festival last year the film was…
A Cash Money Payoff
The Big Short (2016). D: Adam McKay. DP: Barry Ackroyd. W: Charles Randolph & Adam McKay (Based on the book by Michael Lewis.) Starring: Christian Bale/Steve Carrell/Ryan Gosling/Brad Pitt/Marissa Tomei/Jeremy Strong/Hamish Linklater/Rafe Spall/Finn Wittrock/John Magaro/Max Greenfield/Billy Magnusson/Melissa Leo/Tracy Letts/Adepero Oduye. Sandwiched between costume dramas and survival epics are a few films this award season based…
Shining Through a Hazy Fog
Still Alice (2014). D/W: Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland. DP: Denis Lenoir. Starring: Julianne Moore/Alec Baldwin/Kristen Stewart/Kate Bosworth/Hunter Parrish/Shane McRae. (based on Lisa Genova’s novel of the same name) Many a time a performance has stood out against the backdrop of a weaker film. Still Alice joins that group of films which arguably includes many…