“Io sono l’amore” 2009 R Italy Directed by: Luca Guadagnoino Screenwriter by Luca Guadagnoino Cast: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti and Edoardo Gabbriellini.
Plot: A tragic love story set at the turn of the millennium in Milan. The film follows the fall of the haute bourgeoisie due to the forces of passion and unconditional love.
Running time: 120 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski
Solitary Man 2009 R USA Directed by: Brian Koppelman and David Levien Screenwriter by Brian Koppelman Cast: Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny Devito, Mary Louise Parker and Jenna Fischer.
Plot: A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
Running time: 90 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski
J’ai tué ma mere (english) I Killed My Mother 2009 R Canada/France Directed by: Xavier Dolan Screenwriter by Xavier Dolan Cast: Xavier Dolan and Anne Dorval.
Plot: Teenager Hubert haughtily regards his mother with contempt, and only sees her tacky sweaters and kitsch decorations. In addition to these irritating surface details, there is also his parent’s cherished mechanism of manipulation and guilt. Confused by this love/hate relationship that obsesses him more and more each day, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of adolescence – artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, and ostracism. The turbulent relationship between mother and son unfolds with a compelling combination of savage fury and melting affection.
Running time: 96 minutes
Direction: ****
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ****
Music: ***
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Yakuza
L’enfer d’Henri-Georges Clouzot 2009 NR France Documentary Directed by: Serge Bromberg Screenwriter by Serge Bromberg Cast: Romy Schneider and Serge Reggiani.
Plot: The film examines the sexual jealousy of a man towards his flirtatious wife, whose psychological state deforms everything with desire.[36] Lead actor Serge Reggiani fell ill one week after shooting began and had to be replaced, the documentary examining one of the greatest film ever made told through the stunning footage.
Running time: 94 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Mao’s Last Dancer 2009 PG Australia Directed by: Bruce Beresford Screenwriter by Jan Sardi base on Cunxin Li autobiography Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan and Joan Chen.
Plot: A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao’s cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
Running time: 117 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Nowhere Boy 2009 R UK Directed by: Sam Taylor Wood Screenwriter by Julia Baird and Matt Greenhalgh Cast: Aaron Johnson and Kristin Scott Thomas.
Plot: A chronicle of John Lennon’s childhood.
Running time: 98 minutesDirection: ****
Script, overall story: ****
Cast performance: ****
Music: ****
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: ****
Final Super RIC rating: Yakuza
Soul Kitchen 2009 NR Germany Directed by: Faith Akin Screenwriter by Fatih Akin and Adam Bousdoukos Cast: Adam Bouskoikos and Moritz Blebtreu.
Plot: In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
Running time: 99 minutesDirection: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
The Joneses 2009 R USA Directed by: Conor McPherson Screenwriter by Conor McPherson base on Billy Roche story Cast: Ciaran Hinds, lben Hjejle and Aidan Quinn.
A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they’re living there, they don’t exactly come clean with their neighbors.
Running time: 96 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: **
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski
A Prophet 2009 NR French Directed by: Jacques Audiard Screenwriter by Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Adbel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillt Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup and Adel Bencherif.
A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin.
Running time: 150 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: **|
Final chouski rating: Twoski
The White Ribbon 2009, Directed by: Michael Heneke. Written by: Michael Heneke Cast: Ulrich Tukur.
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
Running time: 144 minutes
Direction: ****
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: None
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Broken Embraces 2009 NR Spain directed by: Padro Almondvar. Screenwriter by Padro Almondvar Cast: Penelope Cruz and Blanca Portillo.
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Running time: 129 minutes
Direction: ****
Script, overall story: ****
Cast performance: ****
Music: ***
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: ****
Final chouski rating:Yakuza
The Young Victoria 2009 PG UK/USA directed by: Jean-Marc Vallee. Screenwriter by Julian Fellowes Cast: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend and Paul Battany
A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria’s rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.
Running time: 100 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ****
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
A Single Man 2009 NR USA directed by: Tom Ford. Screenwriter by Christopher Isherwood, Tom Ford and David Scearce Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Mathew Goode.
A story that centers on an English professor who, after the sudden death of his partner tries to go about his typical day in Los Angeles.
Running time: 99 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
An Education 2009 PG-13 UK directed by: Lone Scherfig. Screenwriter by Lynn Barber and Nick Horneby Cast: Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina and Peter Sarsgaard.
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Running time: 95 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ****
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ****
Final chouski rating: Threeski
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