Michael's Movies: Movies

2022-04-09 A Separation (2011) imdb.com

Director: Asghar Farhadi
Synopsis: A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Cast: Leila Hatami as Simin, Payman Maadi as Nader, Sarina Farhadi as Termeh, Ali-Asghar Shahbazi as Nader's Father, Ali-Asghar Shahbazi as Nader's Father, Shahab Hosseini as Hojjat, Sare Bayat as Razieh
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
rogerebert.com
hollywoodreporter.com
hidefninja.com

simin, his wife Nader, their daughter Termeh

Simin with his father				Razieh, her daughter

	Simin confronts Razieh	At the hospital	Hojjat, Razieh's husband

2013-12-17 A vizsga The Exam (2011) imdb.com

Director: Peter Bergendy
Synopsis: 1957, Budapest. A young defense officer's loyalty is tested by his mentor in a highly deceptive spy game.
Cast: Zsolt Nagy as Andras Jung, Janos Kulka as Pal Marko, Peter Scherer as Emil Kulcsar, Gabriella Hamori as Eva Gat
Links
rottentomatoes.com
variety.com
ferdyonfilms.com
Stephen Farber

Jung		Marko, Kulcsar eavesdropping	Marko

Eva		Jung, Eva		Eva, Jung, Marko

2012-01-14 Carnage (2011) imdb.com

Roman Polanski
en.wikipedia.org
R.Ebert
J.Berardinelli
youtube.com
Jodie Foster as Penelope, Kate Winslet as Nancy, Christoph Waltz as Alan, John C.Reilly as Michael

Alan		Alan, Nancy

Nancy		Nancy, Penelope, Michael, Alan

2012-01-03 The Artist (2011) imdb.com

Michel Hazanavicius
en.wikipedia.org
R.Ebert
reelviews.net
salon.com
washingtonpost.com
youtube.com
Jean Dujardin as George Valentin, Bérénice Bejo as Peppy Miller

George Valentin			Peppy Miller

George Valentin. Fire	Peppy Miller	Dancing

2011-12-24 Drive (2011) imdb.com

Nicolas Winding Refn
en.wikipedia.org
R.Ebert
beyondhollywood.com
youtube.com
Ryan Gosling as Driver, Carey Mulligan as Irene, Christina Hendricks as Blanche, Ron Perlman as Nino

Driver	With Irene		Irene	Shooting

Driver	Blanche	Nino

2011-11-26 Hugo (2011) imdb.com

Martin Scorsese
R.Ebert
J.Berardinelli
Robbie Collin. Hugo, review
Wiki on Méliès
Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret, Chloë Grace Moretz as Isabelle, Jude Law as Hugo's Father, Ben Kingsley as Georges Méliès

With father	With Isabelle		Toy store

2011-11-22 Margin Call (2011) imdb.com

J.C. Chandor
Wiki
R.Ebert
J.Berardinelli
Kevin Spacey as Sam Rogers, Paul Bettany as Will Emerson, Jeremy Irons as John Tuld, Zachary Quinto as Peter Sullivan, Stanley Tucci as Eric Dale, Demi Moore as Sarah Robertson

Eric Dale	John Tuld, CEO	Peter Sullivan

Sam Rogers		Sarah Robertson	Will Emerson, Sr.Trader

2011-11-13 Black Thursday (2011) imdb.com

Antoni Krauze
variety.com

Wife of killed worker	Communist leader	Demonstrators attacked	In the hospital

2011-11-11 Elena (2011) imdb.com

Andrei Zvyagintsev
en.wikipedia.org
Zvyagintsev on Elena
1tv.ru
depesha.com
dolboeb.livejournal.com
malka-lorenz.livejournal.com
livejournal.ru
Nadezhda Markina as Elena, Andrey Smirnov as Vladimir, Yelena Lyadova as Katerina, Alexey Rozin as Sergey

In the morning

With son's family

Husband		Heart attack

Husband's daughter	In the church	In the hospital with daughter

With grandson	The will

Husband dead		Daughter	At the burial

Daughter	Alone in the kitchen	Daughter with the lawyer	Celebrating with son's family

Celebrating with son's family	Suburban teen fight	With son's family

2011-10-29 The Skin I Live In (2011) imdb.com

Pedro Almodóvar
en.wikipedia.org
R.Ebert
Antonio Banderas as Robert, Elena Anaya as Vera

Robert, the surgeon	Vera	Robert, Vera

2011-10-07 The Ides of March (2011) imdb.com

George Clooney
Wiki
R.Ebert
J.Berardinelli
NYT
GU
Ryan Gosling as Stephen Myers, George Clooney as Governor Mike Morris, Evan Rachel Wood as Molly Stearns

Steve		Governor	Molly, Governor, Steve

2011-09-03 The Guard (2011) imdb.com

John Michael McDonagh
en.wikipedia.org
R.Ebert
Brendan Gleeson as Sergeant Gerry Boyle, Don Cheadle as FBI Agent Wendell Everett, Rory Keenan as Garda Aidan McBride, Katarina Cas as Gabriela McBride