Category: criterion predictions

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October 11, 2018

Criterion Prediction #160: Shadowman, by Alexander Miller

Title: Nuits Rouges aka Shadowman Year: 1974 Director: Georges Franju Cast: Josephine Chaplin, Jacques Champreux, Patrick Prejean, Gert Frobe Synopsis: The “Man Without a Face” is a masked super criminal whose mission is to find the mythical treasure of the...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

October 5, 2018

Criterion Prediction #159: The Seventh Victim, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Seventh Victim Year: 1943 Director: Mark Robson Cast: Kim Hunter, Jean Brooks, Tom Conway, Elizabeth Russell Synopsis: Mary Gibson (Hunter) leaves school to track down her sister Jacqueline who has gone missing. Her journey turns dark when she’s...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

September 26, 2018

Criterion Prediction #158: A King in New York, by Alexander Miller

Title: A King in New York Year: 1957 Director: Charles Chaplin Cast: Maxine Audley, Charles Chaplin, Jerry Desmonde, Michael Chaplin Synopsis: When revolution erupts in his native country, King Shadov (Chaplin) escapes the hostile populace of his homeland to the...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

September 18, 2018

Criterion Prediction #157: La Ceremonie, by Alexander Miller

Title: La Cérémonie Year: 1995 Director: Claude Chabrol Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jacqueline Bisset Synopsis: Sophie (Bonnaire) is hired as a maid by a wealthy family in the country. Despite her quiet demeanor and perfectionist veneer, she...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

September 5, 2018

Criterion Prediction #156: 24 Frames, by Alexander Miller

Title: 24 Frames Year: 2017 Director: Abbas Kiarostami Cast: N/A Synopsis: In the last few years of his life, prolific director Kiarostami constructed a series of short films designed around photographs, paintings, and still images. Kiarostami brings these images to...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

September 4, 2018

Criterion Prediction #155: Boy, by Alexander Miller

Title: Boy Year: 1969 Director: Nagisa Oshima Cast: Akiko Koyama, Fumio Watanabe, Tetsuo Abe Synopsis: A ten-year-old boy is at the mercy of his two parents who pretend to be injured by passing motorists in order to extort and blackmail...

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August 23, 2018

Criterion Prediction #154: Irma Vep, by Alexander Miller

Title: Irma Vep Year: 1996 Director: Olivier Assayas Cast: Maggie Cheung, Jean Pierre-Leaud, Antoine Basler, Nathalie Richard, Alex Descas Synopsis: Hong Kong superstar Maggie Cheung travels to France to star in a revised interpretation of Feuillade’s Les Vampires only to...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

August 17, 2018

Criterion Prediction #153: Xiao Wu, by Alexander Miller

Title: Xiao Wu (aka The Pickpocket) Year: 1997 Director: Jia Zhangke Cast: Wang Hongwei, Hao Hongjian, Ma Jinrei, Baitao Zuo Synopsis: Xiao Wu (Hongwei) is a small-time thief who is adrift in China’s Fengyang County. His cronies and former partners in crime...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

August 10, 2018

Criterion Prediction #152: Rendez-vous, by Alexander Miller

Title: Rendez-vous Year: 1985 Director: Andre Téchiné Cast: Juliette Binoche, Wadeck Stanczak, Jean Louis Trintignant, Anne Wiazemsky, Serge Martina Synopsis: Nina (Binoche) travels from her provincial hometown of Toulouse to Paris in hopes of being a successful actress. However, Nina...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

August 1, 2018

Criterion Prediction #151: Detour, by Alexander Miller

Title: Detour Year: 1945 Director: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast: Ann Savage, Tom Neal, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald Synopsis: Al, a lovelorn piano player, hitchhikes across the country to meet his fiancee in California only to end up in a case...

Category: criterion predictions

Criterion Prediction #160: Shadowman, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #159: The Seventh Victim, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #158: A King in New York, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #157: La Ceremonie, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #156: 24 Frames, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #155: Boy, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #154: Irma Vep, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #153: Xiao Wu, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #152: Rendez-vous, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #151: Detour, by Alexander Miller

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