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April 10, 2019

Criterion Prediction #186: Mahler, by Alexander Miller

Title: Mahler Year: 1974 Director: Ken Russell Cast: Robert Powell, Lee Montague, Georgina Hale, Miriam Karlin Synopsis: A colorful interpretation of the life and work of Gustav Mahler, told through a series of interpretive flashbacks. Critique: When it comes to...

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April 3, 2019

Criterion Prediction #185: Joan the Maid 1: The Battles & Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons, by Alexander Miller

Title: Joan the Maid 1: The Battles & Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons Year: 1994 Director: Jacques Rivette Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Andre Marcon, Baptiste Roussillon, Yann Collette, Tatiana Moukhine Synopsis: Part 1 chronicles the life of Joan of Arc...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

March 28, 2019

Criterion Prediction #184: The Trial of Joan of Arc, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Trial of Joan of Arc Year: 1962 Director: Robert Bresson Cast: Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Marc Jacquier, Jean Gillibert, Michel Herubel Synopsis: Based on historical transcriptions, Bresson reconstructs the trial and execution of Joan of Arc....

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

March 20, 2019

Criterion Prediction #183: The Wind That Shakes the Barley, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Wind that Shakes the Barley Year: 2006 Director: Ken Loach Cast: Cillian Murphy, Orla Fitzgerald, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Gerard Kearney Synopsis: After enduring far too many atrocities from English occupation, young doctor Damien O’Donovan (Murphy) joins the...

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March 12, 2019

Criterion Prediction #182: The Valley (Obscured by Clouds), by Alexander Miller

Title: The Valley (Obscured by Clouds) aka La Valléė Year: 1972 Director: Barbet Schroeder Cast: Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Michael Gothard Synopsis: Vivian (Ogier) leaves her posh life and, with her French consulate husband, goes on a journey with some...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

March 6, 2019

Criterion Prediction #181: Children of Men, by Alexander Miller

Title: Children of Men Year: 2006 Director: Alfonso Cuaron Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Clare Ashitey, Danny Huston, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor Synopsis: A disaffected bureaucrat becomes involved with a plot by an activist group led by his estranged ex-wife...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

February 28, 2019

Criterion Prediction #180: Oh, Sun, by Alexander Miller

Title: Oh, Sun (aka Soleil O) Year: 1970 Director: Med Hondo Cast: Robert Liensol, Theo Legitimus, Gabriel Glissant, Mabousso Lo Synopsis: Oh, Sun tracks the journey of an African man who leaves his native land for Paris. While French colonialism...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

February 21, 2019

Criterion Prediction #179: Bamboozled, by Alexander Miller

Title: Bamboozled Year: 2000 Director: Spike Lee Cast: Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Savion Glover, Michael Rapaport Synopsis: Pierre Delacroix (Wayans) is an uptight, Harvard-educated TV producer who tries to use his influence to create positive programs featuring...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

February 13, 2019

Criterion Prediction #178: Guelwaar, by Alexander Miller

Title: Guelwaar Year: 1992 Director: Ousmane Sembene Cast: Abou Camara, Mame Ndoumbé Diop, Thierno Ndiaye Doss, Myriam Niang Synopsis: Controversy arises in a Senegalese settlement when Guelwaar, a well-known, outspoken activist of the Catholic faith is killed under suspicious circumstances....

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

February 7, 2019

Criterion Prediction #177: She’s Gotta Have It, by Alexander Miller

Title: She’s Gotta Have It Year: 1986 Director: Spike Lee Cast: Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee Synopsis: Nola (Johns) is sought after by three contrasting suitors, the mature but square Jamie (Hicks), the athletic,...

Category: criterion predictions

Criterion Prediction #186: Mahler, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #185: Joan the Maid 1: The Battles & Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #184: The Trial of Joan of Arc, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #183: The Wind That Shakes the Barley, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #182: The Valley (Obscured by Clouds), by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #181: Children of Men, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #180: Oh, Sun, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #179: Bamboozled, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #178: Guelwaar, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #177: She’s Gotta Have It, by Alexander Miller

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