男孩们和吉约姆

　　一名警察在一次办案中陷入了一场风波。他接下来的任务是营救上级领导的女儿，在这个过程中会有一位女探员和他一同合作完成任务，警察是否可以顺利完成呢？

　　吉村公三郎代表作，也是蘇珊．桑塔最喜愛的日本經典片之一。吉村愛向難度挑戰，喜歡實驗，討厭被歸類，是松竹的壞孩子，卻因此為日本電影開創出不少可能性。影片描寫日本戰後，末落貴族變賣大宅前舉行的最後一場舞會。吉村親歷這樣的一個舞會，他用所見所感，寫出一個個玲瓏浮凸的人物：戀棧風光的父親，目空一切的兒子，不肯放下身段的大女兒...道盡大時代的種種細碎。也是原節子代表作，這個洞悉世情的次女兒與父親起舞，成為全片焦點，也為時代作了精采的解讀。
　　World War II is over, and the once-prominent Anjo family has fallen on hard times. They must finally sell the family home - but not before one last ball to recapture their glory days. However, old secrets and high emotions threaten to turn the evening into tragedy. Proud patriarch Tadahiko (Takizawa) can barely keep his unruly offspring in check, and tries every last trick to keep the house where he has spent the happiest years of his life. In his darkest hour, daughter Atsuko (frequent Ozu heroine, Hara Setsuko) shows her beleaguered father the hard-won dignity in starting over.
　　SummerIFF 2007

　　Here's a modern-day film noir in which you're never sure what's real and what isn't real. There is a possibility you may get tired of guessing and give up on this film 3/4ths of the way through, as I almost did but it worth finishing. It also was better the second time around
　　The problem is just too many flashbacks. If some of those scenes were not replayed so often, or a few of the many twists eliminated, it would have been a super movie. It still was fascinating in parts. It grabs you, and you can't stop watching to see what the real story is. Along the way, is a bunch of nice colors and some nice film noir-type in the beginning and then during the ending credits.

　　In this action-packed thriller from a producer of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, Caity Lotz (DC's Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash) and Leo Howard (Kickin' It, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) star as siblings Charlie and Jack, who are trapped in Myanmar's toughest prison and accused of a crime they didn't commit. Forced into televised fights where inmates battle for the chance to escape death row, they face off against the deadliest opponents where each match could be their last. Charlie and Jack must work together, their bond tested in a high-stakes game where only the strongest can win their way out.

　　相当出色的青少年寓言片，观赏性颇高。故事主角是一名小女孩，她正因为父亲不耐癌症折磨而自杀，感到闷闷不乐。此时，她发现邻居的大男孩相当神秘而孤僻，经常一个人呆在屋顶上。更令人惊异的是，大男孩说他会飞，女孩本来并不相信，但是当男孩牵着她的手在天空飞翔时，她不得不相信自己的眼睛。“天下间没有不可能的事，只要你有信心"。以此为主题的电影拍过很多，本片导演尼克．卡斯尔从写实片入手、以幻想片结束的手法是比较特别的。两名童星露西．狄更斯和杰．安德伍德都演得出色，成功地流露出一种亲切温馨的感觉。