Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Kim Greist
Awards: Nominated for Oscar for Best Art Direction and Best Writing/Screenplay and Hugo for BestDramatic Presentation(1986), Won BAFTA for Best Production Design and Best Special Visual Effects (1986)
Self described as 1984 1/2, Brazil is Terry Gilliam’s take on an [...]
Director: René Laloux
This forgotten animated film is wonderfully bizarre and at times frightening with its imagery. Following the story of a domesticated Om, a human, raised by a race of giant humanoids called Draags, Fantastic Planet reflects on theme of mutual destruction and misunderstanding. The human, called Terr, is kept as a pet [...]
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore
Awards: Nominated for Academy Awards and BAFTAS in Cinemtography, Editing, and Best Screenplay
Adapted from PD James dystopian novel about the end of our species brought about by the inability to reproduce, Children of Men is a brilliant technical achievement and thrilling sci-fi drama that never got the attention it [...]
Director: L.Q. Jones
Starring: Don Johnson, Jason Robards
Awards: Won Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, nominated Nebula for Best Dramatic Writing
Summary: What does Star Trek, Miami Vice, nuclear war, and man’s best friend all have in common? Well, not much really except for a nifty little movie called A Boy and His Dog. Set in the year [...]
