LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND (2023)

 

Written & Directed By: Sam Esmail 

Based On The Book By: Rumaan Alam 

Cinematography: Tod Campbell 

Editor: Lisa Lassek 

Cast: Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Marashala Ali, Myha’la, Kevin Bacon, Charlie Evans, Farrah Mackenzie 

Amanda and Clay's aspirational vacation with their teenage children is interrupted by the arrival of a middle-aged man and his daughter who own the holiday home and who have fled an unprecedented blackout in the city. When the internet, television, and radio stop working, as does the landline, they have no way of finding out what is happening. As strange sonic booms shatter the peace of the countryside, and animals start to migrate in strange ways, the physical and mental health of the families begins to disintegrate. The renters are upscale and White; the owners are upscale and Black. The issues of race clash and become distractions to the more alarming things that are happening all around them.

JULIET NAKED (2018)

Directed By: Jesse Peretz 
Written By: Jim Tayler, Tamara Jenkins & Evgenia Peretz 
Based On The Novel By: Nick Hornby 
Cinematography By: Remi Adefarisan 
Editor: Sabine Hoffman & Robert Nassau 
Music By: Nathan Larson 


Cast: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O’Dowd, Ayoola Smart 

Annie is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan - an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe. When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its release leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself. Based on the novel by Nick Hornby, JULIET, NAKED is a comic account of life's second chances.

CYMBELINE (2014)

Written & Directed By: Michael Almereyda 
Based On The Play By: William Shakespeare 
Cinematography By: Tim Orr 
Editor: John Scott Cook & Barbara Tulliver 


Cast: Ed Harris, Milla Jovovich, Delroy Lindo, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Corrigan, Penn Badgely, Anton Yelchin, Dakota Johnson, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo, James Ransone, Vondie Curtis-Hall, J.D. Williams, Spenser Treat Clark 

 A gritty story of a take-no-prisoners war between dirty cops and an outlaw biker gang. A drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures. You would need a big name cast to keep the audiences interest. Unless you have Shakespeare purist fans. As there is no real style and feels closed in and claustrophobic

VALERIAN & THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (2017)

Written & Directed By: Luc Besson 
Based on the Comic Book Series “Valerian and Laureline” By: Pierre Christin & Jean-Claude Mezieres 
Cinematography By: Thierry Arbogast 
Editor: Julien Rey 


Cast: Dale DeHann, Cara Delevingne, Ethan Hawke, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu, Alain Chabat, Rugter Hauer, Louis Letterier, Benoit Jacquot, Olivier Megaton 

In the Century XXVIII, the space station Alpha is a city where beings from different planets live together exchanging their knowledge and culture. Peace is granted by a human force, including Major Valerian and his partner Sergeant Laureline. They are assigned by the Defence Minister to retrieve the last species of converter in a dangerous mission. They succeed and back to Alpha, unknown humanoids abduct Commander Arun Filitt expecting to steal the converter. They head to a forbidden area that is infected but Valerian and Laureline follow them and disclose a hidden secret about the race and the infected area.

IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE (2016)

Written, Edited & Directed By: Ti West 
Cinematography By: Eric Robbins 

Cast: Ethan Hawke, John Travolta, Taissa Farminga, James Ransone, Larry Fessenden, Karen Gillan, Toby Huss 

A mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drag a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody cross hairs of revenge.

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (2016)

Directed By: Antoine Fuqua 
Based on the Screenplay of THE SEVEN SAMURAI by: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni & Shinobu Hashimoto 
Written By: Richard Wenk & Nic Pizzolatto 
Cinematography By: Mauro Fiore 
Editor: John Refoua 



Cast: Denzel Washinton, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Peter Sarsgaard, Haley Bennett, Byung-Hun Lee, Manuel-Garcia Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Cam Giganet, Matt Boomer, Luke Grimes, William Lee Scott, Sean Bridgers

10,000 SAINTS (2015)

Written & Directed By: Sheri Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini 
Based On The Novel By: Eleanor Henderson 
Cinematography By: Ben Hutchins 
Editor: Robert Pulcini 


Cast: Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Emile Hirsch, Emily Mortimer, Julianne Nicholson, Avan Jogia

PREDESTINATION (2015)

Written & Directed By: Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig (The Spierig Brothers) 
Based On A Story “ALL YOU ZOMBIES” By: Robert A. Heinlein 
Cinematography By: Ben Nott 
Editor: Matt Villa 
Music By: Peter Spierig 


Cast: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Christopher Sommers

THE PURGE (2013)

Written & Directed By: James DeMonaco 
Cinematography By: Jacques Jouffret 
Editor: Peter Gvozdas 

 Cast: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane, Edwin Hodge, Rhys Wakefield, Arija Bareikis, Chris Mulkey

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0018: BEFORE SUNRISE (1995)

Directed By: Richard Linklater
Written By: Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
Cinematography By: Lee Daniel
Editor: Sandra Adair

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0017: TAPE (2001)

Directed By: Richard Linklater
Written By: Steven Belber (Based on his play)
Cinematography By: Maryse Alberti
Editor: Sandra Adair

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman

DAYBREAKERS (2010) by jeff

Written & Directed By: Michael & Peter Spierig
Cinematography By: Ben Nott
Editor: Matt Villa

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe, Isabel Lucas,