LA CHAMBRE (director/writer: Chantal Akerman; cinematographer: Babette Mangolte; editor: Chantal Akerman; cast: Chantal Akerman (herself); Runtime: 11; MPAA Rating: NR; Criterion Collection; 1972-France-silent) "It's about as interesting as watching someone…
LA CEREMONIE (La Cérémonie) (director/writer: Claude Chabrol; screenwriter: from a book by Ruth Rendell "A Judgement in Stone"; cinematographer: Bernard Zitzermann; editor: Monique Fardoulis; cast: Isabelle Huppert (Jeanne), Sandrine Bonnaire…
LA CAPTIVE (director/writer: Chantal Akerman; screenwriters: Eric De Kuyper/inspired by Marcel Proust's novel La prisonnière; cinematographer: Sabine Lancelin; editor: Claire Atherton; cast: Olivia Bonamy (Andrée), Stanislas Merhar (Simon Levy), Sylvie…
LA BELLE NOISEUSE (director/writer: Jacques Rivette; screenwriters: Christine Laurent/Pascal Bonitzer; cinematographer: William Lubtchansky; editor: Nicole Lubtchansky; cast: Michel Piccoli (Frenhofer), Jane Birkin (Liz), Emmanuelle Beart (Marianne), David Bursztein (Nicolas), Gilles…
LA BELLE CAPTIVE (THE BEAUTIFUL PRISONER) (director/writer: Alain Robbe-Grillet; screenwriter: Franck Verpillat; cinematographer: Henri Alekan; editor: Bob Wade; cast: Daniel Mesguich (Walter Raim), Gabrielle Lazure (Marie-Ange van de Reeves), Cyrielle…
LA BANDIDA (director/writer: Roberto Rodriquez; screenwriter: Rafael García Travesi; cinematographer: Gabriel Figueroa; editor: Jose W. Bustos; music: Jose Alfredo Jimenez/Raul Lavista; cast: Maria Felix (Maria Mendoza/La Bandida), Emilio Fernandez (Epigmenio…
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (director/writer: Curtis Hanson; screenwriter: Brian Helgeland; cinematographer: Dante Spinotti; editor: Peter Honess; cast: Kevin Spacey (Jack Vincennes), Russell Crowe (Bud White), Guy Pearce (Ed Exley), Kim Basinger…
L'ATTESA (THE WAIT) (director/writer: Pierro Messina; screenwriters: Paolo Messina/Giacomo Bendotti/Ilaria Macchia/Andrea/ loosely based on the play “La vita che ti diedi” by Luigi Pirandello; cinematographer: Francesco Di Giacomo; editor: Paola…
KWAIDAN (director: Masaki Kobayashi; screenwriters: Yobo Mizuki/based on the short stories by Lafcaido Hearn; cinematographer: Yoshio Miyajima; editor: Hisashi Sagara; music: Toru Takemitsu; cast: Black Hair: Rentaro Mikuni (Samurai), Michiyo…
KUSTOM KAR KOMMANDOS (director/writer: Kenneth Anger; cinematographer: Kenneth Anger; editor: Kenneth Anger; music: Parris Sisters; Runtime: 3; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Kenneth Anger; Mystic Fire Video; 1965) "One for the…