PI (director/writer: Darren Aronofsky; cinematographer: Matthew J. Libatique; editor: Oren Sarch; cast: Sean Gullette (Max Cohen), Mark Margolis (Sol Robeson), Ben Shenkman (Lenny Meyer), Pamela Hart (Marcy Dawson), Stephen Pearlman…

BIRDMAN or (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (director/writer: Alejandro G. Iñárritu; screenwriters: Nicolás Giacobone/Alexander Dinelaris Jr./Armando Bo; cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki; editors: Douglas Crise/Stephen Mirrione; music: Antonio Sanchez; cast: Michael Keaton…

PICTURE MOMMY DEAD (director: Bert I. Gordon; screenwriter: Robert Sherman; cinematographer: Ellsworth Fredricks; editor: John Bushelman; music: Robert Drasnin; cast: Don Ameche (Edward), Martha Hyer (Francene), Zsa Zsa Gabor (Jessica),…

BLACKBOARDS (Takhté siah) (director/writer: Samira Makhmalbaf; screenwriter: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; cinematographer: Ebrahim Ghafori; editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; music: Mohammad Reza Darvishi; cast: Saeed Mohamadi (Saïd), Bahman Ghobadi (Reeboir), Behnaz Jafari (Halaleh), Rafat…

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (director: David Gordon Green; screenwriters: Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg/based on a story by Judd Apatow, Mr. Rogen and Mr. Goldberg; cinematographer: Tim Orr; editor: Craig Alpert; music: Graeme Revell;…

BLACK SLEEP, THE (director: Reginald LeBorg; screenwriters: John C. Higgins/from a story by Gerald Drayson Adams; cinematographer: Gordon Avil; editor: John F. Schreyer; music: Les Baxter; cast: Basil Rathbone (Sir…

  PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST   (director: Gore Verbinski; screenwriters: Ted Elliott/Terry Rossio/based on characters created by Mr. Elliott, Mr. Rossio, Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert from…

THE BLING RING (director/writer: Sofia Coppola; screenwriter: based on the 2010 Vanity Fair article "The Suspect Wore Louboutins" by Nancy Jo Sales; cinematographers: Harris Savides/Christopher Blauvelt; editor: Sarah Flack; music:…

PLANET OF THE APES (director: Franklin J. Schaffner; screenwriters: from the book Monkey Planet by Pierre Boulle/Rod Serling/Michael Wilson; cinematographer: Leon Shamroy; editor: Hugh S. Fowler; music: Jerry Goldsmith; cast:…

THE BLUES ACCORDIN' TO LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS (director/writer: Les Blank; cinematographer: Les Blank; editor: Maureen Gosling; cast: Lightnin' Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb; Runtime: 31; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Les Blank; Janus: 1970)…