AFFLICTION

  AFFLICTION   (director/writer: Paul Schrader; cinematographer: Paul Sarossy; editor: Jay Rabinowitz; cast: Nick Nolte (Wade Whitehouse), Sissy Spacek (Margie Fogg), Jim True (Jack Hewitt), James Coburn (Glen Whitehouse), Willem…

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AFTERDEATH

AFTERDEATH (directors: Gez Medinger/Robin Schmidt; screenwriter: Andrew Ellard; cinematographer: Benedict Spence; editor: Matthew Bate; music: Steve Wright; cast: Miranda Raison (Robyn), Sam Keeley (Seb), Daniella Kertesz (Onie), Elarica Gallacher (Patricia),…

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MYSTERIOUS ISLAND

  MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (director: Cy Endfield; screenwriters: John Prebble/Daniel Ullman/Crane Wilbur/based on the novel by Jules Verne; cinematographer: Wilkie Cooper; editor: Frederick Wilson; music: Bernard Herrmann; cast: Michael Craig (Captain…

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A GENTLE WOMAN

  A GENTLE WOMAN (Une Femme Douce) (director/writer: Robert Bresson; screenwriter: from the book by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; cinematographer: Ghislain Cloquet; editor: Raymond Lamy; music: Jean Wiener; cast: Dominique Sanda (wife),…

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MYSTIC RIVER

MYSTIC RIVER (director: Clint Eastwood; screenwriters: from the novel by Dennis Lehane/Brian Helgeland; cinematographer: Tom Stern; editor: Joel Cox; music: Clint Eastwood; cast: Sean Penn (Jimmy), Tim Robbins (Dave), Kevin…

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