ALTERED STATES

ALTERED STATES (director: Ken Russell; screenwriter: from the book by Padddy Chayefsky/Padddy Chayefsky; cinematographer: Jordan Cronenweth; editor: Eric Jenkins; music: John Corigliano; cast: William Hurt (Eddie Jessup), Blair Brown (Emily…

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NAVIGATORS, THE

NAVIGATORS, THE (director: Ken Loach; screenwriter: Rob Dawber; cinematographers: Barry Ackroyd/Mike Eley; editor: Jonathan Morris; music: George Fenton; cast: Dean Andrews (John), Tom Craig (Mick), Joe Duttine (Paul), Steve Huison…

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A MAN TO REMEMBER

  A MAN TO REMEMBER (director: Garson Kanin; screenwriters: Dalton Trumbo/Lester Cohen/Arthur Kober/Samuel Ornitz/story by Katharine Haviland-Taylor; cinematographer: J. Roy Hunt; editor: Jack Hively; music: Roy Webb; cast: Edward Ellis…

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AMÉLIE

AMÉLIE (Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain, Le) (director/writer: Jean-Pierre Jeunet; screenwriter: Guillaume Laurant; cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel; editor: Hervé Schneid; music: Yann Tiersen; cast: Audrey Tautou (Amélie Poulain), Mathieu Kassovitz (Nino Quincampoix),…

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NEVADA SMITH

NEVADA SMITH (director: Henry Hathaway; screenwriter: John Michael Hayes/from The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins; cinematographer: Lucien Ballard; editor: Frank Bracht; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Steve McQueen (Nevada Smith/Max Sand), Karl…

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AMERICAN PERFEKT

AMERICAN PERFEKT(director/writer: Paul Chart; cinematographer: William Wages; editor: Michael Ruscio; cast: Fairuza Balk (Alice), Robert Forster (Jake), Amanda Plummer (Sandra), David Thewlis (Santini), Paul Sorvino (Frank), Chris Sarandon (Sammy), Joanna…

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NEW ROMANTIC, THE

THE NEW ROMANTIC (director/writer: Carly Stone; screenwriter: story by Kyle Mann; cinematographer: Mike McLaughlin; editor: Christine Armtrong; music:Matthew O’Halloran; cast: Jessica Barden (Blake), Hayley Law (Nikki), Timm Sharp (Ian), Brett…

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AMONG THE LIVING

  AMONG THE LIVING (director: Stuart Heisler; screenwriters: Lester Cole/Garrett Fort/from an unpublished story by Brian Marlow & Cole; cinematographer: Theodor Sparkuhl; editor: Everett Douglas; music: Gerard Carbonara; cast: Albert…

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NICE GIRL?

  NICE GIRL? (aka: LOVE AT LAST) (director: William A. Seiter; screenwriters: Richard Connell/from the play "Nice Girl" by Phyllis Duganne; cinematographer: Joseph Valentine; editor: Bernard W. Burton; music: Frank…

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