A SIMPLE PLAN

A SIMPLE PLAN (director: Sam Raimi; screenwriter: Scott B. Smith, based on his novel; cinematographer: Alar Kivilo; editor: Arthur Coburn; cast: Bill Paxton (Hank), Billy Bob Thornton (Jacob), Bridget Fonda…

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NOSTALGHIA

NOSTALGHIA (director/writer: Andrei Tarkovsky; cinematographer: Giuseppe Lanci; editor: Erminia Marani; cast: Oleg Jankovsky (Andrei Gortchakov), Erland Josephson (Domenico), Domiziana Giordano (Eugenia), Patrizia Terreno (Gortchakov's wife), Laura De Marchi (chambermaid), Delia…

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ASYLUM

ASYLUM (director: David Mackenzie; screenwriters: from the novel by Patrick McGrath/Patrick Marber/Chrysanthy Balis; cinematographer: Giles Nuttgens; editors: Colin Monie/Steven Weisberg; music: Mark Mancina; cast: Natasha Richardson (Stella Raphael), Ian McKellen…

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NO WAY OUT

NO WAY OUT (director: Roger Donaldson; screenwriters: Gregory Goodell/Robert Garland/based on the novel The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing ; cinematographer: John Alcott; editor: Neil Travis/John Hoy; music: Maurice Jarre…

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ATTENBERG

ATTENBERG (director/writer: Athina Rachel Tsangari; cinematographer: Thimios Bakatakis; editors: Sandrine Cheyrol/Matt Johnson; cast: Ariane Labed (Marina), Vangelis Mourikis (Spyros), Evangelia Randou (Bella), Yorgos Lanthimos (the Engineer); Runtime: 95; MPAA Rating:…

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