ARARAT

ARARAT (director/writer/producer: Atom Egoyan; cinematographer: Paul Sarossy; editor: Susan Shipton; music: Mychael Danna; cast: Elias Koteas (Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey), David Alpay (Raffi), Charles Aznavour (Edward Saroyan), Eric Bogosian…

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NO MORE ORCHIDS

NO MORE ORCHIDS (director/writer: Walter Lang; screenwriters: Gertrude Purcell/Keene Thompson/from a novel by Grace Perkins; cinematographer: Joseph August; editor: Jack Dennis; cast: Carole Lombard (Anne Holt), Walter Connolly (Bill Holt),…

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ARROWHEAD

ARROWHEAD (director/writer: Charles Marquis Warren; screenwriters: from a novel by W. R. Burnett "Adobe Walls"; cinematographer: Ray Rennahan; editor: Frank Bracht; music: Paul Sawtell; cast: Charlton Heston (Ed Bannon), Jack…

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A SENSE OF LOSS

A SENSE OF LOSS(director: Marcel Ophüls; cinematographer: Simon Edelstein; editor: Marion Kraft; cast: Bernadette Devlin (Herself), Ian Paisley (Himself); Runtime: 135; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Marcel Ophüls; Cinema 5; 1972-Switzerland/USA)…

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NOT AS A STRANGER

NOT AS A STRANGER (director/producer: Stanley Kramer; screenwriters: from the book by Morton C. Thompson/Edna Anhalt/Edward Anhalt; cinematographer: Franz Planer; editor: Frederic Knudtson; music: George Antheil; cast: Robert Mitchum (Lucas…

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ASSASSIN, THE

THE ASSASSIN (NIE YIN NIANG) (director/writer: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; screenwriters: T'ien-wen Chu, Tien-Wen Chu, Cheng Ah, Hai Meng Hsieh; cinematographer: Mark Lee Ping-Bin; editors: Liao Ching-sung, Pauline Huang Chih-chia; music: Lim…

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