SORCERER

SORCERER (aka: WAGES OF FEAR) (director/writer: William Friedkin; screenwriters: Walon Green/from the story by Georges Arnaud cinematographers: Dick Bush/John M. Stephens; editors: Bud Smith/Robert K. Lambert; music: Tangerine Dream; cast:…

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SPARTAN

SPARTAN (director/writer: David Mamet; cinematographer: Juan Ruiz Anchía; editor: Barbara Tulliver; music: Mark Isham; cast: Val Kilmer (Robert Scott), Derek Luke (Curtis), William H. Macy (Stoddard), Ed O'Neill (Burch), Kristen…

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SSSSSSS

SSSSSSS (director: Bernard Kowalski; screenwriters: Hal Dressner/story by Dan Striepeke; cinematographer: Gerald Perry Finnerman; editor: Robert Watts; music: Patrick Williams; cast: Strother Martin (Dr. Carl Stoner), Heather Menzies-Urich (Kristina Stoner),…

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STIR OF ECHOES

STIR OF ECHOES (director/writer: David Koepp; screenwriter: based on the 1958 novel by Richard Matheson; cinematographer: Fred Murphy; editor: Jill Savvitt; cast: Zachary David Cope (Jake), Kevin Bacon (Tom), Kathryn…

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STRANGE DECEPTION

STRANGE DECEPTION (IL CRISTO PROIBITO) (THE FORBIDDEN CHRIST) (director/writer: Curzio Malaparte; screenwriter: from the novel by Curzio Malaparte; cinematographer: Gábor Pogány; editor: Giancarlo Cappelli; music: Curzio Malaparte; cast: Raf Vallone…

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STRONG ISLAND

STRONG ISLAND (director: Yance Ford; cinematographer: Alan Jacobsen; editor: Janus Billeskov Jansen; music: Hildur Gudnadottir, Craig Sutherland; Runtime: 107; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Joslyn Barnes, Yance Ford; Netflix; 2017) "Emotionally…

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SWARM, THE

THE SWARM (director: Irwin Allen; screenwriters: Stirling Silliphant/from the novel by Arthur Herzog; cinematographer: Fred J. Koenekamp; editor: Harold Kress; music: Jerry Goldsmith; cast: Michael Caine (Dr. Brad Cane), Katharine…

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