WONDER BOYS

WONDER BOYS (director: Curtis Hanson; screenwriters: Steven Kloves/novel by Michael Chabon; cinematographer: Dante Spinotti; editor: Dede Allen; cast: Michael Douglas (Grady Tripp), Robert Downey Jr. (Terry Crabtree), Katie Holmes (Hannah…

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workhardplayhard

WORK HARD, PLAY HARD (Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré) (director/writer: Jean-Marc Moutout; screenwriters: Olivier Gorce/Ghislaine Jégou; cinematographer: Claude Garnier; editor: Marie-Hélène Mora; music: Silvain Vanot; cast: Jérémie Renier (Philippe…

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WRONG MAN, THE

WRONG MAN, THE (director: Alfred Hitchcock; screenwriter: from the book The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero by Maxwell Anderson/Angus MacPhail/Maxwell Anderson; cinematographer: Robert Burks; editor: George Tomasini; music: Bernard…

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YEELEN

  YEELEN (BRIGHTNESS) (director/writer/producer: Souleymane Cisse; cinematographers: Jean-Noel Ferragut/Jean-Michel Humeau; editor: André Davanture; music: Salif Keita/Michel Portal; cast: Issiaka Kane (Nianankoro), Niamanto Sanogo (Soma), Koke Sangare (Le chef de Komo),…

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YI YI

YI YI (A ONE AND A TWO) (director/writer: Edward Yang; cinematographer: Yang Weihan; editor: Chen Bowen; cast: Jonathan Chang (Yang-Yang), Yupang Chang (Fatty), Chen Xisheng (A-Di), Elaine Jin (Min-Min), Ke…

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YOUNG @ HEART

YOUNG @ HEART (director: Stephen Walker; cinematographer: Ed Marritz; editor: Chris King; Runtime: 108; MPAA Rating: PG; producer: Sally George; Fox Searchlight Pictures; 2007) "A rare feelgood film that actually…

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Z (1969)

Z (director: Costas-Gravas; screenwriters: from the novel by Vassili Vassilikos/Jorge Semprún; cinematographer: Raoul Coutard; editor: Francoise Bonnot; music: Mikis Theodorakis; cast: Yves Montand (The Deputy), Irene Papas (Helene, the Deputy’s…

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