BLACK SUNDAY

BLACK SUNDAY (director: John Frankenheimer; screenwriters: novel by Thomas Harris/Ernest Lehman/Kenneth Ross/Ivan Moffat; cinematographer: John A. Alonzo; editor: Tom Roif; music: John Williams; cast: Robert Shaw (Major David Kabakov), Bruce…

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PIMP

PIMP (director/writer: Christine Crokos; cinematographer: Rik Zang; editors: John Scott Cook, Todd Sandler; music: Alec Puro; cast: Keke Palmer (Wednesday), Vanessa Morgan (Destiny), Edi Gathegi (Kenny Wayne), Haley Ramm (Nikki),…

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BLOCKERS

BLOCKERS (director: Kay Cannon; screenwriter: Brian Kehoe, Jim Kehoe, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, Eben Russell; cinematographer: Russ T. Alsobrook; editor: Stacey Schroeder; music: Mateo Messina; cast: Leslie Mann (Lisa), John…

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PIRATES

PIRATES (director/writer: Roman Polanski; screenwriters: Gerard Brach/John Brownjohn; cinematographer: Witold Sobocinski; editors: Herve de Luze/William Reynolds; music: Philippe Sarde; cast: Walter Matthau(Capt Thomas Bartholomew Red), Damien Thomas (Don Alfonso), Charlotte…

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PLAINSMAN, THE

PLAINSMAN, THE (director: Cecil B. DeMille; screenwriters: Waldemar Young/Harold Lamb/Lynn Riggs/inspired by stories by Courtney Ryley Cooper and Frank J. Wilstach's book Wild Bill Hickok, the Prince of Pistoleers (1926);…

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BOMBERS B-52

BOMBERS B-52 (NO SLEEP TILL DAWN) (director: Gordon Douglas; screenwriters: based on the novel by Sam Rolfe/Irving Wallace; cinematographer: William H. Clothier; editor: Thomas Reilly; music: Leonard Rosenman; cast: Natalie…

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PLEASE GIVE

PLEASE GIVE (director/writer: Nicole Holofcener; cinematographer: Yaron Orbach; editor: Robert Frazen; music: Marcelo Zarvos; cast: Catherine Keener (Kate), Amanda Peet (Mary), Oliver Platt (Alex), Rebecca Hall (Rebecca), Ann Morgan Guilbert…

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BORROWER, THE

BORROWER, THE (director: John McNaughton; screenwriters: Richard Fire/Mason Nage; cinematographers: Julio Macat/Robert New; editor: Elena Maganini; music: Ken Hale/Steven A. Jones/Robert McNaughton; cast: Rae Dawn Chong (Diana Pierce), Don Gordon…

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