ORDET

ORDET (THE WORD) (director/writer: Carl Theodor Dreyer; screenwriter: from the play by Kaj Munk; cinematographer: Henning Bendtsen; editor: Edith Schlüssel; music: Poul Schierbeck; cast: Henrik Malberg (Morten Borgen), Emil Hass…

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OSAMA

OSAMA (director/writer/editor: Siddiq Barmak; cinematographer: Ebrahim Ghafuri; music: Mohammad Reza Darwishi; cast: Marina Golbahari (Osama), Arif Herati (Espandi), Zubaida Sahar (Mother), Khwaja Nader (Mullah), Hamida Refah (Grandmother); Runtime: 82; MPAA…

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BATTLE ROYALE

BATTLE ROYALE (Batoru rowaiaru) (director: Kinji Fukasaku; screenwriters: from the novel by Koushun Takami/Kenta Fukasaku; cinematographer: Katsumi Yanagishima; editor: Hirohide Abe; music: Masamichi Amano; cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara (Shuya Nanahara -…

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BEAU TRAVAIL

BEAU TRAVAIL( director/writer: Claire Denis; screenwriters: from story by Herman Melville "Billy Budd"/Jean-Pol Fargeau; cinematographer: Agnès Godard; editor: Nelly Quettier; cast: Denis Lavant (Galoup), Michel Subor (Commanding Office Bruno Forestier),…

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OUTPOST

OUTPOST (director: Steve Barker; screenwriters: Rae Brunton/story by Kieran Barker, Steven Barker and Rae Brunton; cinematographer: Gavin Struthers; editors: Chriss Gill/Alastair Reid; music: James Brett; cast: Ray Stevenson (DC), Julian…

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