PSYCHO

PSYCHO (director: Alfred Hitchcock; screenwriters: from the book by Robert Bloch/Joseph Stefano; cinematographer: John L. Russell; editor: George Tomasini; music: Bernard Herrmann; cast: Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates), Janet Leigh (Marion…

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CHEATERS, THE

THE CHEATERS (director: Joseph Kane; screenwriter: Frances Hyland/Albert Ray; cinematographer: Reggie Lanning; editor: Richard van Enger; music: Walter Scharf; cast: Robert Grieg (MacFarland), Joseph Schildkraut (Mr. M), Billie Burke (Mrs.…

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PULP FICTION

PULP FICTION (director/writer: Quentin Tarantino; screenwriters: based on stories by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary; cinematographer: Andrzej Sekula; editor: Sally Menke; music: Karyn Rachtman; cast: John Travolta (Vincent Vega), Samuel…

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CHINESE ROULETTE

CHINESE ROULETTE (Chinesisches Roulette) (director/writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder; cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus; editor: Ila von Hasperg; music: Peer Raben; cast: Margit Carstensen (Ariane Christ), Andrea Schober (Angela Christ), Anna Karina (Irene…

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CIRCLE, THE

CIRCLE, THE (Dayereh) (director/editor/writer: Jafar Panahi; screenwriter: Kambozia Partovi/based on a story by Mr. Panahi; cinematographer: Bahram Badakhshani; cast: Maryam Parvin Almani (Arezou), Nargess Mamizadeh (Nargess), Fatemeh Naghavi (The Mother),…

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Q & A

  Q & A (director/writer: Sidney Lumet; screenwriter: from the book by Edwin Torres; cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak; editor: Richard P. Cirincione; music: Ruben Blades; cast: Nick Nolte (Captain Lt. Michael…

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QUEEN MARGOT

QUEEN MARGOT (LA REINE MARGOT) (director/writer: Patrice Chereau; screenwriters: Daniele Thompson/based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas; cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot; editors: Francois Gedigier/Helene Viard; music: Goran Bregovic; cast: Isabelle Adjani…

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