BLONDIE

BLONDIE (director: Frank R. Strayer; screenwriters: Richard Flournoy/comic strip by Chic Young; cinematographer: Henry Freulich; editor: Gene Havlick; music: Leigh Harline; cast: Penny Singleton (Blondie), Arthur Lake (Dagwood Bumstead), Larry…

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BLUE STEEL

BLUE STEEL (director/writer: Kathryn Bigelow; screenwriter: Eric Red; cinematographer: Amir Mokri; editor: Lee Percy; music: Brad Fiedel; cast: Jamie Lee Curtis (Megan Turner), Ron Silver (Eugene Hunt), Clancy Brown (Nick…

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LE PONT DES ARTS

LE PONT DES ARTS (THE BRIDGE OF ARTS) (director/writer: Eugene Green; cinematographer: Rafaël O'Byrne; editor: Jean-François Elie; music: Le Poême Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre; cast: Natacha Régnier (Sarah), Adrien Michaux…

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BOUND FOR GLORY

BOUND FOR GLORY (director: Hal Ashby; screenwriters: Robert Getchell/based on the book by Woody Guthrie; cinematographer: Haskell Wexler; editors: Robert Jones/Pembroke J. Herring; music: Leonard Rosenmann; cast: David Carradine (Woody…

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PORTRAIT OF JASON

PORTRAIT OF JASON (director: Shirley Clarke; cinematographer: Jeri Sapanen; editor: Shirley Clarke; cast: Jason Holliday; Runtime: 107; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Shirley Clarke; Milestone; 1967) "This unscripted and uncompromising study…

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BRAD’S STATUS

BRAD'S STATUS (director/writer: Mike White; cinematographer: Xavier Grobe; editor: Heather Persons; music: Mark Mothersbaugh; cast: Ben Stiller (Brad Sloan), Jenna Fischer (Melanie), Austin Abrams (Troy), Michael Sheen (Craig Fisher), Mike…

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POTICHE

POTICHE (TROPHY WIFE) (director/writer: François Ozon; screenwriter: based on the play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy; cinematographer: Yorick Le Saux; editor: Laure Gardette; music: Philippe Rombi; cast: Catherine Deneuve…

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