PLAGUE, THE

PLAGUE, THE (LA PESTE) (director/writer: Luis Puenzo; screenwriter: from the novel by Albert Camus; cinematographer: Félix Monti; editor: Juan Carlos Macías; cast: William Hurt (Doctor Bernard Rieux), Sandrine Bonnaire (Martine…

Continue ReadingPLAGUE, THE

BLUE CAPRICE

BLUE CAPRICE "Despite its stars giving mesmerizing performances, failed to entertain or educate us more about psychopathic serial killers." (director/writer: Alexandre Moors; screenwriter: R.F. I. Porto/based on a story by…

Continue ReadingBLUE CAPRICE

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (director: Bryan Singer; screenwriter: Anthony McCarten; cinematographer: Newton Thomas Sigel; editor: John Ottman; music: John Ottman; cast: Rami Malek (Freddie Mercury), Lucy Boynton (Mary Austin), Gwilym Lee (Brian…

Continue ReadingBOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

POCKET MONEY

POCKET MONEY   (director: Stuart Rosenberg; screenwriters: from the book Jim Kane by J.P.S. Brown/John Gay/Terrence Malick; cinematographer: Laszlo Kovacs; editor: Bob Wyman; music: Alex North; cast: Paul Newman (Jim…

Continue ReadingPOCKET MONEY

BORN TO BE BAD

BORN TO BE BAD (director: Nicholas Ray; screenwriters: from the novel All Kneeling by Ann Parrish/Edith R. Sommer/Charles Schnee; cinematographer: Nicholas Musuraca; editor: Frederic Knudtson; music: Frederick Hollander; cast: Joan…

Continue ReadingBORN TO BE BAD

PONY EXPRESS

PONY EXPRESS (director: Jerry Hopper; screenwriters: story by Frank Gruber/Charles Marquis Warren; cinematographer: Ray Rennahan; editor: Eda Warren; music: Paul Sawtell; cast: Charlton Heston (William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody), Rhonda…

Continue ReadingPONY EXPRESS

BOY ERASED

BOY ERASED (director/writer: Joel Edgerton; screenwriter: based on the memoir by Garrard Conley; cinematographer: Eduard Grau; editor: Jay Rabinowitz; music: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans; cast: Lucas Hedges (Jared), Nicole Kidman…

Continue ReadingBOY ERASED

PORTRAIT OF JENNIE

PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (director: William Dieterle; screenwriters: novel by Robert Nathan/Leonardo Bercovici/Peter Berneis/Paul Osborn; cinematographer: Joseph August; editor: William Morgan; music: Dimitri Tiomkin; cast: Jennifer Jones (Jennie Appleton), Joseph Cotten…

Continue ReadingPORTRAIT OF JENNIE