NORTH TO ALASKA

NORTH TO ALASKA (director: Henry Hathaway; screenwriters: from the play The Birthday Gift by Ladislas Fodor/idea from John Kafka/Claude Binyon/Martin Rackin/John Lee Mahin; cinematographer: Leon Shamroy; editor: Dorothy Spencer; music:…

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NOTHING BUT TIME

NOTHING BUT TIME (RIEN QUE LES HEURES) (director/writer: Alberto Cavalcanti; cinematographer: James Rogers; music: Larry Marotta; cast: Blanche Bernis, Nina Chousvalowa, Philippe Hériat; Runtime: 46; MPAA Rating: NR; Kino; 1930-silent)…

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ASSIGNMENT, THE

THE ASSIGNMENT (director: Christian Duguay; screenwriters: Sabi H. Shabtai , Dan Gordon; cinematographer: David Franco; editor: Yves Langlois; music: Normand Corbeil; cast: Aidan Quinn (Annibal Ramirez/Carlos), Donald Sutherland (Jack Shaw/Henry…

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NOT WANTED

NOT WANTED (aka: THE STREETS OF SIN) (director: Elmer Clifton/Ida Lupino-uncredited; screenwriter: Ida Lupino/based on a story by Paul Jarrico and Malvin Wald; cinematographer: Henry Freulich; editor: William H. Ziegler;…

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A TASTE OF HONEY

A TASTE OF HONEY (director/writer: Tony Richardson; screenwriter: from the play by Shelagh Delaney/Shelagh Delaney; cinematographer: Walter Lassally; editor: Antony Gibbs; music: John Addison; cast: Rita Tushingham (Jo), Dora Bryan…

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NUMBER, PLEASE?

NUMBER, PLEASE? (director/writer: Hal Roach/Fred Newmeyer; screenwriter: H.M. Walker; cinematographer: Walter Lundin; editor: ; music: Robert Israel; cast: Harold Lloyd (The Boy), Mildred Davis (The Girl), Roy Brooks (The Rival),…

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ATOMIC BLONDE

ATOMIC BLONDE (director: David Leitch; screenwriters: Kurt Johnstad/based on the graphic novel “The Coldest City” by Antony Johnstad and the illustrator Sam Hart; cinematographer: Jonathan Sela; editor: Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir.; music:…

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OBSESSION

OBSESSION ( director/writer: Brian De Palma; screenwriters: from an original story by De Palma & Paul Schrader/Paul Schrader; cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond; editor: Paul Hirsch; cast: Cliff Robertson (Michael Courtland), Geneviève…

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AUCTION, THE

THE AUCTION (Le démantèlement) (director/writer: Sebastien Pilote; cinematographer: Michel La Veaux; editor: Stéphane Lafleur; music: Serge Nakaushi-Pelletier; cast: Gabriel Arcand (Gaby Gagnon), Lucie Laurier (Marie Gagnon), Gilles Renaud (Accountant /…

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