NOT AS A STRANGER

NOT AS A STRANGER (director/producer: Stanley Kramer; screenwriters: from the book by Morton C. Thompson/Edna Anhalt/Edward Anhalt; cinematographer: Franz Planer; editor: Frederic Knudtson; music: George Antheil; cast: Robert Mitchum (Lucas…

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A STAR IS BORN

A STAR IS BORN (director/writer: Bradley Cooper; screenwriters: Will Fetters/Eric Roth/based on a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson; cinematographer: Matthew Libatique; editor: Jay Cassidy; music: Lady Gaga,…

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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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NOWHERE IN AFRICA

NOWHERE IN AFRICA(Nirgendwo in Afrika) (director/writer: Caroline Link; screenwriter: from the novel by Stefanie Zweig; cinematographer: Gernot Roll; editor: Patricia Rommel; music: Niki Reiser; cast: Juliane Köhler (Jettel Redlich), Merab…

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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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OASIS

OASIS (director/writer: Lee Chang-dong; cinematographer: Choi Yeong-taek; editor: Kim Hyun; music: Lee Jae-jin; cast: Sol Kyung-gu (Hong Jong-Du), Moon So-ri (Han Gong-Ju), Ahn Nae-sang (Hong Jong-Il), Ryoo Seung-wan (Hong Jong-Sae),…

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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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ODD MAN OUT

ODD MAN OUT (director: Carol Reed; screenwriters: F.L. Green/ Robert Cedric Sherriff/from book by Green; cinematographer: Robert Krasker; editor: Fergus McDonell; cast: James Mason (Johnny McQueen ), Robert Newton (Lukey),…

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AVA

AVA (director/writer: Sadaf Forought; cinematographer: Sina Kermanizadeh; editor: Kiarash Anvari; cast: Mahour Jabbari (Ava), Vahid Aghapoor (Father), Bahar Noohian (Mother), Parnian Akhtari (Anahita), Sarah Alimoradi(Shirin), Mona Ghiasi(Yasi), Houman Hoursan (Nima),…

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