DEAD SILENCE (director: James Wan; screenwriters: Leigh Whannell/story by Wan & Whannell; cinematographer: John R. Leonetti; editor: Michael N. Knue; music: Charlie Clouser; cast: Ryan Kwanten (Jamie Ashen), Amber Valletta…

REEFER MADNESS (director: Louis Gasnier; screenwriters: story by Lawrence Meade/Arthur Hoerl/Paul Franklin; cinematographer: Jack Greenhalgh; editor: Carl Pierson; music: Abe Meyer; cast: Dorothy Short (Mary Lane), Warren McCollum (Jimmy Lane),…

  DECALOGUE 1& 2 (director/writer;Krzysztof Kieslowski; Krzysztof Piesiewicz; Runtime: 560; MPAA Rating: NR; Facets-1989-Poland-in Polish with English subtitles) "A masterpiece." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's ("Blind Chance"/"A…

REMBETIKO (director/writer: Costas Ferris; screenwriter: Sotiria Leonardou; cinematographer: Takis Zervoulakos; editor: Yanna Spyropoulou; music: Stavros Xarhakos; cast: Sotiria Leonardou (Marika), Nikos Kalogeropoulos (Bobbi), Nikos Dimitratos (Panagis), Michalis Maniatis (Giorgakis), Themis…

DEFENDING YOUR LIFE (director/writer: Albert Brooks; cinematographer: Allen Daviau; editor: David Finfer; music: Michael Gore; cast: Albert Brooks (Daniel Miller), Meryl Streep (Julia), Rip Torn (Bob Diamond ), Lee Grant…

REPTILE, THE (director: John Gilling; screenwriter: Anthony Hinds; cinematographer: Arthur Grant; editors: Roy Hyde/James Needs; music: Don Banks; cast: Noel Willman (Dr. Franklyn), Jennifer Daniel (Valerie Spalding), Ray Barrett (Harry…

DEPRAVED (director/writer: Larry Fessenden; cinematographers: James Siewert/Chris Skotchdopole; editor: Larry Fessenden; music: Will Bates; cast: David Call (Henry), Joshua Leonard(Polidori), Alex Breaux (Adam), Chloë Levine (Lucy), Owen Campbell (Alex), Ana…

RETURNING MICKEY STERN (director/writer/producer: Michael Prywes; cinematographer: Mark Smith; editor: Suzanne Pillsbury; music: Jeff Jones; cast: Josh Bitton (Soda Jerk), Joseph Bologna (Mickey Stern), Tom Bosley (Harry Mankelbaum), Kylie Delre…

DESTINATION MURDER (director: Edward L. Cahn; screenwriter: Don Martin; cinematographer: Jackson Rose; editor: Phil Cahn; music: Irving Gertz; cast: Joyce MacKenzie (Laura Mansfield), Stanley Clements (Jackie Wales), Albert Dekker (Armitage),…

REUNION IN FRANCE (director: Jules Dassin; screenwriters: from a story by Leslie Bush-Fekete/Jan Lustig; cinematographer: Robert Planck; editor: Elmo Veron; music: Franz Waxman; cast: Joan Crawford (Michelle de la Becque),…