ALL ABOUT EVE

  ALL ABOUT EVE   (director/writer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; screenwriter: from the story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr; cinematographer: Milton R. Krasner; editor: Barbara McLean; music: Alfred Newman;…

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ALL THE MARBLES

  ALL THE MARBLES (THE CALIFORNIA DOLLS) (director: Robert Aldrich; screenwriter: Mel Frohman; cinematographer: Joseph Biroc; editors: Irving C. Rosenblum/Richard Lane; music: Frank De Vol; cast: Peter Falk (Harry Sears),…

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ALPHAVILLE

  ALPHAVILLE (ALPHAVILLE, UNE ETRANGE AVENTURE DE LEMMY CAUTION) (director/writer: Jean-Luc Godard; screenwriter: from the novel by Paul Éluard "La Capitale de la douleur"; cinematographer: Raoul Coutard; editor: Agnès Guillemot;…

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NASHVILLE

NASHVILLE (director: Robert Altman; screenwriter: Joan Tewkesbury; cinematographer: Paul Lohmann; editor: Dennis M. Hill/Sidney Levin; music: Richard Baskin; cast: Henry Gibson (Haven Hamilton), Ronee Blakley (Barbara Jean), Michael Murphy (John…

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A MAN THERE WAS

A MAN THERE WAS (TERJE VIGEN) (director/writer: Victor Seastrom; screenwriter: Gustaf Molander/from a Henrik Ibsen poem cinematographer: Julis Jaenzen; cast: August Falck (The Lord), Victor Seastrom (Terje Vigen), Edith Erastoff…

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AMELIA

  AMELIA (director: Mira Nair; screenwriters: Ron Bass/Anna Hamilton Phelan/based on the books “East to the Dawn” by Susan Butler and “The Sound of Wings” by Mary S. Lovell; cinematographer:…

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NEON BIBLE, THE

NEON BIBLE, THE (director/writer: Terence Davies; cinematographer: Michael Coulter; editor: Charles Rees; cast: Gena Rowlands (Aunt Mae), Diana Scarwid (Sarah), Jacob Tierney (David, at age 15), Denis Leary (Frank), Leo…

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