BLAZING SADDLES (director/writer: Mel Brooks; screenwriters: from a story by Andrew Bergman/Norman Steinberg/Andrew Bergman/ Richard Pryor/Alan Uger; cinematographer: Joseph Biroc; editors: John C. Howard/Danford Greene; music: John Morris; cast: Cleavon…
PINKY (director: Elia Kazan; screenwriters: Philip Dunne/Dudley Nichols/based on the novel Pinky by Cid Ricketts Sumner; cinematographer: Joseph MacDonald; editor: Harmon Jones; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Jeanne Crain (Patricia 'Pinky'…
THE BLUE BLACK HUSSAR (director: Jack Bond; editors: Joanna Apps/Gabriela Miranda Rodriguez; cast: Charlotte Rampling, Adam Ant,; Runtime: 98; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Mary-Rose Storey/Jack Bond; Sunrise Pictures; 2013-UK) "The…
PITCH BLACK (director/writer: David Twohy; screenwriters: Jim and Ken Wheat/based on a story by the Wheat brothers; cinematographer: David Eggby; editor: Rick Shaine; cast: Vin Diesel (Riddick), Radha Mitchell (Fry),…
BODY SNATCHER, THE "Too stuck on being literate to be a great movie, nevertheless The Body Snatcher has suspense, a creepiness, a fluidity and a credibility that bodes well…
PLATFORM (ZHANTAI) (director/writer: Jia Zhang-Ke; cinematographer: Yu Lik Wai; editor: Jing Lei Kong; music: Yoshihiro Hanno; cast: Wang Hong-wei (Cui Minliang), Liang Jing-dong (Zhang Jun), Zhao Tao (Yin Ruijuan), Yang…
BORN IN '45 (Jahrgang '45) (director/writer: Jürgen Böttcher; screenwriter: Klaus Poche; cinematographer: Roland Gräf ; editor: Helga Gentz; music: Wolf Biermann; cast: Monika Hildebrand (Lisa 'Li'), Rolf Römer (Alfred 'Al'),…
PLUCKING THE DAISY (EN EFFEUILLANT LA MARGUERITE) (MADEMOISELLE STRIPTEASE) (director/writer: Marc Allegret; screenwriters: from a story by William Benjamin/Roger Vadim; cinematographer: Louis Page; editor: Suzanne de Troeye; music: Paul Misraki;…
BOY, DID I GET A WRONG NUMBER! (director: George Marshall; screenwriter: story by George Beck, George Kennett, Albert E. Lewin, Burt Styler; cinematographer: Lionel Lindon; editor: Grant Whytock; music: 'By'…
POLICE, ADJECTIVE (POLITIST, ADJ.) (director/writer: Corneliu Porumboiu; cinematographer: Marius Panduru; editor: Roxana Szel; music: Mirabela Dauer/Yan Raiburg; cast: Dragos Bucur (Cristi), Vlad Ivanov (Anghelache), Ion Stoica (Nelu), Irina Saulescu (Anca),…