RIPTIDE

RIPTIDE   (director/writer: Edmund Goulding; cinematographer: Ray June; editor: Margaret Booth; music: Herbert Stothart; cast: Norma Shearer (Lady Mary Rexford), Robert Montgomery (Tommie Trent), Herbert Marshall (Lord Philip Rexford), Richard…

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DOUBT

DOUBT (director/writer: John Patrick Shanley; screenwriter: based on the play by John Patrick Shanley; cinematographer: Roger Deakins; editor: Dylan Tichenor; music: Howard Shore; cast: Meryl Streep (Sister Aloysius Beauvier), Philip…

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DUNKIRK

DUNKIRK (director/writer: Christopher Nolan; cinematographer: Hoyte van Hoytema; editor: Lee Smith; music: Hans Zimmer; cast: Tom Hardy (Farrier), Kenneth Branagh (Commander Boltan), Mark Rylance (Mr. Dawson), Tom Glynn-Carney (Peter), Cillian…

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EAST OF SUMATRA

EAST OF SUMATRA (director: Budd Boetticher; screenwriter: from the novel by Louis L'Amour/Frank Gill Jr./Jack Natteford; cinematographer: Clifford Stine; editor: Virgil Vogel; music: Joseph Gershenson; cast: Jeff Chandler (Duke Mullane),…

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ERASERHEAD

ERASERHEAD(director/writer/editor: David Lynch; cinematographers: Frederick Elmes/Herbert Cardwell; cast: Jack Nance (Henry Spencer), Charlotte Stewart (Mary X), Allen Joseph (Mr. X), Judith Anna Roberts (Beautiful Girl Across the Hall), Jeanne Bates…

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EXILE, THE

THE EXILE (director: Max Ophuls (Max Opuls); screenwriters: from the novel "His Majesty, the King" by Cosmo Hamilton/Douglas Fairbanks Jr./Clemence Dane; cinematographer: Frank Planer; editor: Ted J. Kent; music: Frank…

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