THE REFLECTING SKIN (director/writer: Philip Ridley; cinematographer: Dick Pope; editor: Scott Thomas; music: Nick Bicat; cast: Viggo Mortensen (Cameron Dove), Lindsay Duncan (Dolphin Blue), Jeremy Cooper (Seth Dove), Sheila Moore…
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…
REMEMBER LAST NIGHT? (director: James Whale; screenwriter: Louise Henry/Doris Malloy/Harry Clork/Dan Totheroh/based on the novel "Hangover Murders," written under the pseudonym of Adam Hobhouse; cinematographer: Joseph Valentine; editor: Ted Kent…
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…
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (director/writer: Darren Aronofsky; screenwriters: Hubert Selby Jr/from the novel of Hubert Selby Jr; cinematographer: Matthew Libatique; editor: Jay Rabinowitz; cast: Ellen Burstyn (Sara Goldfarb), Jared Leto…
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…
RETURN OF DRACULA, THE (aka: THE CURSE OF DRACULA) (aka: THE FANTASTIC DISAPPEARING MAN) (director: Paul Landres; screenwriter: Pat Fielder/story by Pat Fielder; cinematographer: Jack MacKenzie; editor: Sherman A.…
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),…
THE REVENANT (director/writer: Alejandro G. Inarritu; screenwriters: Mark Smith/based in part on the novel by Michael Punke; cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki; editor: Stephen Mirrione; music: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto; cast: Leonardo…
DEVIL'S BROTHER, THE (AKA: FRA DIAVALO)/(AKA: BOGUS BANDITS)/(AKA: THE VIRTUOUS TRAMPS) (directors: Hal Roach/Charles Rogers; screenwriters: based on the 1830 opera "Fra Diavolo" by Daniel F. Auber/Jeanie Macpherson; cinematographers: Hap…