NINTH DAY, THE

NINTH DAY, THE (Neunte Tag, Der) (director: Volker Schlöndorff; screenwriters: Eberhard Görner/Andreas Pflüger/from the prison diaries of Father Jean Bernard; cinematographer: Tomas Erhart; editor: Peter R. Adam; music: Alfred Schnittke;…

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APPLE, THE

APPLE, THE (SIB)   (director: Samira Makhmalbaf; screenwriter: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; cinematographers: Ebrahim Ghafouri/Mohamad Ahmadi; editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; cast: Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorbanali Naderi, Azizeh Mohamadi; Runtime: 85; A New…

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NO ESCAPE

NO ESCAPE (director/writer: John Erick Dowdle; screenwriter: Drew Dowdle; cinematographer: Leo Hinstin; editor: Elliot Greenberg; music: Marco Beltrami/Buck Sanders; cast:Owen Wilson (Jack Dwyer), Lake Bell (Annie Dwyer), Sterling Jerins (Lucy),…

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ARENA

ARENA (director/writer: Richard Fleischer; screenwriters: from a story by Arthur M. Loew Jr./Harold Jack Bloom; cinematographer: Nicolas Vogel; editor: Cotton Warburton; cast: Gig Young (Hob Danvers), Jean Hagen (Meg Hutchins),…

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NO ONE LIVES

NO ONE LIVES (director: Ryhuei Kitamura; screenwriter: David Cohen; cinematographer: Daniel C. Pearl; editor: Toby Yates; music: Jerome Dillon; cast: Luke Evans (Driver), Adelaide Clemens (Emma Ward), Derek Magyar (Flynn),…

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ARTEMISIA

ARTEMISIA   (director/writer: Agnes Merlet; screenwriter: Christine Miller; cinematographer: Benoit Delhomme; editor: Guy Lecorne; cast: Valentina Cervi (Artemisia Gentileschi), Michel Serrault (Orazio), Miki Manojlovic (Agostino Tassi), Luca Zingaretti (Cosimo); Runtime:…

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NORTH TO ALASKA

NORTH TO ALASKA (director: Henry Hathaway; screenwriters: from the play The Birthday Gift by Ladislas Fodor/idea from John Kafka/Claude Binyon/Martin Rackin/John Lee Mahin; cinematographer: Leon Shamroy; editor: Dorothy Spencer; music:…

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NOTHING BUT TIME

NOTHING BUT TIME (RIEN QUE LES HEURES) (director/writer: Alberto Cavalcanti; cinematographer: James Rogers; music: Larry Marotta; cast: Blanche Bernis, Nina Chousvalowa, Philippe Hériat; Runtime: 46; MPAA Rating: NR; Kino; 1930-silent)…

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