A FINE MADNESS

A FINE MADNESS (director/writer: Irvin Kershner; screenwriter: from a novel by Elliott Baker; cinematographer: Ted D. McCord; editor: William H. Ziegler; music: John Addison; cast: Sean Connery (Samson Shillitoe), Joanne…

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MUSEUM

MUSEUM (MUSEO) (director/writer: Alonso Ruiz Palacios; screenwriter: Manuel Alcalá; cinematographer: Damián García; editor: Yibrán Asuad; music: Tomás Barreiro; cast: Leonardo Ortizgris (Wilson), Gael García Bernal (Juan Nuñez), Simon Russell Beale…

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AFTERMATH

AFTERMATH (POKLOSIE) (director/writer: Wladyslaw Pasikowski; screenwriter: Thomas Farone/based on the book Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland by Jan Tomasz Gross; cinematographer: Pawel Edelman; editor: Jaroslaw…

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MY ENEMY’S ENEMY

MY ENEMY'S ENEMY (director/writer: Kevin Macdonald; cinematographer: Jean-Luc Perréard; editor: Nicolas Chaudeurge; music: Alex Heffes; cast: Andre Dussolier (Narrator), Robert Taylor (American Counter Intelligence officer), Kai Hermann (German journalist);Runtime: 87;…

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A HUMBLE LIFE

A HUMBLE LIFE (Smirennaya zhizn) (director/writer: Alexander Sokurov; cinematographer: Alexi Fiodorov; editor: Leda Semionova; music: Algirdas Paulavicius; cast: Umeno Matuyoshi, Alexander Sokurov (Narrator); Runtime: 76; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Alexander…

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MY SON JOHN

MY SON JOHN (director/writer: Leo McCarey; screenwriters: Myles Connolly/John Lee Mahin/story by Leo McCarey; cinematographer: Harry Stradling; editor: Marvin Coil; music: Robert Emmett Dolan; cast: Helen Hayes (Lucille Jefferson), Van…

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