NEWS FROM HOME

NEWS FROM HOME (director/writer: Chantal Akerman; cinematographers: Babette Mangolte/Jim Asbell; editor: Francine Sandberg; cast: Chantal Akerman (Voice); Runtime: 86; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Alain Dahan; Criterion Collection; 1976-France-French with English…

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ANATAHAN

ANATAHAN (THE SAGA OF ANATAHAN) (director/writer: Josef von Sternberg; screenwriters: Tatsuo Asano/from the novel by Michiro Maruyama, translated by Younghill Kang; cinematographers: Kôzô Okazaki/Josef von Sternberg; editor: Miyata; music: Ifukube;…

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NICHOLAS NICKLEBY

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (director/writer: Douglas McGrath; screenwriter: based on the novel by Charles Dickens; cinematographer: Dick Pope; editor: Lesley Walker; music: Rachel Portman; cast: Charlie Hunnam (Nicholas Nickleby), Jim Broadbent (Wackford…

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A NECESSARY DEATH

A NECESSARY DEATH (director/writer: Daniel Stamm; cinematographer: Zoltan Honti; editors: David Kashevaroff/Shilpa Sahi; music: Morgan Kibby/Jonathan Leahy; cast: Gilbert John Echternkamp (Gilbert), Matt Tilley (Matt), Valerie Hurt (Valerie), Michael Traynor…

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ANGELS CREST

ANGELS CREST (director: Gaby Dellal; screenwriters: from the novel by Leslie Schwartz/Catherine Trieschmann; cinematographer: David Johnson; editors: Giles Bury/Mick Audsley; music: Stephen Warbeck; cast: Thomas Dekker (Ethan), Elizabeth McGovern (Jane),…

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NIGHTMARE ALLEY

NIGHTMARE ALLEY (director: Edmund Goulding; screenwriters: from the book "Nighmare Alley" by William Lindsay Gresham/Jules Furthman; cinematographer: Lee Garmes; editor: Barbara McLean; music: Cyril Mockridge; cast: Tyrone Power (Stanton Carlisle),…

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ANNA BOLEYN

ANNA BOLEYN (aka: DECEPTION)(director: Ernst Lubitsch; screenwriters: Fred Orbing/Hans Kraly; cinematographer: Theodor Sparkuhl; cast: Henny Porten (Anna Boleyn), Emil Jannings (King Henry VIII), Paul Hartmann (Sir Henry Norris), Ludwig Hartau…

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ANOTHER WOMAN

ANOTHER WOMAN (director/writer: Woody Allen; cinematographer: Sven Nykvist; editor: Susan E. Morse; cast: Gena Rowlands (Marion Post), Mia Farrow (Hope), Ian Holm (Ken Post), Blythe Danner (Lydia), Bruce Jay Friedman…

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