ASSAULT

ASSAULT (aka: IN THE DEVIL"S GARDEN) (aka: THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND) (aka: THE CREEPERS) (aka: TOWER OF TERROR) (director: Sidney Hayers; screenwriters: John Kruse/from the book The Ravine by Kendal Young;…

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NOWHERE IN AFRICA

NOWHERE IN AFRICA(Nirgendwo in Afrika) (director/writer: Caroline Link; screenwriter: from the novel by Stefanie Zweig; cinematographer: Gernot Roll; editor: Patricia Rommel; music: Niki Reiser; cast: Juliane Köhler (Jettel Redlich), Merab…

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OASIS

OASIS (director/writer: Lee Chang-dong; cinematographer: Choi Yeong-taek; editor: Kim Hyun; music: Lee Jae-jin; cast: Sol Kyung-gu (Hong Jong-Du), Moon So-ri (Han Gong-Ju), Ahn Nae-sang (Hong Jong-Il), Ryoo Seung-wan (Hong Jong-Sae),…

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AT THE CIRCUS

AT THE CIRCUS (director: Edward N. Buzzell; screenwriter: Irving Brecher; cinematographer: Leonard Smith; editor: William Terhune; music: Franz Waxman; cast: Groucho Marx (J. Cheever Loophole), Chico Marx (Antonio Pirelli), Harpo…

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ODD MAN OUT

ODD MAN OUT (director: Carol Reed; screenwriters: F.L. Green/ Robert Cedric Sherriff/from book by Green; cinematographer: Robert Krasker; editor: Fergus McDonell; cast: James Mason (Johnny McQueen ), Robert Newton (Lukey),…

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AUTUMN LEAVES

AUTUMN LEAVES (director: Robert Aldrich; screenwriters: from a story by Jean Rouverol/Jean Rouverol/Hugo Butler/Lewis Meltzer/Robert Blees; cinematographer: Charles Lang; editor: Michael Luciano; music: Hans J. Salter; cast: Joan Crawford (Millicent…

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OH MERCY!

OH MERCY! (ROUBAIX, UNE LUMIERE) (director/writer: Arnaud Desplechin; screenwriters: Léa Mysius, adapted from the TV documentary “Roubaix, commissariat central” by Mosco Boucault; cinematographer: Irina Lubtchansky; editor: Laurence Briaud; music: Grégoire…

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