45 YEARS

45 YEARS (director/writer: Andrew Haigh; screenwriter: based on the story “In Another Country” by David Constantine; cinematographer: Lol Crawley; editor: Jonathan Alberts; cast: Charlotte Rampling (Kate Mercer), Tom Courtenay (Geoff…

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9 SONGS

9 SONGS (director/writer: Michael Winterbottom; cinematographer: Marcel Zyskind; editors: Mat Whitecross/Michael Winterbottom; music: Alex Kapranos/Melissa Parmenter; cast: Kieran O'Brien (Matt), Margo Stilley (Lisa); Runtime: 69; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Andrew…

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MORVERN CALLAR

MORVERN CALLAR (director/writer: Lynne Ramsay; screenwriters: Liana Dognini/based on the novel by Alan Warner; cinematographer: Alwin H. Kuchler; editor: Lucia Zucchetti; cast: Samantha Morton (Morvern Callar), Kathleen McDermott (Lanna), Raife…

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ACE OF ACES

ACE OF ACES (A BIGGER SPLASH) (director:  J. Walter Ruben; screenwriters: John Monk Saunders/H.W. Hanemann/from the story The Bird of Prey by Saunders; cinematographer: Henry Cronjager; editor: George Hively; music:…

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (director: D. W. Griffith; screenwriters: John W. Considine Jr./Stephen Vincent Benet/Gerrit J. Lloyd; cinematographer: Karl Struss; editor: James Smith; cast: Walter Huston (Abraham Lincoln), Una Merkel (Ann Rutledge),…

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MOVIE CRAZY

MOVIE CRAZY (director: Clyde Bruckman; screenwriters: Vincent Lawrence/Harold Lloyd/based on a story by Agnes Christine Johnston, Felix Adler and John Grey; cinematographer: Walter Lundin; editor: Bernard Burton; music: Alfred Newman;…

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