RANCHO NOTORIOUS

RANCHO NOTORIOUS (director: Fritz Lang; screenwriters: Daniel Taradash/from a Sylvia Richards novel "Gunsight Whitman"; cinematographer: Hal Mohr; editor: Otto Ludwig; cast: Marlene Dietrich (Altar Keane), Arthur Kennedy (Vern Haskell), Mel…

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CRUISE, THE

CRUISE, THE director: Bennett Miller; cinematographer: Bennett Miller; editor: Michael Levine; cast: Timothy "Speed" Levitch; Runtime: 76; Artisan Entertainment; 1998) "The documentary works so well because Speed's for real..."( Reviewed…

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RATS, THE

THE RATS (DIE RATTEN) (director: Robert Siodmak; screenwriters: based on the play "Die Ratten" by Gerhart Hauptmann/Jochen Huth; cinematographer: Göran Strindberg; editors: Klaus Eckstein /Ira Oberberg ; music: Werner Eisbrenner;…

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DADDY LONGLEGS

  DADDY LONGLEGS (aka: GO GET SOME ROSEMARY) (director/writer: Josh and Benny Safdie; cinematographers: Brett Jutkiewicz/Josh Safdie; editors: Josh and Benny Safdie/Brett Jutkiewicz/Ronald Bronstein; cast: Ronald Bronstein (Lenny), Sage Ranaldo…

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REAL BLONDE, THE

REAL BLONDE, THE (director/writer: Tom DiCillo; cinematographer: Frank Prinzi; editor: Camilla Toniolo; cast: Matthew Modine (Joe), Catherine Keener (Mary), Daryl Hannah (Kelly), Maxwell Caulfield (Bob), Elizabeth Berkley (Tina), Marlo Thomas…

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DARJEELING LIMITED

DARJEELING LIMITED (director/writer: Wes Anderson; screenwriters: Roman Coppola/Jason Schwartzman; cinematographer: Robert Yeoman; editor: Andrew Weisblum; music: from the films of Satyajit Ray and Merchant Ivory; cast: Owen Wilson (Francis Whitman),…

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REBEL ROUSERS

REBEL ROUSERS (director/writer: Martin B. Cohen; screenwriters: Abe Polsky/Michael Kars; cinematographers: László Kovács/Glen R. Smith; editor: George W. Brooks; music: William Loose; cast: Cameron Mitchell (Paul Collier), Diane Ladd (Karen),…

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DARK STAR

DARK STAR (director/writer: John Carpenter; screenwriters; Dan O'Bannon/from the story by Dan O'Bannon & John Carpenter; cinematographer: Douglas Knapp; editor: Dan O'Bannon; music: John Carpenter; cast: Brian Narelle (Doolittle), Dan…

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