PIRATES (director/writer: Roman Polanski; screenwriters: Gerard Brach/John Brownjohn; cinematographer: Witold Sobocinski; editors: Herve de Luze/William Reynolds; music: Philippe Sarde; cast: Walter Matthau(Capt Thomas Bartholomew Red), Damien Thomas (Don Alfonso), Charlotte…
BODY SNATCHER, THE "Too stuck on being literate to be a great movie, nevertheless The Body Snatcher has suspense, a creepiness, a fluidity and a credibility that bodes well…
PLAINSMAN, THE (director: Cecil B. DeMille; screenwriters: Waldemar Young/Harold Lamb/Lynn Riggs/inspired by stories by Courtney Ryley Cooper and Frank J. Wilstach's book Wild Bill Hickok, the Prince of Pistoleers (1926);…
BORN IN '45 (Jahrgang '45) (director/writer: Jürgen Böttcher; screenwriter: Klaus Poche; cinematographer: Roland Gräf ; editor: Helga Gentz; music: Wolf Biermann; cast: Monika Hildebrand (Lisa 'Li'), Rolf Römer (Alfred 'Al'),…
PLEASE GIVE (director/writer: Nicole Holofcener; cinematographer: Yaron Orbach; editor: Robert Frazen; music: Marcelo Zarvos; cast: Catherine Keener (Kate), Amanda Peet (Mary), Oliver Platt (Alex), Rebecca Hall (Rebecca), Ann Morgan Guilbert…
BOY, DID I GET A WRONG NUMBER! (director: George Marshall; screenwriter: story by George Beck, George Kennett, Albert E. Lewin, Burt Styler; cinematographer: Lionel Lindon; editor: Grant Whytock; music: 'By'…
POINT BLANK (director: John Boorman; screenwriters: from the book The Hunter by Richard Stark/Alexander Jacobs/David Newhouse/Rafe Newhouse; cinematographer: Philip H. Lathrop; editor: Henry Berman; music: Johnny Mandel; cast: Lee Marvin…
BREAKING THE WAVES (director/writer: Lars von Trier; cinematographer: Robby Müller; editor: Anders Refn; music: Ray Williams; cast: Emily Watson (Bess McNeill), Stellan Skarsgård (Jan Nyman), Adrian Rawlins (Dr. Richardson), Katrin…
POOLHALL JUNKIES (director/writer: Mars Callahan; screenwriter: Chris Corso; cinematographer: Robert Morris; editor: James E. Tooley; music: Richard Glasser/Charlie Terrell; cast: Mars Callahan (Johnny), Chazz Palminteri (Joe), Rod Steiger (Nick), Michael…
BROADWAY MELODY OF 36 (director: Roy Del Ruth; screenwriter: Story by Moss Hart/Jack McGowan/Sid Silvers/Harry W. Cohn; cinematographer: Charles Rosher; editor: Blanche Sewell; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Jack Benny (Bert…