ARGO

ARGO (director: Ben Affleck; screenwriters: Chris Terrio/based on the book “The Master of Disguise” by Antonio J. Mendez, and the Wired magazine article “The Great Escape” by Joshuah Bearman; cinematographer:…

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NO MORE ORCHIDS

NO MORE ORCHIDS (director/writer: Walter Lang; screenwriters: Gertrude Purcell/Keene Thompson/from a novel by Grace Perkins; cinematographer: Joseph August; editor: Jack Dennis; cast: Carole Lombard (Anne Holt), Walter Connolly (Bill Holt),…

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ASHES AND DIAMONDS

ASHES AND DIAMONDS (Popiol i Diament) (director/writer: Andrzej Wajda; screenwriter: Jerzy Andrzejewski/based on the novel by Andrzejewski; cinematographer: Jerzy Wojcik; editor: Halina Nawrocka; music: Jan Krenz/Filip Nowak; cast: Zbigniew Cybulski…

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NOT AS A STRANGER

NOT AS A STRANGER (director/producer: Stanley Kramer; screenwriters: from the book by Morton C. Thompson/Edna Anhalt/Edward Anhalt; cinematographer: Franz Planer; editor: Frederic Knudtson; music: George Antheil; cast: Robert Mitchum (Lucas…

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