RED VIOLIN, THE (Violon Rouge, Le) (director: François Girard; screenwriters: Don McKellar/François Girard; cinematographer: Alain Dostie; editor: Gaetan Huot; cast: Carlo Cecchi (Nicolo Bussotti), Irene Grazioli (Anna Bussotti), Anita Laurenzi…
DECALOGUE 1& 2 (director/writer;Krzysztof Kieslowski; Krzysztof Piesiewicz; Runtime: 560; MPAA Rating: NR; Facets-1989-Poland-in Polish with English subtitles) "A masterpiece." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's ("Blind Chance"/"A…
RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE, THE (director: Vincente Minnelli; screenwriters: William Douglas-Home/based on the play by Mr. Home/Julius J. Epstein; cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg; editor: Adrienne Fazan; music: Eddie Warner; cast: Rex Harrison (Jimmy…
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE (director/writer: Albert Brooks; cinematographer: Allen Daviau; editor: David Finfer; music: Michael Gore; cast: Albert Brooks (Daniel Miller), Meryl Streep (Julia), Rip Torn (Bob Diamond ), Lee Grant…
REPORT FROM THE ALEUTIANS (director/writer: John Huston; cinematographers: Rey Scott/Jules Buck/Buzz Ellsworth ; editor: John Huston; music: Dimitri Tiomkin; cast: John Huston (Narrator); Runtime: 47; MPAA Rating: NR; MGM; 1943)…
DEPRAVED (director/writer: Larry Fessenden; cinematographers: James Siewert/Chris Skotchdopole; editor: Larry Fessenden; music: Will Bates; cast: David Call (Henry), Joshua Leonard(Polidori), Alex Breaux (Adam), Chloë Levine (Lucy), Owen Campbell (Alex), Ana…
RETURNER (RITANA) (director/writer: Takashi Yamazaki; screenwriter: Kenya Hirata; cinematographers: Kozo Shibasaki/Akira Sako; editor: Takuya Taguchi; music: Akihiko Matsumoto; cast: Anne Suzuki (Milly), Takeshi Kaneshiro (Miyamoto), Goro Kishitani (Mizoguchi), Kisuke Iida…
DESTINATION MURDER (director: Edward L. Cahn; screenwriter: Don Martin; cinematographer: Jackson Rose; editor: Phil Cahn; music: Irving Gertz; cast: Joyce MacKenzie (Laura Mansfield), Stanley Clements (Jackie Wales), Albert Dekker (Armitage),…
RETURN OF THE WHISTLER, THE (director: D. Ross Lederman; screenwriters: story by Cornell Woolrich/Edward Bock/Maurice Tombragel; cinematographer: Philip Tannura; editor: Dwight Caldwell; music: Wilbur Hatch; cast: Michael Duane (Ted Nichols),…
DEVIL'S BROTHER, THE (AKA: FRA DIAVALO)/(AKA: BOGUS BANDITS)/(AKA: THE VIRTUOUS TRAMPS) (directors: Hal Roach/Charles Rogers; screenwriters: based on the 1830 opera "Fra Diavolo" by Daniel F. Auber/Jeanie Macpherson; cinematographers: Hap…