AMERICAN, THE

AMERICAN, THE (director: Anton Corbijn; screenwriters: Rowan Joffe/from the novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth; cinematographer: Martin Ruhe; editor: Andrew Hulme; music: Herbert Grönemeyer; cast: George Clooney (Jack/Edward/Mr.…

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NEVER CRY WOLF

NEVER CRY WOLF (director: Carroll Ballard; screenwriters: from the book by Farley Mowat/Curtis Hanson/Sam Hamm/Richard Kletter; cinematographer: Hiro Narita; editors: Michael Chandler/Peter Parasheles; music: Mark Isham; cast: Charles Martin Smith…

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NEWS FROM HOME

NEWS FROM HOME (director/writer: Chantal Akerman; cinematographers: Babette Mangolte/Jim Asbell; editor: Francine Sandberg; cast: Chantal Akerman (Voice); Runtime: 86; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Alain Dahan; Criterion Collection; 1976-France-French with English…

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NICHOLAS NICKLEBY

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (director/writer: Douglas McGrath; screenwriter: based on the novel by Charles Dickens; cinematographer: Dick Pope; editor: Lesley Walker; music: Rachel Portman; cast: Charlie Hunnam (Nicholas Nickleby), Jim Broadbent (Wackford…

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A NEW LEAF

A NEW LEAF (director/writer: Elaine May; screenwriter: short story The Green Heart by Jack Ritchie; cinematographer: Gayne Rescher; editors: Don Guidice/Fredric Steinkamp; music: Neal Hefti; cast: Walter Matthau (Henry Graham),…

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NIGHTMARE ALLEY

NIGHTMARE ALLEY (director: Edmund Goulding; screenwriters: from the book "Nighmare Alley" by William Lindsay Gresham/Jules Furthman; cinematographer: Lee Garmes; editor: Barbara McLean; music: Cyril Mockridge; cast: Tyrone Power (Stanton Carlisle),…

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