BIRDMAN

BIRDMAN or (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (director/writer: Alejandro G. Iñárritu; screenwriters: Nicolás Giacobone/Alexander Dinelaris Jr./Armando Bo; cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki; editors: Douglas Crise/Stephen Mirrione; music: Antonio Sanchez; cast: Michael Keaton…

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PHOENIX

PHOENIX (director: Danny Cannon; screenwriter: Eddie Richey; cinematographer: James L. Carter; editor: Zach Staenberg; cast: Ray Liotta (Harry), Anthony LaPaglia (Henshaw), Jeremy Piven (Fred), Daniel Baldwin (James), Anjelica Huston (Leila),…

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BLACKBOARDS

BLACKBOARDS (Takhté siah) (director/writer: Samira Makhmalbaf; screenwriter: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; cinematographer: Ebrahim Ghafori; editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; music: Mohammad Reza Darvishi; cast: Saeed Mohamadi (Saïd), Bahman Ghobadi (Reeboir), Behnaz Jafari (Halaleh), Rafat…

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PICKPOCKET

PICKPOCKET (director/writer: Robert Bresson; cinematographer: Leonce-Henry Burel; editor: Raymond Lamy; music: Jean-Baptiste Lully; cast: Martin La Salle (Michel), Marika Green (Jeanne), Jean Pelegri (Police Inspector), Pierre Leymarie (Jacques), Kassagi (First…

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PILGRIMAGE

PILGRIMAGE (director: John Ford; screenwriters: Barry Conners/Philip Klein/Dudley Nichols/based on a story by I.A.R. Wylie; cinematographer: George Schneiderman; editor: Louis R. Loeffler; music: Samuel Kaylin; cast: Henrietta Crosman (Hannah Jessop),…

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BLINDSPOTTING

BLINDSPOTTING (director: Carlos López Estrada; screenwriters: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs; cinematographer: Robby Baumgartner; editor: Gabriel Fleming; music: Michael Yezerski; cast: Daveed Diggs (Collin), Rafael Casal(Miles), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Ashley), Janina…

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PIRANHA 3D

PIRANHA 3D (director: Alexandre Aja; screenwriters: Peter Goldfinger/Josh Stolberg; cinematographer: John R. Leonetti; editor: Baxter; music: Michael Wandmacher; cast: Elisabeth Shue (Julie Forester), Steven R McQueen (Jake), Adam Scott (Novak),…

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PLAGUE, THE

PLAGUE, THE (LA PESTE) (director/writer: Luis Puenzo; screenwriter: from the novel by Albert Camus; cinematographer: Félix Monti; editor: Juan Carlos Macías; cast: William Hurt (Doctor Bernard Rieux), Sandrine Bonnaire (Martine…

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