LATE SPRING

LATE SPRING (BANSHUN) (director/writer: Yasujiro Ozu; screenwriter: from a story by Kazuo Hirotsu/Kôgo Noda; cinematographer: Yuharu Atsuta; editor: Yoshiyasu Hamamura; music: Senji Ito; cast: Chishu Ryu (Shukichi Somiya), Setsuko Hara…

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LAWLESS

LAWLESS (director: John Hillcoat; screenwriters: Nick Cave/based on the book “The Wettest County in the World” by Matt Bondurant; cinematographer: Benoît Delhomme; editor: Dylan Tichenor; music: Nick Cave/Warren Ellis; cast:…

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LAYER CAKE

LAYER CAKE (director: Matthew Vaughn; screenwriter: from the novel by J.J. Connolly/J.J. Connolly; cinematographer: Ben Davis; editor: Jon Harris; cast: Daniel Craig (the narrator), Colm Meaney (Gene), Kenneth Cranham (Jimmy…

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LE BEAU SERGE

LE BEAU SERGE (HANDSOME SERGE) (BITTER REUNION) (director/writer: Claude Chabrol; cinematographer: Henri Decae; editor: Jacques Guillard; music: Emile Delpierre; cast: Gérard Blain (Serge), Jean-Claude Brialy (François), Michèle Méritz(Yvonne), Claude Cerval…

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LEOLO

LEOLO (director/writer: Jean-Claude Lauzon; cinematographer: Guy Dufaux; editor: Michel Arcand; cast: Gilbert Sicotte (Narrator ), Maxime Collin (Leolo Lozone/Leo Lauzon), Ginette Reno (Mother), Julien Guiomar (Grandfather), Pierre Bourgault (Word Tamer),…

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LES MISERABLES

LES MISERABLES (director: Richard Boleslawski; screenwriters: from a Victor Hugo novel/W.P. Lipscomb; cinematographer: Gregg Toland; editor: Barbara McLean; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Fredric March ( Jean Valjean), Charles Laughton (Inspector…

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LET US PREY

LET US PREY (director: Brian O'Malley; screenwriters: David Cairns/Fiona Watson; cinematographer: Piers McGrail; editor: Tony Kearns; music: Steve Lynch; cast: Liam Cunningham (Six), Pollyanna McIntosh(PC Rachel Hegie), Bryan Larkin (PC.…

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