NOWHERE IN AFRICA

NOWHERE IN AFRICA(Nirgendwo in Afrika) (director/writer: Caroline Link; screenwriter: from the novel by Stefanie Zweig; cinematographer: Gernot Roll; editor: Patricia Rommel; music: Niki Reiser; cast: Juliane Köhler (Jettel Redlich), Merab…

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OASIS

OASIS (director/writer: Lee Chang-dong; cinematographer: Choi Yeong-taek; editor: Kim Hyun; music: Lee Jae-jin; cast: Sol Kyung-gu (Hong Jong-Du), Moon So-ri (Han Gong-Ju), Ahn Nae-sang (Hong Jong-Il), Ryoo Seung-wan (Hong Jong-Sae),…

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ATTACK

ATTACK (director: Robert Aldrich; screenwriter: James Poe/from the play Fragile Fox by Norman Brooks; cinematographer: Joseph Biroc; editor: Michael Luciano; music: Frank Devol; cast: Jack Palance (Lieutenant Joe Costa), Eddie…

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ODD MAN OUT

ODD MAN OUT (director: Carol Reed; screenwriters: F.L. Green/ Robert Cedric Sherriff/from book by Green; cinematographer: Robert Krasker; editor: Fergus McDonell; cast: James Mason (Johnny McQueen ), Robert Newton (Lukey),…

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AUSTERLITZ

AUSTERLITZ (BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ) (director/writer: Abel Gance; screenwriter: Nelly Kaplan; cinematographers: Robert Juillard/Henri Alekan; editor: Yvonne Martin; music: Jean Ledrut; cast: Jean Marais (Carnot), Pierre Mondy (Napoleon Bonaparte), Jean Mercure…

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OH MERCY!

OH MERCY! (ROUBAIX, UNE LUMIERE) (director/writer: Arnaud Desplechin; screenwriters: Léa Mysius, adapted from the TV documentary “Roubaix, commissariat central” by Mosco Boucault; cinematographer: Irina Lubtchansky; editor: Laurence Briaud; music: Grégoire…

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