A BETTER LIFE

A BETTER LIFE (director: Chris Weitz; screenwriters: Eric Eason/based on a story by Roger L. Simon; cinematographer: Javier Aguirresarobe; editor: Peter Lambert; music: Alexandre Desplat; cast: Demian Bichir (Carlos Galindo),…

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MORTUARY

MORTUARY (director: Tobe Hooper; screenwriters: Jace Anderson/Adam Gierasch; cinematographer: Jaron Presant; editor: Andrew Cohen; music: Joseph Conlan; cast: Dan Byrd (Jonathan Doyle), Denise Crosby (Leslie Doyle), Alexandra Adi (Liz), Stephanie…

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A BOY AND HIS DOG

A BOY AND HIS DOG  (director/writer: L.Q. Jones; screenwriters: novella by Harlan Ellison/Wayne Cruseturner; cinematographer: John Arthur Morrill; editor: Scott Conrad; music: Tom McIntire/Jaime Mendoza-Nava; cast: Don Johnson (Vic), Susanne…

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MOTHER AND SON

MOTHER AND SON (MAT I SYN) (director/writer: Aleksandr Sokurov; screenwriter: Yuri Arabov; cinematographer: Aleksei Fyodorov; editor: Leda Semyonova; music: Glinka/Otmar Nussio/Verdi; cast: Gudrun Geyer (Mother), Aleksei Ananishnov (Son); Runtime: 72;…

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A BUSINESS AFFAIR

A BUSINESS AFFAIR (D'une Femme A L'autre) (director: Charlotte Brandstrom; screenwriters: Charlotte Brandstrom/inspired from two books by Barbara Skelton "Tears Before Bedtime" and "Weep No More"; cinematographer: Willy Kurant; editor:…

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MOUTH AGAPE, THE

THE MOUTH AGAPE (LA GUELE OUVERLE) (director/writer: Maurice Piliat; cinematographer: Nestor Almendros; editors: Bernard Dubois/Arlette Langmann; cast: Nathalie Baye(Nathalie), Hubert Deschamps (Roger le père, 'Le Garçu'), Philippe Leotard (Philippe, le…

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MISTER LONELY

MISTER LONELY (director/writer: Harmony Korine; screenwriter: Avi Korine; cinematographer: Marcel Zyskind; editors: Paul Zucker/Valdis Oskarsdottir; music: Jason Spaceman and the Sun City Girls; cast: Diego Luna (Michael Jackson), Samantha Morton…

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ACT OF KILLING, THE

THE ACT OF KILLING (directors: Joshua Oppenheimer/Christine Cynn/Anonymous; cinematographers: Carlos Mariano Arango de Montis/Lars Skree; editors: Niels Pagh Andersen/Janus Billeskov Jansen/Mariko Montpetit/Charlotte Munch Bengtsen/Ariadna Fatjó-Vilas Mestre; music: Elin Oyen Vister;…

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MS. 45

MS. 45 (director: Abel Ferrara; screenwriter: Nicholas St. John; cinematographer: James Lemmo; editor: Christopher Andrews; music: Joe Delia; cast: Zoë Tamerlis (Thana), Edita Sherman (Mrs Nasone, landlady), Albert Sinkys (Albert,…

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