MOSES AND AARON

MOSES AND AARON (MOSES UND ARON) (directors: Jean-Marie Straub/DanièleHuillet; screenwriter: Arnold Schönberg (libretto); cinematographers: Ugo Piccone/Saverio Diamanti/Gianni Canfarelli/Renato Berta; editors: Jean-Marie Straub/DanièleHuillet; music: Arnold Schönberg; cast: Günter Reich (Moses), Louis…

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ABRAHAM’S VALLEY

ABRAHAM'S VALLEY (VALE ABRAAO) (director/writer: Manoel de Oliveira; screenwriter: based on the novel "Vale Abraao" by Agustina Bessa-Luis; cinematographer: Mario Barroso; editor: Valérie Loiseleux; music: Richard Strauss; cast: Leonor Silveira…

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MOTHER OF GEORGE

MOTHER OF GEORGE (director: Andrew Dosunmu; screenwriter: Darci Picoult; cinematographer: Bradford Young; editor: Oriana Soddu; music: Philip Miller; cast: Isaach De Bankolé (Ayodele Balogun), Danai Gurira (Adenike Balogun), Tony Okungbowa…

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A CANTERBURY TALE

  A CANTERBURY TALE (director/writer: Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger; cinematographer: Erwin Hillier; editor: John Seabourne; music: Allan Gray; cast: Eric Portman (Thomas Colpepper, J.P.), Sheila Sim (Alison Smith), Dennis Price (Sgt.…

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ACID HOUSE, THE

ACID HOUSE, THE (director: Paul McGuigan; screenwriter: Irvine Welsh/based on short stories from his book "The Acid House"; cinematographer: Alasdair Walker; editor: Andrew Hulme; cast: "The Granton Star Cause": Stephen…

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MR. RICCO

MR. RICCO (director: Paul Bogart; screenwriters: Robert Hoban/Frances Kierman/story by Ed Harvey; cinematographer: Frank Stanley; editor: Michael McLean; music: Chico Hamilton; cast: Dean Martin (Joe Ricco), Eugene Roche (Police Capt.…

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ACTOR, THE

  ACTOR, THE (Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinema) (director/writer/editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; screenwriter: based on the novel "Stone & Glass" by G. Dordi; cinematographer: Aziz Saati; music: Ahmad Pezhman; cast: Akbar Abdi…

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MUDHONEY

MUDHONEY (director: Russ Meyer; screenwriters: W.E. Sprague/Raymond Friday Locke/from the novel Streets Paved With Gold by Raymond Friday Locke; cinematographer: Walter Schenk; editors: Russ Meyer/Charles G. Schelling; music: Henri Price;…

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A DOG’S LIFE

A DOG'S LIFE (director/writer: Charles Chaplin; cinematographer: R.H. Totheroh; cast: Charles Chaplin (Tramp), Edna Purviance (Bar Singer), Mutt (Scraps), Syd Chaplin (Lunchwagon Owner), Charles Reisner (Employment Agency Clerk), Granville Redmond…

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